Tracks
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eHealth and mHealth
Track Chairs
- Rik Crutzen (The Netherlands)
- Efrat Neter (Israel)
Description
The use of information technology, social media, or mobile and wireless devices in health psychology research and interventions. -
Resilience and Health
Track Chairs
- Evangelos Karademas (Greece)
- Ewa Gruszczyńska (Poland)
Description
Resilience factors and individual difference variables in relation to health and illness. -
Stress and Coping
Track Chairs
- Georgia Panayiotou (Cyprus)
- Julie Turner-Cobb (UK)
Description
The influence of psychosocial demands and resources on emotional distress, coping and health outcomes (except coping with chronic illness, see “Chronic disease, Pain and Psychosomatic Issues” track). -
Self-Regulation in health and illness
Track Chairs
- Anna Levke Brütt (Germany)
- Felicity Bishop (UK)
Description
Contributions related to goal or self-regulation theory, including self-determination theory, the common sense model and illness perceptions. -
Chronic Disease, Pain and Psychosomatic Issues
Track Chairs
- Ronan O'Carroll (UK)
- Sabrina Cipolletta (Italy)
Description
Health and illness related issues associated with pain, chronic illness, or psychosomatic issues (except interventions, see “Interventions in Chronic Disease” track). -
Interventions in Chronic Disease
Track Chairs
- Alison Wearden (UK)
- Ari Haukkala (Finland)
Description
Interventions delivered to people diagnosed with chronic disease or high risk groups (e.g., hypertension, obesity). -
Ageing and Older People
Track Chairs
- Lisa Marie Warner (Germany)
- Aparna Shankar (UK)
Description
Issues in health and illness related to older age and ageing (e.g., disability, caregiving). -
Social Support and Health
Track Chairs
- Mariët Hagedoorn (The Netherlands)
- Anne Hickey (Ireland)
Description
The influence of social support on health outcomes. -
Health, Families, and Children
Track Chairs
- Adriana Baban (Romania)
- Rachel Shaw (UK)
Description
Issues in health and illness associated with development of children and adolescents and with family relations. -
Well-being and Quality of Life
Track Chairs
- AnnMarie Groarke (Ireland)
- Carin Schröder (The Netherlands)
Description
Health, illness and positive aspects such as positive emotions, life satisfaction, and functioning. -
Health Behaviour Change Models
Track Chairs
- Amelie Wiedemann (Germany)
- Chris Armitage (UK)
Description
The application of theoretical models (e.g., social cognition models, dual process models) to the prediction of health behaviour; and research on health behaviours. -
Health Behaviour Change Interventions
Track Chairs
- Lena Fleig (Germany)
- Gudrun Sproesser (Germany)
Description
Theory-based interventions aimed at health behaviour change. -
Public Health and Health Promotion
Track Chairs
- Rachel Povey (UK)
- Felix Naughton (UK)
Description
Public health interventions delivered to a group or population, including environmental interventions and interventions at the worksite (for work and health, see “Occupational Health” track). -
Risk Perception and Communication
Track Chairs
- Peter Harris (UK)
- Anne Marie Plass (The Netherlands)
Description
Perception and communication of health risk, including genetic risk and procession of health-risk information (including self-affirmation). -
Health Services Research
Track Chairs
- Holger Schmid (Switzerland)
- Sarah Tonkin-Crine (UK)
Description
Quality of health care, medical performance and medical mistakes, and communication with health professionals (e.g., doctor-patient). -
Culture, Social Change and Health
Track Chairs
- Antonia Lyons (New Zealand)
- Carina Chan (Australia)
Description
Cultural or socioeconomic aspects of health and illness, and health effects of social change; critical health psychology. -
Occupational Health
Track Chairs
- Margot van der Doef (The Netherlands)
- Stefan Höfer (Austria)
Description
Research on the influence of work and organisational factors and environments on health and disease. -
Psychophysiology, Psychoneuroimmunology and Neurophysiology
Track Chairs
- Claus Vögele (Luxembourg)
- Dan Powell (UK)
Description
Psychobiological aspects of health and illness, psychoneuroimmunology, endocrinology, cardio- vascular psychophysiology and neurophysiology. -
Methodology
Track Chairs
- Frank Doyle (Ireland)
- Alexandra Dima (The Netherlands)
Description
Methodological issues in health psychology – techniques, analyses, and critiques, including research on recruitment, informed consent and retention. -
Implementation research
Track Chairs
- Jill Francis (UK)
- Molly Byrne (Ireland)
Description
Theory, methods, and evidence to promote the uptake of research findings into routine clinical, organisational or policy contexts.
