scholarly journals When it comes to lifestyle recommendations, more is sometimes less: A meta-analysis of theoretical assumptions underlying the effectiveness of interventions promoting multiple behavior domain change.

2015 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
pp. 474-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Wilson ◽  
Ibrahim Senay ◽  
Marta Durantini ◽  
Flor Sánchez ◽  
Michael Hennessy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Lifestyle Recommendations ◽  
Behavior Domain

scholarly journals A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Complexity of Emotion Experience and Behavioral Adaptation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Mia S. O’Toole ◽  
Megan. E. Renna ◽  
Emma Elkjær ◽  
Mai B. Mikkelsen ◽  
Douglas S. Mennin
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Behavioral Adaptation ◽  
Emotion Differentiation ◽  
Emotion Experience ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Meta Analyses

This article systematically reviews studies investigating the effect of three operationalizations of complexity in emotion experience (i.e., differentiation, covariation, and variability) on situational behavioral adaptation (i.e., physiological, cognitive, and overt action responses), and quantifies the results with meta-analyses. Twenty-seven studies of emotion complexity were identified and divided into four categories: (a) trait and (b) state studies within clinical samples, and (c) trait and (d) state studies within nonclinical samples. Most studies investigated trait emotion differentiation, revealing negligible to small effects ( r range: .06 to .15). Only 4 studies in total assessed indicators of state emotion complexity. The theoretical assumptions behind the indicators of emotion complexity as well as the conceptualization of behavioral adaptiveness are critically discussed, and a number of future avenues for this type of research are proposed.

Norms Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis of Norms Effects in the Theory of Planned Behavior (corrected & updated)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Fischer ◽  
Johannes Alfons Karl
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Behavior Domain

This paper presents a corrected version of a manuscript published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Norms have emerged as a central concept across various fields of psychology. In social psychology, norms have been important to predict intentions and behavior, but cultural variability has not been examined. In cultural psychology, norms have also played a central role in explained cultural differences. In contrast, to date, variability in norm-intention and norm-behavior relationships has not been systematically investigated. Any systematic variability may be challenging to both social and cultural psychology. We re-analyzed effect sizes taken from five previously published meta-analyses using a fixed-effects model and demonstrate that the relative strength of norm-intention and norm-behavior correlations in this sample of previously published studies are systematically higher in less economically developed societies. We also found significant, but weaker, effects for individualism, tightness–looseness and monumentalism vs flexibility. Meanwhile, behavior domain effects also emerged, which suggests that norms are behavior specific. Norms effects systematically vary across previously published studies, implying that more attention is needed to investigate culturally conditioned domain and behavior effects.

The effects of low-ratio n-6/n-3 PUFA on biomarkers of inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yali Wei ◽  
Yan Meng ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Liyong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ◽  
Inflammation Markers ◽  
Pufa Supplementation ◽  
Long Chain

The purpose of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine if low-ratio n-6/n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation affects serum inflammation markers based on current studies.

Chronic Pain: Fundamental Scientific Considerations, Specifically for Legal Claims

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barth
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Pain Perception ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Problematic Relationship

Abstract Scientific findings have indicated that psychological and social factors are the driving forces behind most chronic benign pain presentations, especially in a claim context, and are relevant to at least three of the AMA Guides publications: AMA Guides to Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation, AMA Guides to Work Ability and Return to Work, and AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The author reviews and summarizes studies that have identified the dominant role of financial, psychological, and other non–general medicine factors in patients who report low back pain. For example, one meta-analysis found that compensation results in an increase in pain perception and a reduction in the ability to benefit from medical and psychological treatment. Other studies have found a correlation between the level of compensation and health outcomes (greater compensation is associated with worse outcomes), and legal systems that discourage compensation for pain produce better health outcomes. One study found that, among persons with carpal tunnel syndrome, claimants had worse outcomes than nonclaimants despite receiving more treatment; another examined the problematic relationship between complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and compensation and found that cases of CRPS are dominated by legal claims, a disparity that highlights the dominant role of compensation. Workers’ compensation claimants are almost never evaluated for personality disorders or mental illness. The article concludes with recommendations that evaluators can consider in individual cases.

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