Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- d.johnston@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room S13, School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen
- School/Department
- School of Psychology
- Research
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Research Overview
My primary research interests are stress, including occupational stress, fatigue, psychological and behaviour aspects of cardiavascular diease, and understanding and increasing activity in various groups. The methods I use include ambulatory physiological measurement, real time diary studies (ecological momentary assessment) and n-of-1 methods. My research is illustrated by these selected papers. A fuller list can befound under Publications.
Health Psychology
Johnston, DW, Beedie, A, & Jones, MC (2006) Using computerised ambulatory diaries for the assessment of job characteristics and work-related stress in nurses Work & Stress, 20, 163-172.
Allan , J., Johnston, D.W., Johnston, M., & Mant, D. (2007). Depression and perceived behavioural control are independent predictors of future activity and fitness after coronary. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 501-508.
Powell R, Johnston M, Johnston DW. (2007). Assessing walking limitations in stroke survivors: Are self-reports and proxy-reports interchangeable? Rehabilitation Psychology, 52, 177-18
Johnston D.W., Tuomisto M.T., & Patching, G.R. (2008) The Relationship between Cardiac Reactivity in the Laboratory and in Real Life. Health Psychology. 27, 34-42
Molloy, G.J., Johnston, D.W., Johnston, M., Gao, C., Witham M. D., Struthers, A.D., , & McMurdo M.E.T. (2008) Using the Demand-Control Model of job strain to predict Caregiver Burden and Caregiver Satisfaction in the informal caregivers of heart failure patients. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 401-417.
Powell R, Johnston M & Johnston DW. (2008). The effects of negative affectivity on self-reported activity limitations in stroke patients: Testing the Symptom Perception, Disability and Psychosomatic Hypotheses. Psychology and Health, 23, 195-206
Powell, R., Allan J., Johnston, D.W., Gao, G., Johnston, M., Kenardy, J., Pollard, B., & Rowley, D. (2009) Activity and affect: Repeated within participant assessment of people after joint replacement surgery. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54, 83-90.
McMurdo, M.E.T, Sugden, J, Argo, I., Boyle P., Johnston, D.W., Sniehotta F.F., DonnanP.T (2010). Do pedometers increase physical activity in sedentary older women? A randomised controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatric Society,58, 2099-2106.
Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D. W., Rasbash, J. (2010) Appraisal predicts hemodynamic reactivity in a naturalistic stressor. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 77, 35-42.
Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D. W. (2011) Cardiovascular reactivity in real life settings: measurement, mechanisms and meaning. Biological Psychology, 86, 98-105
Quinn, F., Johnston, M., Dixon, D., Johnston, D.W., Pollard, B., & Rowley, D.I. (2012) Testing the integration of model of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients:Replication and extension. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57, 167-177
Johnston, D.W., Jones M.C., McCann, C.K., McKee, L. (2013) Stress in nurses: stress-related affect and its determinants examined over the nursing day. Annals of Behavioural Medicine, 45, 348-356.
Johnston, D.W., & Johnston, M. (2013). Useful theories should apply to individuals. British Journal of Health Psychology, 18, 469-473.
Quinn, F., Johnston, M., Johnston, D.W. (2013) Testing an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain. Psychology & Health, 28, 1391-1406.
Johnston, D.W., Bell, C., Jones, M., Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Schofield, P., Ricketts, I., Johnston, M, (2016). Stressors, appraisal of stressors, experienced stress and cardiac response: a real-time, real-life investigation of work stress in nurses. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, 187-187.
Johnston, D.W. (2016). Ecological Momentary Assessment. In “Assessment in Health Psychology” Edited by Y. Benyamini, M. Johnston, & V. Karademas. Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. Pp 241-251
Steele, F., Clarke, P., Leckie, G., Allan, J., & Johnston, D.W. (2017). Multilevel structural equation models for longitudinal data where predictors are measured more frequently than outcomes: an application to the effects of stress on the cognitive function of nurses. J. R. Statist. Soc. A , 180, Part 1, pp. 263–283.
Suzanne McDonald, S., Quinn, F., Vieira, R., O’Brien, N., White, M., Johnston, D.W., & Sniehotta, F.F., (2017): The state of the art and future opportunities forusing longitudinal n-of-1 methods in health behaviour research: a systematic literature overview,Health Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2017.1316672
Johnston, D.W., Allan, J.L., Powell, D.J.H., Jones, M.C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., & Johnston, M. (2018). Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Online
Jones, M.C., Smith, K., Herber, O., White, W., Steele, F., & Johnston, D.W. (2018). Intention, beliefs and mood assessed using electronic diaries predicts attendance at cardiac rehabilitation: An observational study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 88, 143-152
- Publications
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Using computerized ambulatory diaries for the assessment of job characteristics and work-related stress in nurses
Work & Stress, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 163-172Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678370600902872
Predictors of exercise capacity and everyday activity in older heart failure patients
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 203-207Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.03.008
Does the introduction of a curriculum using problem based learning promote student adaptation and performance?
International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol. 43, pp. 941-952Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIs the introduction of a student-centred, problem based curriculum associated with improvement in student nurse well-being and performance?: An Observational study of effect
International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 941-952Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.10.013
Family caregiving and congestive heart failure. Review and analysis
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 592-603Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.07.008
Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure
The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 95, no. 9, pp. 1120-1124Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.031
Extending the demand-control model to informal caregiving
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 243-251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.08.009
Modelling the impact of managerial support on mental and pjysical well-being and sickness absence of entrants to a healthcare organisation.
Work & Stress, vol. 19, pp. 1-22Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMotivation is not enough: Prediction of risk behavior following diagnosis of coronary heart disease from the theory of planned behavior
Health Psychology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 533-538Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.23.5.533
Acute and chronic psychological processes in cardiovascular disease
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsApplication of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in behaviour change interventions: A Systematic Review
Psychology & Health, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 123-158Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440290013644a
Health Psychology: Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, Vol 8
Elsevier, Oxford, United KingdomBooks and Reports: BooksHealth Psychology
Dictionary of biological psychology. Winn, P. (ed.). RoutledgeChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersHealth psychology
Elsevier, Amsterdam. 723 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksCardiovascular reactions to psychological stress: the influence of demographic variables
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 876-877Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA critical review of the relationship between perception of the work environment, coping and mental health in trained nurses, and patient outcomes
Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 75-85Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1054/cein.2000.0109
Cognitive behaviour therapy for cardiovascular diseases
Zeitschrift fur kardiologie, vol. 89 , no. Suppl 9, pp. IX/78-81Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvaluating the impact of a worksite stress management programme for distressed student nurses: A randomised controlled trial
Psychology & Health, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 689-706Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReducing distress in first level and student nurses: a review of the applied stress management literature
Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 66-74Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01421.x
Lifestyle changes after a myocardial infarction
Heart, vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 543-544Contributions to Journals: EditorialsThe role of ambulatory cardiovascular psychophysiology in the study of stress
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 409-413Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGroup therapy for metastatic cancer patients: report of an intervention
Psychology, Health & Medicine, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 229-240Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/135485099106171
Impact on patients and partners of inpatient and extended cardiac counseling and rehabilitation: A controlled trial
Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 225-233Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe derivation of a brief Student Nurse Stress Index
Work & Stress, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 162-181Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/026783799296129
The impact on patients and partners of inpatient and extended cardiac rehabilitation: a controlled trial
Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 61, pp. 225-233Contributions to Journals: Articles