Perceived Control and Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review.

Background: Perceived control, defined as an individual's belief in their ability to influence life events and circumstances, has been implicated in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Some research has demonstrated a link between perceived control and blood pressure, a major CVD risk factor. However, methodological differences across studies, including variability in definitions and measures of perceived control, preclude a clear understanding of this relationship.

Trajectories of Cancer Survivors' Spiritual Well-Being Through the Transition From Treatment to Early Survivorship.

Background: Spirituality is an important domain of well-being for cancer survivors, yet we know little about the different trajectories of survivors' spiritual well-being across the transition from active treatment to survivorship. Further, the specific psychosocial resources and coping efforts that might predict distinct trajectories of spiritual well-being have yet to be identified.

Aims: In this study, we characterized trajectories of survivors' spiritual well-being (peace, meaning, faith) across the first year of survivorship and examined whether social support and coping strategies predicted these trajectories.

Individuals' top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey.

Objective: Although linked with subjective wellbeing, little research has examined relations of values with health behaviors and health. Because values are principles that guide behavior across situations, this exploratory retrospective study examined how individuals' highest value relates to their health behaviors and health.

Methods And Measures: Participants were 3865 (aged 18-89 years) adults who completed the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), a nationally-representative survey administered by the US National Cancer Institute.

Perceived control predicts lower end-of-day stress through engagement in moderate or vigorous physical activity: A daily diary study in a US adult sample.

Perceived control (PC) is associated with lower perceived stress, but the mechanisms of this relationship have not yet been established. The current study examined whether moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) mediated the relationship between PC and daily stress in a sample of US adults. Participants (N = 264, M = 34.

Anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence as predictors of subsequent pain interference in early cancer survivorship: Exploring the moderating roles of cognitive and emotional factors.

Following treatment, cancer survivors often experience pain that negatively impacts their quality of life. Although both anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) have been shown to exacerbate pain interference, less is known about either the temporal relationship between anxiety/FCR and pain interference or modifiable cognitive/emotional factors that might moderate that relationship among cancer survivors. This longitudinal study aims to advance our understanding of the impact of both anxiety and FCR following primary cancer treatment on subsequent pain interference.

ACEs and Mental and Behavioral Health: Examining Maltreatment vs. Household Dysfunction and the Moderating Role of Spirituality.

Purpose: Different types of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be differentially linked to mental and behavioral health. Additionally, spirituality is associated with well-being, but little research has examined whether it is protective in the context of ACEs. The present study examines the influence of maltreatment and household dysfunction ACEs on distress, substance use, and sexual risk taking, and tests whether spirituality moderates the associations between childhood maltreatment, household dysfunction and distress, substance use, and sexual risk taking.

Physical health and function trajectories in adults with cancer: psychosocial predictors of class membership.

Purpose: To prospectively examine different trajectories of recovery, across different aspects of physical health and function and to examine trajectory class membership.

Methods: This prospective study enrolled 569 recently diagnosed adult cancer patients (Mage = 58.7) between 2019 and 2022 identified through the Rapid Case Ascertainment resource of The Yale Cancer Center.

Perceived Control and Inflammation: Mediating and Moderating Effects in the Relationship Between Cumulative Trauma and Depression.

Objective: The effects of trauma exposure on depression risk and severity are well established, but psychosocial and biological factors that impact or explain those relationships remain poorly understood. This study examined the moderating and mediating effects of perceived control and inflammation in the relationship between trauma and depression.

Methods: Moderation analyses and longitudinal mediation analyses were conducted on data from 945 adults who completed all three waves (spanning around 19 years) of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study and the MIDUS Biomarker Study.

Psychosocial interventions to improve sexual functioning in women with cancer: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Introduction: Many women with cancer struggle with sexual side effects during and after treatment. Although preliminary evidence indicates that psychosocial interventions may be efficacious in improving sexual functioning for women with cancer, no systematic review has summarized the state of the science in this area.

Objectives: The primary goal of this review was to narratively synthesize the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the efficacy of psychosocial interventions to address sexual dysfunction in women with cancer.

Correction to: ACEs and Mental and Behavioral Health: Examining Maltreatment vs. Household Dysfunction and the Moderating Role of Spirituality.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s40653-023-00571-9.].