Mastery, sense of coherence and mortality: Evidence of independent associations from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective cohort study
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The study investigated the association between two distinct personal coping resources (mastery and sense of coherence) and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Analyses between them revealed that both personal coping dispositions to be independently associated with lower rates of all-cause mortality.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2006
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Emotions and preventive health behavior: Worry, regret and influenza vaccination
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The role of worry, regret, and perceived risk in preventive health decisions was explored in a longitudinal questionnaire study on influenza vaccination among 428 university employees. The study yielded three main findings.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2006
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Personal meaning of human papillomavirus and pap test results in adolescent and young adult women
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The role of clinicians in promoting positive reproductive health behavior among young adult women suffering from human papillomavirus is discussed.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2007
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