Negative and Positive Beliefs Related to Mood and Health

作者：Ownby, Raymond L^*; Acevedo, Amarilis; Jacobs, Robin J; Caballero, Joshua; Waldrop Valverde, Drenna

来源：American Journal of Health Behavior, 2014, 38(4): 586-597.

DOI：10.5993/AJHB.38.4.12

• depression
• health beliefs
• mediation
• health-related quality of life

Objectives: To observe whether elderly patients' positive and negative beliefs about efforts improving or maintaining health are related to health and mood. Methods: We developed a brief scale to assess these beliefs. Factor analysis was used to evaluate its dimensions; the extent to which the scale's dimensions mediate the relationship between mood and self-reported health was explored. Results: Analyses show that the scale reflects a general factor as well as 2 sub-scales that evaluate distinct but related positive and negative dimensions. The scale was not related to race, sex, or education, but showed modest relations to age. Scales were significantly related to mood, health status, and health-related quality of life. Conclusions: Both negative and positive beliefs mediated the relation between depression and self-reported health.

• 出版日期2014-7
• 单位东南大学