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| David P FrenchSummaryAffiliation: University of Birmingham Country: UK Publications
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The expectancy-value muddle in the theory of planned behaviour - and some proposed solutionsDavid P French
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
Br J Health Psychol 8:37-55. 2003..Different techniques are identified as being suitable, according to the purpose of the specific research project...- The DiGEM trial protocol--a randomised controlled trial to determine the effect on glycaemic control of different strategies of blood glucose self-monitoring in people with type 2 diabetes [ISRCTN47464659]Andrew Farmer
Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
BMC Fam Pract 6:25. 2005..Training in monitoring may be most effective in improving glycaemic control and well being when results are linked to behavioural change... - Illness perceptions predict attendance at cardiac rehabilitation following acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review with meta-analysisDavid P French
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
J Psychosom Res 61:757-67. 2006..The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine whether illness perceptions really predict attendance at cardiac rehabilitation and to examine factors that moderate this relationship... - Personal and social comparison information about health risk: reaction to information and information searchDavid P French
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
J Health Psychol 11:497-510. 2006..These results indicate the importance of providing unambiguous information, information about how to control a threat and information people want... - Do illness perceptions predict attendance at cardiac rehabilitation and quality of life following myocardial infarction?David P French
British Heart Foundation Care and Education Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 59:315-22. 2005..The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which illness perceptions predict attendance at cardiac rehabilitation and quality of life following myocardial infarction (MI)... - What do people think about when they answer theory of planned behaviour questionnaires? A 'think aloud' studyDavid P French
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
J Health Psychol 12:672-87. 2007..Questions about normative influence were particularly problematic. The standard procedure for developing TPB questionnaires may systematically produce problematic questions. Suggestions are made for improving this procedure... - Causal beliefs and behaviour change post-myocardial infarction: how are they related?David P French
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Br J Health Psychol 10:167-82. 2005..However, their analyses did not control for pre-MI health-related behaviour... - The purpose of attributing cause: beliefs about the causes of myocardial infarctionDavidp French
Department of Psychology at Guy s, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 60:1411-21. 2005..These findings suggest that interventions to change causal attributions may be misguided, and may even be harmful... - The impact of personal and social comparison information about health riskDavid P French
University of Cambridge, UK
Br J Health Psychol 9:187-200. 2004..To examine the emotional and cognitive impact of personal and social comparison information about health risk... - What do people think about when answering questionnaires to assess unrealistic optimism about skin cancer? A think aloud studyDavid P French
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Psychol Health Med 13:63-74. 2008..This may at least partially explain why attempts to influence behaviour by providing probabilistic information are generally unsuccessful... - The theory of planned behaviour predicts self-reports of walking, but does not predict step countEmma J Scott
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Br J Health Psychol 12:601-20. 2007..This paper compares multiple measures of walking in two studies, and the second study compares how well Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) constructs perform in predicting these different measures... - An intervention to increase walking requires both motivational and volitional components: a replication and extensionDavid P French
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, London, UK
Psychol Health Med 17:127-35. 2012..Future research should explore the mechanisms by which techniques to increase self-efficacy and planning interact... - Do perceptions of vulnerability and worry mediate the effects of a smoking cessation intervention for women attending for a routine cervical smear test? An experimental studySue Hall
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London, UK
Health Psychol 28:258-63. 2009..causal relationships involved: Are the effects of a brief smoking cessation intervention (for women attending for cervical smear tests) on intention to stop smoking mediated by perceived vulnerability or worry about cervical cancer?.. - Using the affective priming paradigm to explore the attitudes underlying walking behaviourFrank F Eves
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Br J Health Psychol 12:571-85. 2007..To circumvent this, we used the affective priming paradigm (Fazio, Sanbonmatsu, Powell, & Kardes, 1986) to assess implicit attitudes towards walking... - Accessibility of salient beliefs about the outcomes of physical activityEmma J Scott
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Br J Health Psychol 14:159-74. 2009..To investigate the automatic influences of attitudes, this study explores the accessibility of modally salient beliefs about physical activity outcomes using response latency measures... - Are beliefs elicited biased by question order? A theory of planned behaviour belief elicitation study about walking in the UK general populationCatherine D Darker
School of Sports and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Br J Health Psychol 12:93-110. 2007.... - The role of context and timeframe in moderating relationships within the theory of planned behaviourRichard Cooke
Psychology, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK
Psychol Health 26:1225-40. 2011..It also suggests that other research utilising the TPB needs to take greater account of the impact of context of data collection, which has been neglected to date... - An exploration of walking behaviour--an interpretative phenomenological approachCatherine D Darker
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Soc Sci Med 65:2172-83. 2007..People engage in healthy behaviour for reasons other than to be healthy. Interventions to promote walking should consider targeting the psychological meaning and value of walking, in addition to beliefs about health... - Can genetic risk information enhance motivation for smoking cessation? An analogue studyAlison J Wright
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, England
Health Psychol 25:740-52. 2006..Intentions to attend the session were negatively associated with SE for smokers in the lower risk groups. Implications for using genetic risk information to motivate smoking cessation are discussed... - Measuring perceptions of synergistic circulatory disease risk due to smoking and the oral contraceptive pillDavid P French
GKT School of Medicine, London, UK
Risk Anal 22:1139-51. 2002..This convergence of results from different methods suggests that all three methods of measurement employed, which all had a large number of response options, may be valid... - The psychological costs of inadequate cervical smear test results: three-month follow-upDavid P French
Department of Psychology at Guy's, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK
Psychooncology 15:498-508. 2006..Concern was strongly predicted by dissatisfaction with information provided about inadequate smear test results. These results underscore the need to improve communication about inadequate cervical smear test results... - Sociodemographic differences in myocardial infarction risk perceptions among people with coronary heart diseaseAnna Mari Aalto
STAKES, Helsinki, Finland
J Health Psychol 12:316-29. 2007..These results suggest challenges for secondary prevention in CHD, particularly regarding psychosocial interventions for communicating risk information and supporting lifestyle adjustments... - Reasons for the use of mild analgesics among English studentsDavid P French
Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Whitefriars Building, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Pharm World Sci 30:79-85. 2008....