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Professor Derek Johnston

Professor Derek Johnston
Professor Derek Johnston
Professor Derek Johnston

Emeritus Professor

About
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

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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  • Changing healthcare professionals' non-reflective processes to improve the quality of care

    Potthoff, S., Kwasnicka, D., Avery, L., Finch, T., Gardner, B., Hankonen, N., Johnston, D., Johnston, M., Kok, G., Lally, P., Maniatopoulos, G., Marques, M. M., McCleary, N., Presseau, J., Rapley, T., Sanders, T., Ten Hoor, G., Vale, L., Verplanken, B., Grimshaw, J. M.
    Social Science and Medicine, vol. 298, 114840
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Achieving Integrated Self-Directed Cancer Aftercare (ASICA) for melanoma: How a digital intervention to support total skin self-examination was used by people treated for cutaneous melanoma

    Reilly, F., Constable, L., Brant, W., Rahman, K., Durrani, A., Burrows, N., Proby, C., Allan, J., Johnston, M., Johnston, D., Walter, F., Murchie, P.
    BMC Cancer, vol. 21, 1217
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Development of an online tool for linking behavior change techniques and mechanisms of action based on triangulation of findings from literature synthesis and expert consensus

    Johnston, M., Carey, R. N., Connell Bohlen, L. E., Johnston, D. W., Rothman, A. J., de Bruin, M., Kelly, M. P., Groarke, H., Michie, S.
    Translational Behavioral Medicine, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1049-1065
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • How can we better prepare new doctors for the tasks and challenges of ward rounds?: An observational study of junior doctors’ experiences

    Bell, C. L., Allan, J., Ross, S., Powell, D., Johnston, D.
    Medical Teacher, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 1294-1301
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysing N-of-1 observational data in health psychology and behavioural medicine: A 10-step SPSS tutorial for beginners

    McDonald, S., Vieira, R., Johnston, D. W.
    Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 32-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are processes in acceptance & commitment therapy (Act) related to chronic pain outcomes within individuals over time? : an exploratory study using n-of-1 designs

    Trompetter, H. R., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, M., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M., Schreurs, K. M.
    Journal for Person-Oriented Research, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 123-136
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • How many calories do nurses burn at work? A real-time study of nurses’ energy expenditure

    Allan, J., Sadko, K., Bell, C., Johnston, D.
    Journal of Research in Nursing, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 488-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12 hour shifts

    Johnston, D. W., Allan, J. L., Powell, D. J. H., Jones, M. C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., Johnston, M.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 551-562
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Clinical decisions and time since rest break: An analysis of decision fatigue in nurses

    Allan, J. L., Johnston, D. W., Powell, D. J. H., Farquharson, B., Jones, M. C., Leckie, G., Johnston, M.
    Health Psychology, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 318-324
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intention, beliefs and mood assessed using electronic diaries predicts attendance at cardiac rehabilitation: An observational study

    Jones, M. C., Smith, K., Herber, O., White, M., Steele, F., Johnston, D. W.
    International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol. 88, pp. 143-152
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Communication of behaviour change interventions: can they be recognised from written descriptions?

    Johnston, M., Johnston, D., Wood, C. E., Hardeman, W., Francis, J., Michie, S.
    Psychology & Health, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 713-723
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Quantitative data analysis of perceived barriers and motivators to physical activity in stroke survivors

    Nicholson, S., Greig, C., Sniehotta, F., Johnston, M., Lewis, S. J., McMurdo, M. E. T., Johnston, D., Scopes, J., Mead, G.
    Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 231-236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • What do Demand-Control and Effort-Reward work stress questionnaires really measure? A Discriminant Content Validity study of relevance and representativeness of measures

    Bell, C., Johnston, D., Allan, J., Pollard, B., Johnston, M.
    British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 295-329
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • What is behavioural medicine? Commentary on definition proposed by Dekker, Stauder & Penedo

    Johnston, M., Johnston, D.
    International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 8–11
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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

    Steele, F., Clarke, P., Leckie, G., Allan, J. L., Johnston, D.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society), vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 263–283
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The state of the art and future opportunities for using longitudinal n-of-1 methods in health behaviour research: a systematic literature overview

    McDonald, S., Quinn, F., Vieira, R., O'Brien, N., White, M., Johnston, D. W., Sniehotta, F. F.
    Health Psychology Review, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 307-323
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stressors, Appraisal of Stressors, Experienced Stress and Cardiac Response: A Real-Time, Real-Life Investigation of Work Stress in Nurses

    Johnston, D., Bell, C. L., Jones, M., Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Schofield, P., Ricketts, I., Johnston, M.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 187-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • N-of-1methods in health behavior research: A systematic review

    McDonald, S., Quinn, F., Vieira, R., O'Brien, N., White, M., Johnston, D., Sniehotta, F. F.
    International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, pp. S236
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Understanding usage of a hybrid website and smartphone app for weight management: a mixed-methods study

    Morrison, L. G., Hargood, C., Lin, S. X., Dennison, L., Joseph, J., Hughes, S., Michaelides, D. T., Johnston, D., Johnston, M., Michie, S., Little, P., Smith, P. W., Weal, M. J., Yardley, L.
    Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 16, no. 10, e201
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identifying older heart failure patients with major depression in primary care: a feasibility study

    McMurdo, M. E. T., Witham, M. D., Johnston, D., Struthers, A. D., Guthrie, B., Matthews, K.
    International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 547-549
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • The physical environment and health-enhancing activity during the school commute: global positioning system, geographical information systems and accelerometry

    McMinn, D., Oreskovic, N. M., Aitkenhead, M. J., Johnston, D., Murtagh, S., Rowe, D. A.
    Geospatial Health, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 569-572
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A qualitative theory guided analysis of stroke survivors' perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity

    Nicholson, S. L., Donaghy, M., Johnston, M., Sniehotta, F. F., van Wijck, F., Johnston, D., Greig, C., McMurdo, M. E. T., Mead, G.
    Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 36, no. 22, pp. 1857-1868
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Goal conflict and goal facilitation as predictors of daily accelerometer-assessed physical activity

    Presseau, J., Tait, R. I., Johnston, D. W., Francis, J. J., Sniehotta, F. F.
    Health Psychology, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 1179-1187
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nursing stress and patient care: real-time investigation of the effect of nursing tasks and demands on psychological stress, physiological stress, and job performance: study protocol

    Farquharson, B., Bell, C., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Schofield, P., Allan, J., Ricketts, I., Morrison, K., Johnston, M.
    Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 2327-2335
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards

    Farquharson, B., Bell, C. L., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Schofield, P., Allan, J., Ricketts, I., Morrison, K., Johnston, M.
    Journal of Nursing Management, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 860-866
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stress in nurses: stress-related affect and its determinants examined over the nursing day

    Johnston, D. W., Jones, M. C., Charles, K., McCann, S. K., McKee, L.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 348-356
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Do mood and the receipt of work-based support influence nurse perceived quality of care delivery?: A behavioural diary study

    Jones, M. C., Johnston, D.
    Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 22, no. 5-6, pp. 890-901
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessing acute coronary syndrome patients' cardiac-related beliefs, motivation and mood over time to predict non-attendance at cardiac rehabilitation

    Herber, O. R., Jones, M. C., Smith, K., Johnston, D. W.
    Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 2778-2788
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Opportunities and challenges in real time data capture: Methods in Health Psychology Symposium II

    Jones, M., O'Connor, D., Schwartz, J., Johnston, D., French, D., De Bruin, M.
    European Health Psychologist, vol. 14, pp. 93-99
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

  • Does clinical incident seriousness and receipt of work-based support influence mood experienced by nurses at work?: A behavioural diary study

    Jones, M. C., Johnston, D.
    International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 978-987
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance

    Farquharson, B., Allan, J. L., Johnston, D., Johnston, M., Choudhary, C. J., Jones, M.
    Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 1624-1635
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Testing the integration of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients: replication and extension

    Quinn, F., Johnston, M., Dixon, D., Johnston, D. W., Pollard, B., Rowley, D. I.
    Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 167-177
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Efficacy and Cost of an Exercise Programme for Functionally Impaired Older Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Witham, M. D., Fulton, R. L., Greig, C. A., Johnston, D. W., Lang, C. C., van der Pol, M., Boyers, D., Struthers, A. D., McMurdo, M. E. T.
    Circulation. Heart Failure, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 209-216
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The use of pedometers in stroke survivors: are they feasible and how well do they detect steps?

    Carroll, S. L., Greig, C. A., Lewis, S. J., McMurdo, M. E., Sniehotta, F. F., Johnston, M., Johnston, D., Scopes, J., Mead, G. E.
    Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 466-470
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ambulatory blood pressure

    Johnston, D., Zanstra, Y.
    Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Gellman, M. D., Turner, J. R. (eds.). Springer, pp. 75-77, 3 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ambulatory monitory

    Johnston, D.
    Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Gellman, M. D., Turner, J. R. (eds.). Springer, pp. 77-79, 3 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Examining behavioural processes and theory in health psychology within individuals: an example from nurse stress

    Johnston, D. W.
    Psychology & Health, vol. 27, no. S1, pp. 63
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A randomised controlled trial of exercise training for older heart failure patients

    Fulton, R. L., Witham, M. D., Greig, C., Johnston, D., Lang, C. C., Van der Pol, M., Boyers, D., Struthers, A. D., McMurdo, M. E. T., Johnston, D.
    Age and Ageing, vol. 40, no. Suppl. 2, pp. II9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparison of the Endurance Shuttle Walk Test and the Six-Minute Walk Test in Older Heart Failure Patients

    Speight, K. A., Witham, M. D., Fulton, R. L., Johnston, D., Lang, C. C., Struthers, A. D., McMurdo, M. E. T.
    Age and Ageing, vol. 40, no. Suppl. 2, pp. II8
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Understanding phenomena in the real world: the case for real time data collection in health services research

    Jones, M., Johnston, D.
    Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 172-176
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Behaviour change plus pedometer in increasing physical activity in sedentary older women

    Johnston, D., Sniehotta, F. F., Sugden, J., Argo, I., Boyle, P., Donnan, P. T., McMurdo, M. E., Johnston, D.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 41, no. Suppl. 1, pp. S132
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparative effectiveness research in cardiovascular behavioral medicine

    Stoney, C. M., Blumenthal, J. A., Spring, B., Johnston, D., Bonds, D.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. S131
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Real time assessment of stress in telephone health services: cardiac consequences for nurses of stressful consultations

    Johnston, D., Allan, J., Choudhary, C. J., Farquharson, B., Jones, M. C., Johnston, M., Johnston, D.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 41, no. Suppl. 1, pp. S235
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cardiovascular reactivity in real life settings: measurement, mechanisms and meaning

    Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D.
    Biological Psychology, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 98-105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Time in facilitating and conflicting goal-directed behaviours predicts objectively-assessed physical activity: A multilevel diary study

    Justin, P., Richard, T., Johnston, D. W., Francis, J. J., Sniehotta, F. F., Johnston, D.
    Psychology & Health, vol. 26, no. Suppl. 2, pp. 53
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Do pedometers increase physical activity in sedentary older women?: A randomized controlled trial

    McMurdo, M. E. T., Sugden, J., Argo, I., Boyle, P., Johnston, D., Sniehotta, F. F., Donnan, P. T.
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 2099-2106
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Behaviour change plus pedometer in increasing physical activity in sedentary older women

    Johnston, D., Sniehotta, F. F., Sugden, J., Argo, I., Boyle, P., Donnan, P. T., McMurdo, M. E.
    International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 17, no. Supplement 1, pp. S271
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Challenge Appraisals Predict a Myocardial Reaction Pattern in Anticipation of and Reactivity to a Naturalistic Stressor

    Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D.
    International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 17, no. Supplement 1, pp. S203-S203
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Predicting activity limitations in orthopaedic patients from biomedical and behavioural models: replication and extension

    Johnston, M., Quinn, F., Dixon, D., Johnston, D., Pollard, B.
    International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 17, no. Supp 1, pp. 158
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Test the ERI Model in the Prediction of Stress and Affect at Work in Portuguese Health Professionals

    McIntyre, T. M., McIntyre, S. E., Johnston, D.
    International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 17, no. Supplement 1, pp. S296-S296
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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