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Year: 2019

2019-12-162025-11-04Mental Imagery, Motivation

Promjenom ponašanja do boljeg ‘ja’

Winifred Gebhardt, Sveučilište Leiden , Nizozemska Prije otprilike devet godina, preko noći sam postao vegeterijanac. U romanu koji sam čitao, glavni junak objasnio je kako ne može ništa jesti, “pri čemu mi je ponekad tuklo srce”. Poput munje su me […]

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2019-11-012025-11-04Assessment, Interventions

Jedno od n-tih istraživanja: Što možemo naučiti istraživanjem pojedinog slučaja?

Autori: Marie Johnston i Derek Johnston,  Sveučilište u Aberdeenu, Škotska Uvod Stručnjaci iz prakse često žele dati odgovor na problem koji se odnosi na jednog pojedinca,  tim zdravstvenih djelatnika, određenu bolnicu, regiju i slično. Na primjer, možda bi bila važna […]

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2019-10-072025-11-04Goal setting, Motivation, Self-regulation

Fizička aktivnost u starijoj dobi: koliko je dovoljno?

Autorica: Anne Tiedemann, Sveučilište u Sydney-u, Australija “Nedostatak aktivnosti uništava dobru kondiciju svakog ljudskog bića, dok ju kretanje i metodičke fizičke vježbe čuvaju i održavaju”…Platon, 400. pr.Kr. Oduvijek je bilo poznato kako je redovita fizička aktivnost važna za naše zdravlje […]

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2019-09-072025-12-01Communication

Raising weight in a consultation

By Jane Ogden, University of Surrey, UK Weight is a tricky problem to talk about in a consultation. Some patients may be sick of hearing the words ‘You could lose some weight’ every time they visit the clinic: regardless of […]

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2019-07-162025-11-04Motivation, Self-regulation

Self-efficacy: The “can-do” belief that lets people change their lifestyles

By Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland Changing behavior may often be desirable but difficult to do. For example, quitting smoking, eating healthily and sticking to a physical exercise regimen all […]

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2019-05-292026-03-27Social Support

Telling stories about caring for others

By Irina Todorova, Health Psychology Research Center in Sofia, Bulgaria Taking care of aging loved ones, who are perhaps in frail health, can be a complicated and confusing experience that is both gratifying and frustrating. Medical science is helping people […]

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2019-01-142025-11-04Goal setting, Motivation, Self-regulation

Motivation and the first steps toward physical activity

By Keegan Knittle, University of Helsinki, Finland Here’s a familiar story from primary care: an individual who would clearly benefit from more physical activity comes into the clinic. We discuss their physical (in)activity, and in the end, the person says […]

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2019-01-142025-11-04Interventions

Positive psychology interventions at work

By Alexandra Michel, Federal Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Germany and Annekatrin Hoppe, Humboldt Universität, Germany Employees spend a major part of their waking time at work. It is no surprise then that reducing demands and increasing resources (e.g., […]

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2019-01-072025-11-04Communication

Patient talk: What the doctor clearly says, and the patient clearly does not understand

By Anne Marie Plass, University Medical Center of Göttingen, Germany Sometime ago a dermatologist who works as a psoriasis (a chronic skin disorder) -specialist in a university hospital, complained to me about many patients who do not adhere to the […]

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