23rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society Pisa (Italy) September 23rd to 26th, 2009
Symposium: Positive health psychology as an approach to health promotion and disease prevention
Convenor: Espnes, G.A., Norwegian University of Science and Technology, & Byrne, D.G., Australian National University.
Health promotion in the ill. Rannestad, T. Sør-Trøndelag University College.
For a healthy future: Positive health psychology in children. Byrne, D.G. Australian National University.
Focusing on resources for health: Salutogenesis as the theoretical base of health promotion. Lindström, B., & Eriksson M. Folkhälsan, Finland.
Positive occupational health psychology. Christensen M., & Innstrand, S.T. Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Oral presentation:
Self-rated health and ischemic heart disease mortality in older women and men. Ernstsen, L., Krokstad, S., & Espnes, G.A., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Does religiousity protect against war related distress? Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ringdal, G.I., Ringdal, K., Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
SOC as a predictor of HRQoL in women and men after myocardial infarction. Wrzesniewski, K., Wlodarczyk, D., & Kolodziejek, J., Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland.
Poster presentation:
Measuring attitudes to change and relation competence in a palliative medicine unit. André, B., Sjøvold, E., Rannestad, T., Holmemo, M., & Ringdal, G.I., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Patient education – A compromise between patient’s needs and hospital resources. Grønning, K., & Steinsbekk, A., Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Characteristics in COPD patients self-selected to inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient clinics. Bratås, O., Espnes, G.A., Rannestad, T., & Walstad, R., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Long-term gyneaecological cancer survivors and work related issues – A population-based case-control study. Platou, T.F., Skjeldestad, F.E., & Rannestad, T., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
The association between stress, sense of coherence and mental health in a Norwegian adolescent sample. Moksnes, U.K., Espnes, G.A., & Opheim Moljord, I.E., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Sustaining good health after radiotheraphy treatment for breast cancer – Possible predictors. Reidunsdatter, R., Rannestad, T., Bakken, T., Lundgren, I.J., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Resilience mechanisms as factors to sustain the partaking in non-vocational activities in rheumatoid arthritis. Reinseth, L., Espnes, G.A., Sør-Trøndelag University College.
Girls are less happy and more stressed than boys; physical activity helps! Moljord, I.E., Moksnes, U.K., Eriksen, L., & Espnes, G.A. Norwegian University of Science and Technology / St.Olavs University Hospital.
Participants:
Anne Tveit og Mary-Elizabeth Eilertsen, Sør-Trøndelag University College.
