Evidence Base - Research into Thriving

Emetophobia-free is an evidence-based self-help programme for sufferers of emetophobia

Below you'll find references for many of the research studies/papers that have informed and influenced our programme. We have tried to group them into subject areas to make it easier to locate a specific paper - be warned though, there are lots of them! We suggest you grab a coffee and sit yourself somewhere nice a comfortable - especially if you intend to peruse the whole list!

We can't show you the full paper for legal/copyright reasons, but if you google the reference - for example, "Competence Imagery: A Case Study Treating Emetophobia (Moran & O’Brien, 2005)" - you'll be able to locate/download/buy the full paper.

Research studies into thriving generally

The full references below - starting with Abouserie and ending with Young - are all quoted in the main Thrive Programme Manual, which 'emetophobia-free' is a specialized version of...

Abouserie, R (1994). ‘Sources and levels of stress in relation to locus of control and self-esteem in University students.’ Educational Psychology, 14 (3) 323-330

Abraham, C, Sheeran, P (2004). ‘Deciding to exercise: the role of anticipated regret.’ British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 269-278

Abrahamsson, K.H, Berggren, U, Hallberg, L, and Carlsson, S.G (2002). ‘Dental phobic patient’s view of dental anxiety and experiences in dental care: a qualitative study.’ Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 16 188-196

Adolfsson, B, Andersson, I, Elofsson, S, Rössner, S, and Undénc, A.L (2005). ‘Locus of control and weight reduction.’ Patient Education and Counseling, 56 55-61

Altheide, D.L (2002). Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis. AldineTransaction

American Psychiatric Association (1994). DSM-IV: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (4^th ed.). American Psychiatric Press Inc.

Averill, P.M, Diefenbach, G.J, Stanley, M.A, Breckenridge, J.K, and Lusby B.L (2002). ‘Assessment of shame and guilt in a psychiatric sample: a comparison of two measures.’ Personality and Individual Differences, 32 1365-1376

Balch, P and Ross, W. (1975) ‘Predicting success in weight reduction as a function of locus of control: A unidimensional and multidimensional approach.’ Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 43 (1) 119

Baum, A, Fleming, R, and Reddy, D.M (1986). ‘Unemployment Stress: Loss of Control and Learned Helplessness.’ Social Science and Medicine, 22 (5) 509-516

Blair, A and Leyshon, G (1993). ‘Imagery effects on the performance of skilled and novice soccer players.’ Journal of Sports Sciences, 11(2) 95-101

Bower, J.E, Low, C.A, Moskowitz, J.T, Sepah, S, and Epel, E (2008). ‘Benefit Finding and Physical Health: Positive Psychological Changes and Enhanced Allostasis.’ Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 223-244

Bradley, B.P, Mogg, K, White, J, Groom, C, and de Bono, J (1999). ‘Attentional bias for emotional faces in generalized anxiety disorder.’ British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 267-278

Brooks, C.H (1922). The practice of autosuggestion, by the method of Émile Coué, Gresham Press

Burger, J.M (1984). ‘Desire for control, locus of control, and proneness to depression.’ Journal of Personality, 52 (1) 71-89

Byrne, S.M, Allen, K.L, Dove, E.R, Watt, F.J, and Nathan, P.R (2008). ‘The reliability and validity of the Dichotomous Thinking in the Eating Disorders Scale.’ Eating Behaviors, 9 154-162

Byrne, S.M, Cooper, Z, and Fairburn, C.G (2004). ‘Psychological predictors of weight regain in obesity.’ Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 1341-1356

Carver, C.S and Antoni, M.H (2004). ‘Finding Benefit in Breast Cancer During the Year After Diagnosis Predicts Better Adjustment 5 to 8 Years After Diagnosis.’ Health Psychology, 23 (6) 595-598

Clark, D.M (1999). ‘Anxiety disorders: why they persist and how to treat them.’ Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37 S5-S27

Cloitre, M, Heimberg, R.G, Liebowitz, M.R, and Gitow, A (1992). ‘Perceptions of control in panic disorder and social phobia.’ Cognitive Therapy and Research, 16 (5) 569-577

Cohen, S, Doyle, W.J, Turner, R.B, Alper, C.M, and Skoner, D.P (2003). ‘Emotional Style and Susceptibility to the Common Cold.’ Psychosomatic Medicine, 65 652-657

Cohen, S, Tyrrell, D, and Smith, A (1993). ‘Negative life events, perceived stress, negative affect, and susceptibility to the common cold.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64 (1) 131-140

Collins, J (2001). Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t. Random House Business

Cooper, P.J and Eke, M (1999). ‘Childhood shyness and maternal social phobia: a community study.’ British Journal Of Psychiatry, 174 439-443

Crisson, J.E and Keefe, F.J (1988). ‘The relationship of locus of control to pain coping strategies and psychological distress in chronic pain patients.’ Pain, 35 147-154

Crombez, G, Van Damme, S, and Eccleston, C (2005). ‘Hypervigilance to pain: An experimental and clinical analysis.’ Pain, 116 4-7 

Danner, D.D, Snowdon, D.A, and Friesen, W.V (2001). ‘Positive Emotions in Early Life and Longevity: Findings from the Nun Study.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80 (5) 804-813

Davidson, R.J, Kabat-Zinn, J, Schumacher, J, Rosenkranz, M, Muller, D, Santorelli, S.F, Urbanowski, F, Harrington, A, Bonus, K, and Sheridan, J.F (2003). ‘Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation.’ Psychosomatic Medicine, 65 564-570

Dembroski, T.M, MacDougall, J.M, and Musante, L (1984). ‘Desirability of Control Versus Locus of Control: Relationship to Paralinguistics in the Type A Interview.’ Health Psychology, 3 (1) 15-26

Driskell, J.E, Copper, C, and Moran, A (1994). ‘Does mental practice enhance performance?’ Journal of Applied Psychology, 79 (4) 481-492

Dunkley, D.M, Zuroff, D.C, and Blankstein, K.R (2003). ‘Self-Critical Perfectionism and Daily Affect: Dispositional and Situational Influences on Stress and Coping.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84 (1) 234-252

Dweck, C.S (1999). ‘Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and development.’ Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Dweck, C.S and Reppucci, N.D (1973). ‘Learned helplessness and reinforcement responsibility in children.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25 (1) 109-116

Edwards, C.R, Thompson, A.R, and Blair, A (2007). ‘An ‘overwhelming Illness’: Women’s experiences of learning to live with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.’ Journal of Health Psychology, 12 203-214

Egan, S.J, Piek, J.P, Dyck, J, and Rees, C.S (2007). ‘The role of dichotomous thinking and rigidity in perfectionism.’ Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45 1813-1822

Eiser, J.R, Van der Pligt, J, Raw, M, and Sutton S.R (1985). ‘Trying to Stop Smoking: Effects of Perceived Addiction, Attributions for Failure, and Expectancy of success.’ Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 8 (4) 321-341

Emmons, R.A and McCullough, M.E (2003). ‘Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84 (2) 377-389

Eysenck (1992). Anxiety: the cognitive perspective. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Fenigstein, A (1984). ‘Self-consciousness and the overperception of self as a target.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47 (4) 860-870

Fenigstein, A and Vanable, P.A (1992). ‘Paranoia and self-consciousness.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62 (1) 129-138

Ferguson, T.J, Stegge, H, Miller, E.R, and Olsen, M (1999). ‘Guilt, shame, and symptoms in children.’ Developmental Psychology, 35 (2) 347-357

Fisak, B and Grills-Taquechel, A.E (2007). ‘Parental Modeling, Reinforcement, and Information Transfer: Risk Factors in the Development of Child Anxiety?’ Clinical Child and Family Psychology, 10 (3) 213-231

Fredrickson, B.L (1998). ‘What good are positive emotions?’ Review of General Psychology, 2 (3) 300-319

Fredrickson, B.L, Mancuso, R.A, Branigan, C, and Tugade, M.M (2000). ‘The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions.’ Motivation and Emotion, 24 (4) 23-258

Freeman, D and Garety, P (2006). ‘Helping patients with paranoid and suspicious thoughts: a cognitive-behavioural approach.’ Advances in Psychiatric Treatment Vol. 12, 404-415

Freeman, D, Garety, P.A, Bebbington, P.E, Smith, B, Rollinson, R, Fowler, D, Kuipers, E, Ray, K, and Dunn, G (2005) ‘Psychological investigation of the structure of paranoia in a non-clinical population.’ British Journal of Psychiatry, 186, 427-435

Gale, C.R, Batty, G.D, and Deary, I.J (2008). ‘Locus of Control at Age 10 Years and Health Outcomes and Behaviors at Age 30 Years: The 1970 British Cohort Study.’ Psychosomatic Medicine, 70 397-403

Gebhardt, W.A and Brosschot, J.F (2002). ‘Desirability of Control: Psychometric Properties and Relationships with Locus of Control, Personality, Coping, and Mental and Somatic Complaints in Three Dutch Samples.’ European Journal of Personality, 16 423-438

Gil, K.M, Abrams, M.R, Phillips, G, and Keefe, F.J (1989). ‘Sickle cell disease pain: Relation of coping strategies to adjustment.’ Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57 (6) 725-731

Gilbert, P (2000). ‘The Relationship of Shame, Social anxiety and Depression: The Role and Evaluation of Social Rank.’ Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 7 174-189

Gill, A.J, and Oberlander, J (2002). Taking care of the linguistic features of Extraversion. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Fairfax 363-368

Goodhart, D.E (1985). ‘Some psychological effects associated with positive and negative thinking about stressful event outcomes: Was Pollyanna right?’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48 (1) 216-232

Hagley and Kelly (2009). ‘A survey of client responses following completion of a course of ‘Pure Hynoanalysis’, (PHA).’ Downloadable from www.iaph.org

Haynes, R.B, Sackett, D.L, Taylor, D.W, Gibson, E.S, and Johnson, A.L (1978). ‘Increased absenteeism from work after detection and labeling of hypertensive patients’ The New England Journal of Medicine 299 741-744

Hebert, T.P (1996). ‘Portraits of resilience: the urban life experience of gifted Latino young men.’ Roeper Review, 19 (2) 82-90

Kato, K, Sullivan, P, Evengard, B, and Pedersen, N.L (2006). ‘Premorbid predictors of chronic fatigue.’ Archives of General Psychiatry, 63 1267-1272

Lee, D.A, Scragg, P, and Turner, S (2001). ‘The role of shame and guilt in traumatic events: A clinical model of shame-based and guilt-based PTSD.’ British Journal of Medical Psychology, 74 451-466

Lengacher, C.A, Bennett, M.P, Gonzalez, L, Gilvary, D, Cox, C.E, Cantor, A, Jacobse, P.B, Yang, C, and Djeu, J (2008). ‘Immune responses to guided imagery during breast cancer treatment.’ Biological Research Nursing, 9 (3) 205-214

Leserman, J, Jackson, E.D, Petitto, J.M, Golden, R.N, Silva, S.G, Perkins, D.O, Cai, J, Folds, J.D, and Evans, D.L (1999). ‘Progression to AIDS: The effects of stress, depressive symptoms, and social support.’ Psychosomatic Medicine, 61 397-406

Lever, J.P, Pinol, N.L, and Uralde, J.H (2005). ‘Poverty, psychological resources and subjective well-being.’ Social Indicators Research, 73 375-408

Lewis, S.C, Dennis, M.S, O’Rourke, S.J, and Sharpe, M (2001). ‘Negative attitudes among short-term stroke survivors predict worse long-term survival.’ Stroke, 32 1640-1645

Lieb, R, Wittchen, H.S, Hofler, M, Fuetsch, M, Stein, M.B, and Merikangas, K.R (2000). ‘Parental psychopathology, parenting styles, and the risk of social phobia in offspring.’ Arch Gen Psychiatry, 57 859-866

Liu K.P, Chan C.C, Lee T.M, and Hui-Chan, C.W (2004). ‘Mental imagery for promoting relearning for people after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.’ Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85 (9) 1403-1408

Lutgendorf, S.K, Antoni, M.H, Ironson, G, Fletcher, M.A, Penedo, F, Baum, A, Schnelderman, N, and Klimas, N (1995). ‘Physical Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Are Exacerbated By the Stress of Hurricane Andrew.’ Psychosomatic Medicine, 57 310-323

Lyubomirsky, S and Tkach, C (2004). ‘The consequences of dysphoric rumination.’ Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment, 2 21-41

Maqsud, M and Rouhani, S (1991). ‘Relationships Between Socioeconomic Status, Locus of Control, Self-Concept, and Academic Achievement of Batswana Adolescents.’ Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20 (1) 107-114

Martin, K.A and Hall, C.R (1995). ‘Using mental imagery to enhance intrinsic motivation.’ Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 17 (1) 54-69

Martin, R.C, and Dahlen, E.R (2005). ‘Cognitive emotion regulation in the prediction of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger.’ Personality and Individual Differences, 39 1249-1260

McMillan, J.H and Reed, D.F (1994). ‘At-risk students and resiliency: Factors contributing to academic success.’ The Clearing House, 137-140

McClun and Merrell (1998). ‘Relationship Of Perceived Parenting Styles, Locus Of Control Orientation, And Self-Concept Among Junior High Age Students’

Mcmurtry, C.M, Mcgrath, P.J, and Chambers, C.T (2006).  ‘Reassurance can hurt: Parental behavior and painful medical procedures.’ Journal of Pediatrics, 148 560-1

Meaney, Michael, J (2001). ‘Nature, nurture and the disunity of knowledge.’ Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 935 50-61

Mirowsky, J and Ross, C.E (1983). ‘Paranoia and the structure of powerlessness.’ American Sociological Review, 48 (2) 228-339

Mirowsky, J and Ross, C.E (1990). ‘Control or Defense? Depression and the Sense of Control over Good and Bad Outcomes.’ Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 31 (1) 71-86

Mold, J.W Hamm, R.M, and Jafri, B (2000). ‘The effect of labelling on perceived ability to recover from acute illnesses and injuries.’ The Journal Of Family Practice, 49 (5)

Moss-Morris, R, Spence, M.J, and Hou, R (2010). ‘The pathway from glandular fever to chronic fatigue syndrome: can the cognitive behavioural model provide the map?’ Psychological Medicine, 21 1-9

Mueller, S.L and Thomas (2000). ‘Culture and Entrepreneurial Potential: A Nine Country Study of Locus of Control and Innovativeness’. Journal of Business Venturing, 16 51-75

Neale, A.V (1991). ‘Behavioural Contracting as a Tool to Help Patients Achieve Better Health.’ Family Practice, 8 (4) 336-342

Nolen-Hoeksema, S (1991). ‘Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes.’ Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100 (4) 569-582

O’Connor, L.E, Berry, J.W, Weiss J, and Gilbert, P (2002). ‘Guilt, fear, submission, and empathy in depression.’ Journal of Affective Disorders, 71 19-27

Parry, C and Chesler, M.A (2005). ‘Thematic Evidence of Psychosocial Thriving in Childhood Cancer Survivors.’ Qualitative Health Research, 15 (8) 1055-1073

Peden, A.R, Hall, L.A, Rayens, M.K, and Beebe, L (2000). ‘Negative Thinking Mediates the Effect of Self-Esteem on Depressive Symptoms in College Women.’ Nursing Research, 49 (4) 201-207

Pennebaker and King (1999). Linguistic styles: Language use as an individual difference.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77 (6) 1296-312.

Pennebaker, Mayne, and Francis (1997). ‘Linguistic predictors of adaptive bereavement.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73 (4) 863-871.

Pennebaker, J.W, Mehl, M.R, and Niederhoffer, K.G (2003). ‘Psychological aspects of natural language use: our words, our selves.’ Annual Review of Psychology, 54 547-77

Peterson, C (1978). ‘Locus of Control and Belief in Self-Oriented Superstitions.’ The Journal of Social Psychology, 105 305-306

Price, J.H, Desmond, S.M, Krol, R.A, Snyder, F.F, and O’Connell, J.K (1987). ‘Family practice physicians’ beliefs, attitudes, and practices regarding obesity.’ Am J Prev Med, 3 339-45.

Reed, G.M, Kemeny, M.E, Taylor, S.E, and Visscher, B.R (1999). ‘Negative HIV-specific expectancies and AIDS-related bereavement as predictors of symptom onset in asymptomatic HIV-positive gay men.’ Health Psychology, 18 (4) 354-63

Rodin, J, and Langer, E.J, (1977). ‘Long-Term Effects of a Control-Relevant Intervention With the Institutionalized Aged.’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35 (12) 897-902

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Sanderson, W.C, Rapee, R.M, and Barlow, D.H (1989). ‘The influence of perceived control on panic attacks induced via inhalation of 5.5% CO2-enriched air.’ Archives of General Psychiatry, 46 (2) 157-162

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Seligman, M.E.P (1975). Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman

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The part references below (you'll have to google these) refer to studies which influenced the creation of this programme, but weren't directly quoted from:

ADHD
What causes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit⁄hyperactivity disorder
The Four Causes of ADHD
Practitioner Review- What have we learnt about the causes of ADHD
Oxidative and nitrosative stress in ADHD- possible causes and the potential of antioxidant-targeted therapies
Like Alligators Bobbing for Poodles? A Critical Discussion of Education, ADHD and the Biopsychosocial Perspective
Beyond polemics- science and ethics of ADHD
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)- Does New Research Support Old Concepts?
ADHD is best understood as a cultural construct

Cigarette Smoking/habits/choice/self-efficacy
Willing oneself better on  placebo˜effective in its own right
Will-Power and Authentic Choice in Stopping Smoking
Why does smoking so often produce dependence? A somewhat  different view
Why do young adult smokers continue to smoke despite the health risks?
Why children start smoking cigarettes- predictors of onset
Why do people succeed at quitting smoking
Varenicline - A Review of its Use as an Aid to Smoking Cessation Therapy
Trying to Stop Smoking - Effects of Perceived Addiction, Attributions for Failure and Expectancy of Success
Tobacco Withdrawal in Self-Quitters
Trends in Smoking Before, During, and After Pregnancy in Ten States
The urge to smoke depends on the expectation of  smoking
The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation - Causes and Consequences
The Role of Self-Efficacy in Achieving Health Behavior Change
The Effects of Warning Smokers on Perceived Risk, Worry, and Motivation to Quit
The Craving to Smoke in Flight Attendants
The development of a smoking-specific locus of control scale
Symptoms of Tobacco Withdrawal
Smoking- what does culture have to do with it?
Susceptibility to Peer Pressure, Self Esteem, and Health Locus of Control as Correlates of Adolescent Substance Abuse
Smoking Without Nicotine Delivery Decreases Withdrawal in 12-hour Abstinent Smokers
Smoking Personality and Psychosomatic Disorders
Smoking cessation in England - Intentionality, anticipated ease of quitting and advice provision
Smoking cessation at the workplace - 1 year success of short seminars
Smoking behaviour in youth - The problem of low self-esteem?
Smoking Cessation and Smokers' Perceptions of their Addiction
Smoking and the Five-Factor Model of Personality
Smoking As A Subjectively Rational Choice
Smokers’ Narrative Accounts of Quit Attempts - Aids and Impediments to Success
Smoking among adolescents- relation to school success, socioeconomic status, nutrition, and self-esteem
Smokers' Beliefs About The Inability to Stop Smoking
Smokers unlikely to quit
Situations and Moods Associated with Smoking in Everyday Life
Self-esteem and smoking in youth - muddying the waters?
Self-Initiated Smoking Cessation - A Review of the Empirical Literature from a Stress and Coping Perspective
Self-Efficacy as a Predictor Of Relapse Following Voluntary Cessation of Smoking
Self-Efficacy, Health Locus of Control and Smoking CessationSelf-Efficacy as a Predictor Of Relapse Following Voluntary Cessation of Smoking
Self-Efficacy and Smoking Cessation Maintenance - A Preliminary Report
Reflections on the Ex-Smoker - Some findings on Successful Quitters
Recidivism and Self-Cure of Smoking and Obesity
Quitting Smoking - Strategies Used and Variables Associated With Success in a Stop-Smoking Contest
Reasons smokers give for stopping smoking - do they relate to success in stopping?
Psychosocial factors related to adolescent smoking- a critical review of the literature
PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL FOR SMOKING BEHAVIOR
Pregnancy Smoking Cessation - A Case Of Mistaken Identity
Predictors of Smoking Cessation and Maintenance
Predictors of smoking behaviour - an application of Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour
Pre-cessation depressive mood predicts failure to quit smoking - the role of coping and personality traits
Planning to break unwanted habits
Perceived Stress, Quitting Smoking, and Smoking Relapse
Perceived risks and benefits of smoking cessation
Pathways Through Adolescent Smoking
Panic Disorder and Smoking
nicotine_addiction
Nicotine Self-Administration in Animals - A Reevaluation
Nicotine as an Addictive Substance - A Critical Examination of the Basic Concepts and Empirical Evidence
Nicotine - The Drug That Never Was
Natural history of nicotine withdrawal
Motivations for Smoking Cessation- A Comparison of Successful Quitters and Failures
Making sense of the challenge of smoking cessation during pregnancy - a phenomenographic approach
Maintenance of Smoking Cessation - Effect of Follow-Up Letters, Smoking Motivation, Muscle Tension, and Health Locus of Control
Long-Term Psychological Sequelae of Smoking Cessation and Relapse
Intensive Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation
Long-term success of short smoking cessation seminars
If the data contradict the theory, throw out the data - Nicotine addiction in the 2010 report of the Surgeon General
Individual differences in difficulty quitting smoking
Hypnosis plus nicotine patch promising as smoking cessation treatment
Hypnosis for smoking cessation - A randomized trial
Exploring the barriers of quitting smoking during pregnancy - A systematic review of qualitative studies
Hypnosis and suggestion-based approaches to smoking cessation - An examination of the evidence
Evaluation of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Interventions With a Self-Help Smoking Cessation Program
Empirical, Logical and Philosophical Arguments Against Cigarette Smoking as a  Pharmacologically Compelled Act
Emotional Distress Regulation Takes Precedence Over Impulse Control
Effects of Nicotine Dose, Instructional Set, and Outcome Expectancies on the Subjective Effects of Smoking in the Presence of a Stressor
Drug Addiction as Demonic Possession
Drug Addiction as Demonic Possession copy
Does low self-esteem predict health compromising behaviours among adolescents?
Do smokers self-administer pure nicotine? A review of the evidence
Do Resisted Temptations During Smoking Cessation Deplete or Augment Self-Control Resources?
Debunking Myths About Self-Quitting
Craving to smoke in orthodox Jewish smokers who abstain on the Sabbath
Conceptualising Addiction - How Useful is the Construct?
Common predictors of smoking cessation in clinical practice
Cognitive social learning and related perspectives on drug craving
Clinical Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation - Preliminary Results of a Three-Session Intervention
Cigarette Smoking - Habit or Addiction
Chronic Chest Disease, Personality, and Success in Stopping Cigarette Smoking
Can one puff really make an adolescent addicted to nicotine? A critical review of the literature
Breaking ‘bad habits’
BELIEVING IN NICOTINE ADDICTION- DOES IT REALLY MAKE QUITTING MORE LIKELY?
Behavioral and Neural Evidence of Incentive Bias for Immediate Rewards Relative to Preference-Matched Delayed Rewards
Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Smoking
Affect, Expectancies, Urges, and Smoking - Do They Conform to Models of Drug Motivation and Relapse?
Addiction Disease Concept - Advocates and Critics
Addiction and free will
Acceptance-Based Treatment for Smoking Cessation
A Meta-Analytic Comparison of the Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Methods
A Longitudinal Analysis of Unaided Smoking Cessation
A Fine-Grained Analysis of the Role of Self-Efficacy in Self-Initiated Attempts To Quit Smoking
A Comparison of Current Smokers and Self-cured Quitters on Rosenbaum's Self Control Schedule
“You Cannae Just Take Cigarettes Away From Somebody and No’ Give Them Something Back”
‘I Can’t Help Myself’ - Addiction as Ideology
‘I came back here and started smoking again’ - perceptions and experiences of quitting among disadvantaged smokers

Coping Skills
STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING- A PREVENTATIVE AND TREATMENT APPROACH
Prevention is better than cure coping skills training for adolescents at school
Master Resilience Training in the U.S. Army
Effects of Coping Skills Training on Generalized Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control

Disgust propensity and sensitivity
Disgust.Psychopathology.
An internet-based study on the relation between disgust sensitivity and emetophobia

Emotional Intelligence
Mayer Caruso Salovey Intelligence
EI and Construction and Reg
Editorial on EI in Intelligence
Perceiving Affective Content
Emotional Intelligence

Imagination
The impact of anticipating positive events on responses to stress
Positive_emotion_regulation_and_well-being - comparing the impact of eigth savouring and dampening strategies
Looking Forward, Looking Back- Anticipation Is More Evocative Than Retrospection
Back to the future the effect of daily practice of mental time travel into the future on happiness and anxiety

Kidney Disease
Health Locus of Control and Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Dynamic PerspectiveLocus_of_control_and_adjustment_to_chronic_haemodialysis

Memory - see bottom of page!

Menopause
Symptoms of menopause — global prevalence, physiology and implications
Social Determinants of Health in Menopause
Psychological behavior patterns and coping with menopausal symptoms among users and non-users of hormone replacement therapy in Finnish cohorts of women aged 52–56 years
Factors Influencing the Severity of Menopause Symptoms in Korean Post-menopausal Women
Association of mindfulness and stress with menopausal symptoms in midlife women

OCD
Desire for control, sense of control and obsessive-compulsive checking: An extension to clinical samples
Anxiety disorders and control related beliefs: the exemplar of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Perceived Control is a Transdiagnostic Predictor of Cognitive–Behavior Therapy Outcome for Anxiety Disorders
Illusion of Control and Behavioral Control Attempts in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
Lacking Control Increases Illusory Pattern perception

Online therapy and coaching
Therapist guided internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for body dysmorphic disorder- single blind randomised controlled trial
Internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy for severe health anxiety- randomised controlled trial
Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy vs. Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder- A Randomized Controlled Non-inferiority Trial
Guided Internet-Based CBT for Common Mental Disorders
Efficacy of Technology delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for OCD Versus Control Conditions and in Comparison with Therapist Administered CBT
Computer Therapy for the Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Is Effective, Acceptable and Practical Health Care- A Meta-Analysis
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Versus Clinic-Based CBT for Adolescent Anxiety

Paranoia
Paranoia and the Structure of Powerlessness
Beliefs in Conspiracies
Attributional Style in Schizophrenia

Paranormal Beliefs
Personality correlates or paranormal belief: locus of control and sensation-seeking
Belief in the Paranormal and a Sense of Control over Life
BELIEF IN SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA AND LOCUS OF CONTROL
Intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health (Review)
The effect of superstitious belief on performance following an unsolvable problem
Cognitive and psychological mediators of anxiety: Evidence from a study of paranormal belief and perceived childhood control

Post Traumatic Stress
The relative efficacy of bona fide psychotherapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder- A meta-analysis of direct comparisons
SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING- IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
How eye movements in EMDR work- Changes in memory vividness and emotionality
EMDR therapy- An overview of its development and mechanisms of action
Efficacy of EMDR in children- A meta-analysis
CPI-1-Adult PTSD and Its Treatment With EMDR; A Review of Controversies, Evidence, and Theoretical Knowledge
Comparing the efficacy of EMDR and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy in the treatment of PTSD- a meta-analytic study
A Critical Evaluation of Current Views Regarding Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)- Clarifying Points of Confusion
Vujanovicetal2011_MindfulnessPTSD_ProfPsycResPrac
stress-inoculation.
Resilience Training Program Reduces Physiological and Psychological Stress in Police Officers
Mindfulness-Program-and-PTSD-Kearney
Mindfulness_and_Trauma_Implications_for_Treatment
Empowerment in Counseling

Priming
The Effect of Priming with Photographs of Environmental Settings on Walking Speed in an Outdoor Environment 
REMEMBERING EMOTIONAL EVENTS: A SOCIAL COGNITIVE N EUROSCIENCE APPROACH
Historical origins of priming.pdf
BeforeYouKnowIt_TheUnconscious reasons why we do what we do
The Automated Will: Nonconscious Activation and Pursuit of Behavioral Goals A_Social_Cognitive_Neuroscience_Approach_to_Emotion and memory

Self-efficacy in education
Self-Efficacy_An_Essential_Motive_to_Learn
Learned Helplessness, Test Anxiety, and Academic Achievement - A Longitudinal Analysis
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS AND REINFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITY IN CHILDREN
Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition
Finn-Rock-1997-resilience-academic
Borman-Rachuba-2001-Resilience-academic-school effects
Abouserie, R (1994) Sources and Levels of Stress in Relation to Locus of  Control and Self Esteem in University Students
SelfEfficacy.AcademicAchievement

Seasonal Affective Disorder
Major Depression With Seasonal Variation- Is It a Valid Construct?
Is there a negative impact of winter on mental distress and sleeping problems in the subarctic- The Tromsø Study
What is this thing called SAD? A critique of the concept of seasonal affective disorder

Thriving in the workplace
Trust, Connectivity, and Thriving- Implications for Innovative Behaviors at Work 
Toward the Construct Definition of Positive Deviance
Toward human sustainability_ How to enable more thriving at work
THE ROAD TO EMPOWERMENT- SEVEN QUESTIONS EVERY LEADER SHOULD CONSIDER
Taking Stock- A review of more than twenty years of research on empowerment at work
Spreitzer Sutcliffe Dutton Sonenshein Grant2005
Social Structural Characteristics of Psychological Empowerment
Perceived Control as an Antidote  to the Negative Effects of Layoffs on Survivors’ Organizational Commitment and Job Performance
Organizational culture and organazational development 
Growing at Work- Employees’ Interpretations of Progressive Self-Change in Organizations
Giving Up Control WIthout Losing Control
Feeling good The future of the 15trillion dollar wellness market
Explaining How Survivors Respond to Downsizing
EMPOWERED TO LEAD- THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN LEADERSHIP
Destructive De-Energizing Relationships- How Thriving Buffers Their Effect on Performance
Creating Sustainable Performance
Assessment of shame and guilt in a psychiatric sample - a  comparison of two measures
A socially embedded model of thriving at work

Wellbeing
Mindsets That Promote Resilience- When Students Believe That Personal Characteristics Can Be Developed
Coping as Part of Motivational Resilience in School- A Multidimensional Measure of Families, Allocations, and Profiles of Academic Coping
Masten-2001-resilience-ordinary magic
Martin_Marsh_Academic buoyancy- Towards an understanding of students' everyday academic resilience
Daily Hassles and Mental Health
Locus of Control - Predictor of Health and Subjective Well-Being
Discontented People - Reactivity and Locus of Control as Determinants of Subjective Well-Being
Resilience-academic-school effects
Beyond Risk- Resilience in the Lives of Sexual Minority Youth
Resilience and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors Assessed via Diary Methods
Volunteering and Its Relationship With Personal and Neighborhood Well-Being
Volunteer Work and Well-Being
‘Doing Something Positive’ - Volunteers’ Experiences of the Well-Being Benefits Derived from Practical Conservation Activities in Nature
‘At Least I Can Do Something’ - The Work of Volunteering in a Community Beset by Worklessness

Memory
The magical number seven, plus or minus two.pdf
The magical number 4 in short-term memory.pdf
The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress.pdf
Past Life Identities Ufo Abductions and Satanic Ritual Abuse The Social Construction of Memories
Make My Memory_ How Advertising Can Change Our Memories of the Pa
In Memoriam to Dr Nicholas P Spanos
Hyman&Pentland_The role of mental imagery in the creation of childhood false memories
Event plausibility does not affect children's false memories
Elementary school children's explicit and implicit memory for faces of preschool classmates
Creating false memories of infancy with hypnotic and non-hypnotic procedures
Adult PTSD and Its Treatment With EMDR; A Review of Controversies, Evidence, and Theoretical Knowledge
A New Solution to the Recovered Memory Debate
Emotional memory systems in the brain
The Colour of Odours
Behaviour Research and Therapy
A Cognitive model of insomnia
Dissociative experiences are related to commissions in emotional memory
Preliminary tests of a cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder
Testing the repression hypothesis Effects of emotional valence on memory suppression in the think – No think task
Stress and emotional memory; a matter of timing
Emotional expression and psychological symptoms; A comparison of writing and drawing
Is the re-experience of painful emotion therapeutic?
Predictors of accurate and inaccurate events experienced in childhood-2
Steps towards Healing; False Memories and Trauma-genic Amnesia May Coexist in Vulnerable Populations
A Model of Emotional Schemas
The Criterion A Problem Revisited; Controversies and Challenges in Defining and Measuring Psychological Trauma
Pedestrian Protection Systems; Issues, Survey, and Challenges
Accuracy, timing and circumstances of disclosure in therapy of recovered and continuous memories of abuse
A field study of ‘false memory syndrome; construct validity and incidence
What science says- and doesn’t say – about repressed memories; a critique of Scheflin and Brown
Recovered memories; the current weight of the evidence in science and in the courts
Complex PTSD; A Syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma
False Memories of Childhood Experiences
Comparisons of memories for traumatic events and other experiences
Repression Revisited
Acute and chronic responses to psychological trauma; where do we go from here?
Emotion, cognition and behaviour
Composure at any cost? the cognitive consequences of emotion suppression
Neural basis of Memory Systems
Event-related potentials of emotion memory; encoding pleasant, unpleasant and neural pictures
Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes; implications for affect, relationships and well-being
Can you be persuaded? Individual differences in susceptibility to persuasion
Personality and social psychology review
Emotional self-regulation therapy; a new and efficacious treatment for smoking
The amygdala and emotional memory
Natural systems underlying suppression of unwanted memories
Does repression exist? Memory, pathogenic, unconscious and clinical evidence
Cognitive neuroscience of emotional memory
Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder
Emotion, cognition and decision making
The psychology of emotion regulation; and integrative review
Autobiographical memory for trauma; update on four controversies
Does psychotherapy recover or invent child sexual abuse memories? A case history
A range of memory possibilities; the challenge of the false memory debate for clinicians and researchers
Abducted by a UFO; Prevalence Information Affects Young Children’s False Memories for an Implausible Event
After the event – Supporting children after a frightening event
The reality of repressed memories
A social cognitive neuroscience approach to emotion and memory
Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing
Dysfunctional attitudes and stressful life events; an interactive model of depression
Autobiographical Memory specificity and emotional disorder
Social cognitive theory of posttraumatic recovery; the role of perceived self-efficacy
Epidemiology of specific phobia subtypes; findings from the Dresden mental health study
Splintered memories or vivid landmarks? qualities of  traumatic memories with and without PTSD
Resilience in the face of potential trauma
The importance of being flexible
Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder
Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought
Event-related activation in the human amygdala associates with later memory for individual emotional experience
Shy children, phobic adults; nature and treatment of social anxiety disorder (2nd ed.)
Changes in PTSD patients’ narratives during prolonged exposure therapy; a replication and extension
Cognition in emotion; always, sometimes or never?
Rethinking feelings; and fMRI study of the cognitive regulation of emotion
The vulcanization of the human brain; a neural perspective on interactions between cognition and emotion
Children’s testimony a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice
Crashing memories and reality monitoring- Distinguishing between perceptions, imaginations and ‘false memories.’
Scientific study of the dissociative disorders
Ironic effects of emotion suppression when recounting distressing memories
The cognitive model of PTSD and its application
Desperately seeking evidence; the recovered memory debate
Parents’ influence on children’s achievement-related perceptions
Emotional processing in vocal and written expression of feelings about traumatic experiences
Emotions and false memories
Emotions are real
Explaining the forgetting and recovery of abuse and trauma memories; possible mechanisms
Expression of emotion; when it causes trauma and when it helps
False and recovered memories in the laboratory and clinic; a review of experimental and clinical evidence
False memories are not surprising; the subjective experience of an associative memory illusion
Natural memory beyond the storage model; repression, trauma, and the construction of a personal past
Interviewing witnesses; forced confabulation and confirmatory feedback increase false memories
Forgetting trauma stimuli
Disclosing and sharing emotion; psychological, social and health consequences
Amnesia, partial amnesia and delayed recall among adult survivors of childhood trauma
How do thoughts differ from feelings_; putting the differences into words
Exploring the nature of traumatic memory; Combining clinical knowledge with laboratory methods
Emotional processes in psychotherapy; Evidence across therapeutic modalities
Memory processes in posttraumatic stress disorder
Trauma and memory
Positive adaptation to trauma; Wisdom as both process and outcome