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PhD (Hull University); Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society); Chartered Clinical Psychologist (British Psychological Society); Chartered Health Psychologist (British Psychological Society); Registered Clinical Psychologist (Health Profess
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- m.johnston@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Aberdeen Health Psychology Group
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
2nd floor, Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Marie Johnston is a Registered Health and Clinical Psychologist, and Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology at the University of Aberdeen.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, European Health Psychology Society and the Health Psychology and Public Health Network.
She conducts research on behaviour change in health and healthcare contexts and on disability (theory, measurement and intervention).
In 1986, she became the first chair of the Health Psychology section of the BPS and in 1992, the second president of the European Health Psychology Society. She has served on numerous BPS committees and in 1994 gained the BPS President's Award.
Her previous posts were at the University of St Andrews, London University (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine) and Oxford University, having completed her BSc at the University of Aberdeen and PhD at the University of Hull.
- Research
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Current Research
2016-2017 CSO. Supporting health snack choices in Scottish hospitals. A feasibility study. Allan, J., Johnston, M., Webb, S., McKenzie, F. £24,327.
2016-2019 CRUK. Achieving Self-directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) in melanoma:A randomized patient focused trial of delivering the ASICA intervention as a means to earlier detection of recurrent and second primary melanoma. Murchie, P., Masthoff, J., Walter, F., Nicolson, M., Allan, J., Burrows, N., Norrie, J., Proby, C., Lee, A., Johnston, M. £287,355.80
2016-2020 Wellcome Trust. The Human Behaviour-Change Project: Building the science of behaviour change for complex intervention development. Michie, S., Johnston, M., Shawe-Taylor, J., Thomas, J., Kelly, M. £3,677,000.00
2016-2017 Global Health Exchange. The Change Exchange project. Byrne-Davis, L., Hart, J., Johnston, M.
2016-2018 Swedish Research Council Forte. Evaluation of a counseling intervention aimed at promoting labor market integration and mental health amongst young school drop-outs. A randomized controlled trial in Sweden. Rasmussen, F., Hasson, H., Lappalainen, R., Ghaderi, A. 3.33 SEK. £260,400
2015-2020 NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Resource and Coordinating Center. Davidson, K.W., Burg, M.M., Alcantara, C., Cheung, Y.K.K., Edmondson, D.E., Kronish, I.M., Shaffer, J., Schwartz, J.E., Summer, J.A., Brondolo, E., Falzon, A.L., Medina, V.M., Navarrete, S., Michie, S., Johnston, M., West, T., Bonanno, G.A. $ £
2014 - 2017 CRUK. Making results of smoking cessation trials more useful to policy and practice: Identifying the effective behavioural components of smoking cessation support provided to intervention and control groups by applying innovative methods for evidence syntheses. De Bruin, M., Johnston, M., Hartmann-Boyce, J., West, R., Michie, S., Bull, E., Viechtbauer, W. £498,882
2014-2015 HTA. Home-based health promotion for vulnerable older people. K Walters et al.£442,668.
2014 – 2015CSO Effect of outpatient pharmacists' non-dispensing roles on patient outcomes and healthcare professionals’ prescribing patterns. A Cochrane Review update and application of the Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy. Watson, M., Johnston, M., de Bruin, M., Matheson, C., Bond, C., Bero,L., Nkansah, N. £143,606
2014-2016 MRC Developing methodology for designing and evaluating theory-based complex interventions: an ontology for linking behaviour change techniques to theory. Michie, S., Johnston, M. £585,772.
2014-2016 CSO. Development of interventions to reduce patient delay with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome: identifying optimal content and mode of delivery. Farquharson, B., Williams, B., Smith, K., Dougall, N. Dombrowski, S., McGhee, J., Treweek, S., Jones, C., Rowland, C., Pringle, S., Johnston, M. £221,668
2012-2015 DiABETES UK. Overcoming barriers to high quality care in diabetes through professional behaviour change. Eccles, M., Presseau, J., Hawthorne, G., Sniehotta, F.,
Hunter, G.W., Steen, I.N., Deverill, M., Kaner, E., Francis, J., Johnston, M., Marko, E., Grimshaw, J. £381,506Funding and Grants
2010-2010 CSO Nursing Stress and patient care: Real-time investigation of the effect of nursingtasks and demands onpsychological and physiological stress andjob performance. Johnston, M, Johnston, D, Jones, Ricketts, Allan, Schofield £212,185.
2010-2011 CSO Repeat breast cancer surgery and risk of chronic post-surgical pain. Bruce, Heys, Thompson, Johnston, chambers, Scott, Wells. £61,337
2010-2012 NIHR HTA Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in the Intensive Care Unit (The SuDDICU study). Project ref. 09/01/13.Francis JJ, Bellingan G (Co-PI), Campbell MK, Cuthbertson B, Eccles MP, Johnston M, MacLennan G, Ramsay CR, Rose L, Rowan K, Shulman R, Wilson P. £213,907
2009-2012ARC How do demographic, social, psychological and clinical factors affect a) the validity of health outcome measures and b) the relationships between constructs within the ICF model? An analysis in a community cohort of people with osteoarthritis. Johnston, M., Pollard, B., Dixon, D. £122,422
2010-2013 MRC Methods for strengthening evaluation and implementation: specifying components of behaviour change interventions. Michie, Abraham, Eccles, Francis, Hardeman, Johnston. £614,009.
2010-2013 CSO Improving Adherence to Medication in Stroke Survivors (IAMSS): pilot study. O'Carroll, Dennis, Johnston, Sudlow £224,878
2006-2012 CSO Research TrainingFellowship, Julia Allan.
2010-2012 Stroke Association. Research TrainingFellowship PhD student. Sarah Carroll
2007-2012 CSO Implementation of National Dentistry Guidance: Outcomes Study. Clarkson, Ramsay, Bonetti, Eccles, Eldridge, Francis, Grimshaw, Johnston, McKee, Michie, Norrie, Pitts, Rennie, Vale. £300,000.
2009 – 2011 CSO Research into the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors made by junior doctors. Bond, Ross, Lee, McLay, MacLeod, Johnston, Francis, Davey, Ker, Maxwell, Webb, McKay. £216,843
2009 – 2010 CSO Using pedometers to promote physical activity in patients after stroke: a pilot study. Mead, McMurdo, Greig, Johnston, Johnston, Sniehotta, Lewis. £58,274
2009-2011 Cancer Research UK "Prospective Cohort Study to Identify Risk Factors for Chronic Pain after Breast Cancer Surgery". Bruce, Heys, Johnston, chambers, Scott. £67,215
2008-2011 CSO Feasibility Study for a randomised controlled trial of a complex behavioural intervention to reduce weight in obese adults with additional risk factors for chronic disease. Sniehotta,Dombrowski, Johnston, Avenell, Ramsay, Araujo-Soares, Brown, Broom, Kulkarni. £62,744
2008-2010 Canada Prime Plus Selecting individual and organisational theories for interventions to change clinical practice. Grimshaw, Brouwers, Driedger, Eccles, Francis, Godin, Hanna, Hux, Johnston, Legare, Lemyre, Pomey, Sales, Zwarenstein.
2007-2010 Cancer Research UK Prospective cohort study to identify risk factors for the development of chronic pain after breast cancer surgery. Bruce, Heys, Chambers, Thompson, Scott. £188,572.
2007-2010 Cancer Research UK Reducing time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer: phase II complex intervention study. Campbell, Smith, Wyke, Powell, Devereux, Johnston, Lee, Macleod, Nicolson, Ritchie, Murchie. £105,249
2007-2010 Diabetes UK Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care. Eccles, Hawthorne, Johnston, Hunter, Steen, Francis, Eliovanio, Grimshaw. £553,367
- Publications
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The human behaviour-change project: Developing a behaviour change intervention ontology
Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
When group members go against the grain: an ironic interactive effect of group identification and normative content on healthy eating
Appetite, vol. 105, pp. 344-355Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.06.005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8762/1/KB_Appetite_MS.pdf
Behavior Change Techniques
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_1661-2
Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]
Implementation Science, vol. 11, no. 1, 124Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational messages to increase primary care physicians’ prescription of thiazide diuretics for hypertension [ISRCTN72772651]
Implementation Science, vol. 11, no. 1, 121Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChanging patient behaviour in pharmacy interventions: what are the active ingredients?
19th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, pp. 25Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12278
Reporting of pharmacy interventions to change patients’ behaviour: is there sufficient information for replication?
19th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, pp. 9-9Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12278
Reporting behaviour change interventions: do the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1, and training in its use, improve the quality of intervention descriptions?
Implementation Science, vol. 11, pp. 1-11Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPsychological preparation and postoperative outcomes for adults undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 5, pp. 1-283Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying effective behavioural components of Intervention and Comparison group support provided in SMOKing cEssation (IC-SMOKE) interventions: a systematic review protocol
Systematic reviews , vol. 5, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0253-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5962/1/s13643_016_0253_1.pdf
Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 187-197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9746-8
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5253/3/Stressors_final_PDF.pdf
Die TIDieR Checkliste und Anleitung - ein Instrument für eine verbesserte Interventionsbeschreibung und Replikation
Gesundheitswesen, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 175-188Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-111066
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What more can we learn from early learning theory? The contemporary relevance for behaviour change interventions
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: EditorialsA science for all reasons: A comment on Ogden (2016)
Health Psychology Review, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 256-259Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2016.1190292
Increasing skin self-examination after melanoma: an intervention using text and tablet delivery
2nd Behaviour Change ConferenceContributions to Conferences: Posters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1111394.1
Understanding implementation of maternal acute illness management education by measuring capability, opportunity and motivation: A mixed methods study in a low-income country
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 59-70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v6n3p59
Reliability of Identification of Behavior Change Techniques in Intervention Descriptions
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 885-900Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-015-9727-y
Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitative data)
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 99, pp. 1-188Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19990
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5300/1/FullReport_hta19990.pdf
The impact of demand and cognitive load on stress and performance in 2nd year medical students: a simulation study
Contributions to Conferences: PapersImproving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations: Development and evaluation of an intervention to reduce movement in scanners and facilitate scan completion
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 449-465Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12132
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9252/2/In_press_15_B_Powell_Title_Page_MRI_BJHP_Submit_24Oct2014.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9252/1/In_press_15_A_Powell_Reducing_Movement_for_MRI_BJHP_ANON_Maindoc_24Oct2014.docx
Total skin self-examination at home for people treated for cutaneous melanoma: development and pilot of a digital intervention
BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 8, e007993Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSnack purchasing is healthier when the cognitive demands of choice are reduced: a randomised controlled trial
Health Psychology, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 750-755Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000173
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4817/1/HP_Hub_paper_FINALACCEPTED.docx
Applying the behaviour change technique (BCT) taxonomy v1: a study of coder training
Translational Behavioral Medicine, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 134-148Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe role of emotion regulation on social participation following stroke
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 181-199Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrom lists of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) to structured hierarchies: Comparison of two methods of developing a hierarchy of BCTs
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 130-150Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12102
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4566/1/BCT_sort_paper_BJHP.pdf
Advancing Cumulative Evidence on Behaviour Change Techniques and Interventions: A comment on Peters, de Bruin, and Crutzen (2013)
Health Psychology Review, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 25-29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2014.912538
Assessment in Health Psychology
Hogrefe, Gottingen/Boston. 346 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksChapter 12, Health Outcomes functional status
Assessment in Health Psychology. Benyamini, Y., Johnston, M., Karademas, E. C. (eds.). Hogrefe, pp. 160-174, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersChapter 24, Measurement issues in Health Psychology
Assessment in Health Psychology. Benyamini, Y., Johnston, M., Karademas, E. C. (eds.). Hogrefe, pp. 320-334, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersIntroduction: Assessment in Health Psychology: Introduction
Assessment in Health Psychology. Benyamini, Y., Johnston, M., Karademas, E. C. (eds.). Hogrefe, pp. 3-16, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPersonal experiences of electronic measurement of medication adherence in elderly stroke survivors
Drugs and Therapy Perspectives, vol. 31, pp. 167-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-015-0200-6
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Use and usability: are theories of behaviour change practical?
Thinking about behaviour change: An interdisciplinary dialogue. Christmas, S., Michie, S., West, R. (eds.). Silverback publishing, pp. 69-83, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersReflective and automatic processes in healthcare professional behavior: A dual process model tested across multiple behaviors
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 347-358Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9609-8
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5255/1/Presseau_ABM_2014.pdf
The opportunities item response theory (IRT) offers to health psychologists: Methods in Health Psychology Symposium IV
European Health Psychologist, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 249-259Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing the theory of planned behaviour to develop targets for interventions to enhance patient communication during pharmacy consultations for non-prescription medicines
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 386-396Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12095
Understanding usage of a hybrid website and smartphone app for weight management: a mixed-methods study
Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 16, no. 10, e201Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3579
"My doctor has changed my pills without telling me": impact of generic medication switches in stroke survivors
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 890-901Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-013-9550-5
Improving Medication Adherence in Stroke Survivors: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Effects
Health Psychology, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 1241-1250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000082
Observational study of current use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in UK critical care units
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 113, no. 4, pp. 610-617Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeu108
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Looking inside the black box: results of a theory-based process evaluation exploring the results of a randomized controlled trial of printed educational messages to increase primary care physicians' diabetic retinopathy referrals [Trial registration number ISRCTN72772651]
Implementation Science, vol. 9, 86Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-9-86
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3776/1/1748_5908_9_86.pdf
Theory-based predictors of multiple clinician behaviors in the management of diabetes
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 607-620Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving Diabetes care through Examining, Advising, and prescribing (IDEA): protocol for a theory-based cluster randomised controlled trial of a multiple behaviour change intervention aimed at primary healthcare professionals
Implementation Science, vol. 9, 61Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDiscriminant content validity: A quantitative methodology for assessing content of theory-based measures, with illustrative applications
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 240-257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12095
Stress in telephone helpline nurses is associated with failures of concentration, attention and memory, and with more conservative referral decisions
British Journal of Psychology, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 200-213Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12030
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5935/1/BJP1497_preprint.docx
Environmental and individual correlates of distress: Testing Karasek's Demand-Control model in 99 primary care clinical environments
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 292-310Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12073
Developing an integrated biomedical and behavioural theory of functioning and disability: adding models of behaviour to the ICF framework
Health Psychology Review, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 381-403Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2013.855592
Predictors of anxiety and depression in people with colorectal cancer
Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 307-314Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1963-8
Psychological, surgical, and sociodemographic predictors of pain outcomes after breast cancer surgery: A population-based cohort study
Pain, vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 232-243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.09.028
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Prevalence and causes of prescribing errors: the PRescribing Outcomes for Trainee Doctors Engaged in Clinical Training (PROTECT) study
PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 1, e79802Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLinks between emotion perception and social participation restriction following stroke
Brain Injury, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 122-126Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2013.848379