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Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 09-08-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-02-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S12529-022-10065-X
Abstract: Even when motivated to consume less alcohol, attempts to do so are not always successful. Attentional bias to positive and negative alcohol-related information may play a role in shaping unintended drinking behaviour. The present exploratory study adapted a novel attentional bias task, to test whether selective attention to positive relative to negative information about alcohol consumption predicts mismatch between alcohol consumption intention and alcohol consumption behaviour. Thirty-five university students attempting to reduce their alcohol consumption participated in the study. Participants completed a novel attentional bias assessment task where two positive and negative audio-visual messages about alcohol consumption were simultaneously presented. At random intervals during these messages, two different probes were briefly and simultaneously presented, so that only one could be detected. Attention to positive vs. negative messages was inferred from the location of the probe recorded by the participant. Alcohol consumption in relation to participants' goals was measured using a real-time diary over the subsequent 7 days. An attentional bias towards positive (relative to negative) messages about alcohol consumption predicted the degree to which participants consumed more alcohol than planned, but did not predict alcohol consumption itself. This is the first study to our knowledge that has investigated the relationship between biased attention to alcohol-related information and variation in the success of intended reduction in alcohol consumption, and we suggest that it paves the way for further research into the role of attentional biases in health risk behaviours.
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 15-06-2023
Publisher: S. Karger AG
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1159/000442975
Abstract: The goal of this update regarding the diagnosis and care of persons with disorders of sex development (DSDs) is to address changes in the clinical approach since the 2005 Consensus Conference, since knowledge and viewpoints change. An effort was made to include representatives from a broad perspective including support and advocacy groups. The goal of patient care is focused upon the best possible quality of life (QoL). The field of DSD is continuously developing. An update on the clinical evaluation of infants and older in iduals with ambiguous genitalia including perceptions regarding male or female assignment is discussed. Topics include biochemical and genetic assessment, the risk of germ cell tumor development, approaches to psychosocial and psychosexual well-being and an update on support groups. Open and on-going communication with patients and parents must involve full disclosure, with the recognition that, while DSD conditions are life-long, enhancement of the best possible outcome improves QoL. The evolution of diagnosis and care continues, while it is still impossible to predict gender development in an in idual case with certainty. Such decisions and decisions regarding surgery during infancy that alters external genital anatomy or removes germ cells continue to carry risk.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.NEUBIOREV.2022.104812
Abstract: The present meta-analysis sought to assess the association between an emerging neurocognitive marker of psychopathology in attentional bias variability (ABV) and key psychological and health outcomes. A comprehensive literature review yielded 53 studies in 43 manuscripts (N = 5428). Overall, clinical and sub-clinical s les exhibited greater ABV than control s les (g = 0.462). Trauma s les showed significantly greater ABV than control s les (g = 0.782, medium-large effect), whereas social anxiety s les did not (g = 0.147). Similarly, ABV was associated with degree of trauma symptoms (r = 0.21 - 0.25). ABV was associated with some symptoms of depression and anxiety, although these were small and inconsistent. These findings suggest a specific relationship between ABV and post-traumatic stress symptoms, with evidence equivocal for other psychological difficulties (although also less research). Key recommendations for future research include investigating mechanisms underlying ABV and the importance of controlling for non-attentional processes, such as reaction time variability, to ensure the validity of ABV measures.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.BRAT.2016.06.002
Abstract: There is growing evidence to support attentional bias modification (ABM) techniques such as the modified dot-probe task within the pain literature. Such techniques can help to inform theoretical models of pain by identifying the causal role of attentional bias constructs. The aim of this research was to explore the effects of dot-probe ABM that trains in iduals towards (+) or away from (-) sensory (S) and affective (A) pain words, on attentional biases, interpretation biases, and pain outcomes. Healthy undergraduate students (N = 106) completed questionnaires, an attentional bias dot-probe task, and an interpretation bias task before and after ABM, one of four ABM versions that differed in training direction (S+A+, S-A+, S+A-, S-A-), and pain outcomes using the cold pressor task. Those trained towards affective pain words were found to have a greater pain threshold but also greater distress at tolerance. However, mechanisms of change could not be established, as ABM did not affect attentional or interpretation bias, even though changes in attentional bias were associated with pain outcomes. These findings provide partial support for the threat interpretation model and highlight the utility of affective pain ABM, although further investigation of causal mechanisms is warranted.
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 12-07-2021
Abstract: Contemporary cognitive theories of anxiety and attention processing propose that heightened levels of anxiety vulnerability are associated with a decreasing ability to inhibit the allocation of attention toward task-irrelevant information. Existing performance-based research has most often used eye-movement assessment variants of the antisaccade paradigm to demonstrate such effects. Critically however, eye-movement assessment methods are limited by expense, the need for expert training in administration, and limited mobility and scalability. These barriers have likely led to researchers using suboptimal methods of assessing the relationship between attentional control and anxiety vulnerability. The present study examined the capacity for a non-eye-movement based variant of the antisaccade task, the masked-target antisaccade task (Guitton et al., 1985), to detect anxiety-linked differences in attentional control. Participants (N = 342) completed an assessment of anxiety vulnerability and performed the masked-target antisaccade task in an online assessment session. Greater levels of anxiety vulnerability predicted poorer performance on the task, consistent with findings observed from eye-movement methods and with cognitive theories of anxiety and attention processing. Result also revealed the task to have high internal reliability. Our findings indicate the masked-target antisaccade task provides a psychometrically reliable, low-cost, mobile, and scalable assessment of anxiety-linked differences in attentional control.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2014
DOI: 10.1111/AP.12046
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPET.2014.01.006
Abstract: While rates of obesity continue to increase, weight-loss interventions to date have not been hugely successful. The purpose of this study was to explore the specific factors that are relevant to weight control in overweight and obese young adults compared to older adults, within the context of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). A qualitative methodology with purposive s ling was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 young adults and older adults who were currently overweight or obese. The research was informed by thematic analysis. A mixed deductive-inductive approach that was structured around but not limited to TPB constructs was applied. Themes mapped onto the TPB behaviour well, with additional themes of motivation, and knowledge and experience emerging. Differences across groups included motivators to weight loss (e.g. appearance and confidence for young adults, health for older adults), importance of social influences, and perceptions of control (e.g. availability and cost for young adults, age and energy for older adults). Similarities across groups included attitudes towards being overweight and losing weight, and the value of preparation and establishment of a healthy routine. Finally, across both groups, knowledge and confidence in ability to lose weight appeared adequate, despite failed attempts to do so. The different experiences identified for younger and older adults can be used to inform future tailored weight-loss interventions that are relevant to these age groups, and the TPB could provide a useful framework. Additional intervention strategies, such as improving behavioural routine and improving self-regulation also warrant further investigation.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-04-2016
DOI: 10.1002/EJP.887
Abstract: Theoretical accounts of attentional and interpretation biases in pain suggest that these biases are interrelated and are both influenced by perceived threat. A laboratory-based study was conducted to test whether these biases are influenced by threat and their interrelationship and whether attention or interpretation biases predict pain outcomes. Healthy participants (n = 87) received either threatening or reassuring pain information and then completed questionnaires, interpretation and attentional bias tasks (with eye-tracking) and a pain task (the cold pressor). There was an interaction effect for threat group and stimuli type on mean dwell time for face stimuli, such that there was an attentional bias towards happy faces in the low- but not high-threat group. Further, high threat was also associated with shorter pain tolerance, increased pain and distress. In correlational analyses, avoidance of affective pain words was associated with increased pain. However, no relationship was found between attention and interpretation biases, and interpretation biases were not influenced by threat or associated with pain. These findings provide partial support for the threat interpretation model and the importance of threat and affective pain biases, yet no relationship between cognitive processing biases was found, which may only occur in clinical pain s les. WHAT DOES THIS STUDY ADD?: In healthy participants, no relationship between attention and interpretation biases was found. Eye tracking revealed an association between later attentional processes and pain. Threat influenced attentional biases and pain outcomes, partially supporting theoretical accounts.
Publisher: The Endocrine Society
Date: 11-2016
DOI: 10.1210/JC.2016-1372
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-10-2021
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2021.1987861
Abstract: Attention control is central to many models of emotion. Among the most common measures of attention, control is the Attention Control Scale (ACS), which has exerted considerable influence in terms of the volume and breadth of research findings, with its use in cognitive-experimental research continuing to increase in recent years. However, there are growing concerns about whether the ACS genuinely indexes attention control. The present paper considers the context and development of the ACS, reviews and meta-analyses the available evidence regarding its association with objective measures of attention control. Meta-analytic results from nine studies (total
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPAIN.2022.03.241
Abstract: Chronic pain and insomnia are highly comorbid: Approximately 50% of those with chronic pain experience insomnia or clinically significant sleep disturbances, and 50% of those with insomnia experience chronic pain. Further, these conditions can be extremely disabling, particularly when they co-occur. There is increasing recognition of the need to tackle both chronic pain and insomnia together, as evidenced by growing empirical research in this area. Cognitive processing biases have been independently implicated in both chronic pain and in insomnia. Given their trans-diagnostic status, cognitive biases may therefore have a role in explaining the co-occurrence and mutual maintenance of these conditions. These biases also represent novel, potentially modifiable targets for treatment. However, the role of cognitive biases has not been adequately explored in comorbid chronic pain and insomnia. Here, we describe the state of cognitive bias research in chronic pain and insomnia, considering evidence for the roles of attentional bias, interpretation bias, expectancy bias, and memory bias. In reviewing the literature, it is apparent that similar cognitive biases operate in insomnia and chronic pain, with preliminary, albeit sparse, evidence of pain-related cognitive biases influencing sleep-related outcomes. On the basis of current findings and separate theoretical models, we present a novel, testable cognitive model of comorbid chronic pain and insomnia, to guide future research in this area. Key recommendations for the future of this relatively new field are provided. PERSPECTIVE: Chronic pain and insomnia are highly co-morbid, suggesting an overlap in causal mechanisms. Empirical research, although sparse, suggests that cognitive biases may play a role in their development and mutual maintenance. Our novel cognitive model generates research avenues of clinical importance for treating co-morbid chronic pain and insomnia.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-09-2018
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2018.1521729
Abstract: Studies investigating attentional biases towards pain information vary widely in both design and results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the degree to which attentional biases towards pain occur when measured with the dot-probe task. A total of 2168 references were screened, resulting in a final s le of 4466 participants from 52 articles. Participants were grouped according to pain experience: chronic pain, acute pain, anticipating experimental rocedural pain, social concern for pain, or healthy people. In general, results revealed a significant, but small bias towards pain words (d = 0.136), and pain pictures (d = 0.110) in chronic pain patients, but not in those with acute pain, those anticipating pain, or healthy people. Follow-up analyses revealed an attentional bias towards sensory pain words in the chronic pain group (d = 0.198), and the acute pain group (d = 0.303), but not other groups. In contrast, attentional biases towards affective pain stimuli were not significant for any pain groups. This meta-analysis found support for attentional biases towards sensory pain stimuli in patients with chronic pain in comparison to healthy in iduals across a range of common parameters. Future researchers need to consider task design when seeking to optimally measure pain-relevant attentional biases.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-02-2016
DOI: 10.1007/S10461-016-1314-0
Abstract: The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore whether the constructs in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB i.e., attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, intention) explain condom use behaviour among men who have sex with men (MSM). Electronic databases were searched for studies that measured TPB variables and MSM condom use. Correlations were meta-analysed using a random effects model and path analyses. Moderation analyses were conducted for the time frame of the behavioural measure used (retrospective versus prospective). Attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control accounted for 24.0 % of the variance in condom use intention and were all significant correlates. Intention and PBC accounted for 12.4 % of the variance in condom use behaviour. However, after taking intention into account, PBC was no longer significantly associated with condom use. The strength of construct relationships did not differ between retrospective and prospective behavioural assessments. The medium to large effect sizes of the relationships between the constructs in the TPB, which are consistent with previous meta-analyses with different behaviours or target groups, suggest that the TPB is also a useful model for explaining condom use behaviour among MSM. However, the research in this area is rather small, and greater clarity over moderating factors can only be achieved when the literature expands.
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 09-2015
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 28-07-2023
DOI: 10.1097/J.PAIN.0000000000003003
Abstract: Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological condition, of which pain is both the most common and most debilitating symptom. As with other forms of pain, there is increasing recognition of the role of psychological processes in bridging the gap between pain and pain impact, and yet these processes are not well understood in endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relevance of fear of progression, imagery, and interpretation bias in endometriosis, and their contribution to pain interference. A total of 221 participants (mean age = 38 years, SD = 7.8) with endometriosis were recruited from Endometriosis Australia. This cross-sectional study included relevant demographics and endometriosis characteristics questionnaires to measure fear of progression, imagery, interpretation bias, and pain and the word association task to measure interpretation bias. Participants reported high scores on the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (M = 38/60), higher than that has been found in cancer. Controlling for age and pain intensity, we found that imagery, interpretation bias, and their interaction were associated with increased fear of progression and that fear of progression was associated with greater pain-related interference. In exploratory analysis, we also found that the frequency and distress of endometriosis-related intrusive imagery were associated with greater fear of progression and pain interference, after controlling for age and pain intensity. These findings provide the first support of the importance of fear of progression in people with endometriosis and suggest possible pathways for causal investigation.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-05-2022
DOI: 10.1186/S12888-022-03950-Y
Abstract: Despite increasing interest in the association between mindfulness and reduced trauma vulnerability, and the use of mindfulness in the latest interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), few studies have examined the mechanisms through which mindfulness may influence post-trauma psychopathology. The present study aimed to determine whether negative interpretation bias, the tendency to interpret ambiguous information as negative or threatening rather than positive or safe, mediates the association between higher levels of trait mindfulness and lower levels of PTSD symptoms. Negative interpretation bias was examined due to prior evidence indicating it is associated with being less mindful and post trauma psychopathology. The study examined 133 undergraduate students who reported exposure to one or more potentially traumatic events in their lifetime. Participants completed self-report measures of trait mindfulness (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire – Short Form FFMQ-SF) and PTSD symptoms (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist – Civilian version PCL-C) as well an interpretation bias task that assessed the degree to which participants interpreted a range of everyday hypothetical scenarios to be threatening to their physical and/or psychological wellbeing. Results of a mediation analysis indicated a significant negative direct effect of trait mindfulness on PTSD symptomatology ( p .001). There was no evidence that negative interpretation bias mediated this relationship [BCa CI [-0.04, 0.03)], nor was it associated with trait mindfulness ( p = .90) and PTSD symptomatology ( p = .37). The results of the current study provide further evidence of the link between trait mindfulness and reduced post-trauma psychopathology while providing no support for the role of negative interpretation bias in this relationship.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2013
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2012.701756
Abstract: University students have poor sleep hygiene, leading to poorer health. Facets of self-regulation such as planning, behavioural inhibition, cognitive flexibility and working memory were explored in relation to three sleep hygiene behaviours: Avoiding stress or anxiety before bed, avoiding going to bed hungry or thirsty, and making the bedroom restful. One hundred and thirty-seven participants took part in an Internet-based survey over two time points separated by a period of two weeks. Only cognitive flexibility and behavioural inhibition correlated with sleep hygiene. Cognitive flexibility significantly predicted an aspect of sleep hygiene after controlling for past behaviour. However, when past behaviour was controlled for, behavioural inhibition no longer predicted sleep hygiene. Thus, cognitive flexibility may play a role in explaining sleep hygiene however, behavioural inhibition does not appear as important as previously assumed. Further research could build on this study to determine whether cognitive flexibility can be experimentally improved.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-06-2016
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2014.922895
Abstract: The prototype willingness model (PWM) was designed to extend expectancy-value models of health behaviour by also including a heuristic, or social reactive pathway, to better explain health-risk behaviours in adolescents and young adults. The pathway includes prototype, i.e., images of a typical person who engages in a behaviour, and willingness to engage in behaviour. The current study describes a meta-analysis of predictive research using the PWM and explores the role of the heuristic pathway and intentions in predicting behaviour. Eighty-one studies met inclusion criteria. Overall, the PWM was supported and explained 20.5% of the variance in behaviour. Willingness explained 4.9% of the variance in behaviour over and above intention, although intention tended to be more strongly related to behaviour than was willingness. The strength of the PWM relationships tended to vary according to the behaviour being tested, with alcohol consumption being the behaviour best explained. Age was also an important moderator, and, as expected, PWM behaviour was best accounted for within adolescent s les. Results were heterogeneous even after moderators were taken into consideration. This meta-analysis provides support for the PWM and may be used to inform future interventions that can be tailored for at-risk populations.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-11-2016
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1112416
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive and moderating effects of HEXACO personality factors, in addition to theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables, on fruit and vegetable consumption. American college students (N = 1036) from 24 institutions were administered the TPB, HEXACO and a self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption measure. The TPB predicted 11-17% of variance in fruit and vegetable consumption, with greater variance accounted for in healthy weight compared to overweight in iduals. Personality did not significantly improve the prediction of behavior above TPB constructs however, conscientiousness was a significant incremental predictor of intention in both healthy weight and overweight/obese groups. While support was found for the TPB as an important predictor of fruit and vegetable consumption in students, little support was found for personality factors. Such findings have implications for interventions designed to target students at risk of chronic disease.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2014
DOI: 10.2147/DMSO.S68428
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-03-2022
DOI: 10.3758/S13428-022-01800-Z
Abstract: Contemporary cognitive theories of anxiety and attention processing propose that heightened levels of anxiety vulnerability are associated with a decreasing ability to inhibit the allocation of attention towards task-irrelevant information. Existing performance-based research has most often used eye-movement assessment variants of the antisaccade paradigm to demonstrate such effects. Critically, however, eye-movement assessment methods are limited by expense, the need for expert training in administration, and limited mobility and scalability. These barriers have likely led to researchers’ use of suboptimal methods of assessing the relationship between attentional control and anxiety vulnerability. The present study examined the capacity for a non-eye-movement-based variant of the antisaccade task, the masked-target antisaccade task (Guitton et al., 1985), to detect anxiety-linked differences in attentional control. Participants ( N = 342) completed an assessment of anxiety vulnerability and performed the masked-target antisaccade task in an online assessment session. Greater levels of anxiety vulnerability predicted poorer performance on the task, consistent with findings observed from eye-movement methods and with cognitive theories of anxiety and attention processing. Results also revealed the task to have high internal reliability. Our findings indicate that the masked-target antisaccade task provides a psychometrically reliable, low-cost, mobile, and scalable assessment of anxiety-linked differences in attentional control.
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 21-03-2023
Abstract: Mental disorders with complex presentations often include depressive symptoms, which in turn might lead to misdiagnosis, contributing to disease burden statistics. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether a common depressive-symptom overlap was present in unstructured online forum posts, specifically on Reddit. The k-nearest neighbours voting classifier was fitted on posts downloaded from Reddit from seven mental-health support groups (depression, anxiety, bipolar, borderline personality, narcissistic personality, antisocial personality, schizophrenia). Phrases that contributed the most of the confusion were identified. The misclassification was asymmetrical: posts from four support groups (anxiety, bipolar, borderline personality, and schizophrenia) were misclassified often as being from the depression support group, but depression support group posts were not equally likely to be misclassified as being from another support group. Unstructured, unprompted self-disclosure datasets show high propensity of depressive symptoms, and strong convergent validity with existing theoretical frameworks and clinical findings.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.APPET.2013.10.010
Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore whether two aspects of self-regulation (impulsivity and temporal orientation) could reduce the intention–behaviour gap for two dietary behaviours: fruit and vegetable consumption and saturated fat consumption. Australian undergraduate students (N = 154) completed questionnaires (the Barratt impulsiveness scale and the consideration of future consequences scale) and intention measures, and 1 week later behaviour was measured using the Block rapid food screener. After controlling for demographics, intention was associated with fruit and vegetable consumption, but the self-regulation measures did not further improve the variance accounted for. For saturated fat, gender was associated with consumption, such that males tended to consume more saturated fat. Intention was significantly associated with consumption, and impulsivity further improved the model such that those who were more impulsive tended to consume more saturated fat. These findings suggest that health protective and health risk behaviours, such as those investigated in the current study, may have different determinants.
Publisher: JCFCorp SG PTE LTD
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.39.1.15
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-10-2022
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2022.2125894
Abstract: Despite the theoretical prominence of expectancy and anxiety as potential mechanisms of the nocebo effect, not all studies measure expectancy and/or anxiety, and there are inconsistent findings among those that do. The present study sought to systematically review and meta-analyse available data to evaluate the relationship between expectancy, anxiety and the nocebo effect. The two key questions were: (1) whether nocebo manipulations influence expectancy and anxiety and (2) whether expectancy and anxiety are associated with the subsequent nocebo effect. Fifty-nine independent studies (
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-08-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPAIN.2021.06.016
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of cognitive processing biases in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic pain, 2 conditions that are highly co-morbid. The final s le comprised 333 in iduals (86 with T2D and chronic pain, 65 with chronic pain, 76 with T2D, 106 without any form of diabetes or pain). Participants completed questionnaires assessing pain and diabetes-related outcomes, as well as measures of interpretation bias, attentional bias, and attentional bias variability. In a 2 (pain status) x 2 (T2D status) x 3 (bias valence) ANOVA design, interpretation biases were found to be stronger in in iduals with chronic pain than in iduals without pain, although there were no differences according to T2D status. No group differences in attentional biases were found. Among in iduals with T2D, greater interpretation bias was associated with better blood glucose control, but also greater fear of hypoglycemia. For in iduals with chronic pain, greater interpretation bias and attentional bias variability was associated with worse pain outcomes. Whilst interpretation bias may be present in chronic pain, it also appears to indicate better glycemic control in in iduals with T2D. These findings suggest a more dynamic approach to understanding cognitive bias is needed, to consider when these biases are more or less adaptive, so that they can be better harnessed to improve outcomes for in iduals with T2D who experience chronic pain. PERSPECTIVE: These findings suggest that cognitive biases can be associated with psychopathology in chronic pain and in T2D, but can also potentially be adaptive in those with T2D. Diabetes management interventions may require a careful balance between promoting sufficient concern to motivate engagement in adaptive diabetes self-management, whilst also minimizing fear of hypoglycemia.
Start Date: 2023
End Date: 11-2026
Amount: $423,154.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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End Date: 05-2024
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