Becoming your better self as reason for changing behavior
By Winifred Gebhardt, Leiden University, The Netherlands About nine years ago, I became a vegetarian overnight. In a novel I was reading, […]
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N-of-1 studies: What can we learn by studying a single case?
By Marie Johnston and Derek Johnston, University of Aberdeen, Scotland Practitioners frequently want the answer to a problem which concerns one person, […]
Physical activity in older age: how much is enough?
By Anne Tiedemann, The University of Sydney, Australia “Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being while movement and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to set goals that work?
By Tracy Epton, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Goal setting is a popular technique There are many different techniques that can be […]
