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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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Improving Adherence to Medication in stroke Survivors (IAMSS): a randomised controlled trial: study protocol
BMC Neurology, vol. 10, 15Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-15
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3881/1/Improving_adherence.pdf
Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviour
Implementation Science, vol. 5, 20Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-20
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/788/1/Dickinson%25202010.pdf
A comparison a day keeps the doctor away.... or does it?
11 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsDisability
Health Psychology. French, D., Kaptein, A. (eds.). BlackwellChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPsychological preparation and postoperative outcomes for adults undergoing surgery under general anaesthesia (Protocol)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 8, CD008646Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008646
Health Psychology Training: The UK Model
Health Psychology in Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 5-45, 41 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470694008.ch2
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Improving professional practice in the disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: a modeling experiment to evaluate a theory-based intervention
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 377-387Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-008-9023-3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/862/1/Eccles%25202009.pdf
Evidence-based selection of theories for designing behaviour change interventions: using methods based on theoretical construct domains to understand clinicians' blood transfusion behaviour
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 625-646Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1348/135910708X397025
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/732/1/Francis2009a.pdf
The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
British Medical Journal, vol. 339, b3723Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3723
Stress in telephone helpline nurses: research protocol for a study of theoretical determinants, physiological aspects and behavioural consequences
Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 2208-2215Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05118.x
Knowledge may not be the best target for strategies to influence evidence-based practice: Using psychological models to understand RCT effects
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 287-293Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-008-9017-1
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Applying multiple models to predict clinicians' behavioural intention and objective behaviour when managing children's teeth
Psychology & Health, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 843-860Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440802108918
Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour?: a systematic review
Implementation Science, vol. 4, 37Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-37
Adherence to angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and illness beliefs in older heart failure patients
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 715-720Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfp059
Measuring the ICF components of impairment, activity limitation and participation restriction: n item analysis using classical test theory and item response theory
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 7, 41Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-7-41
Can the collective intentions of individual professionals within healthcare teams predict the team's performance: developing methods and theory
Implementation Science, vol. 4, 24Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/24
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-24
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4883/1/can.pdf
Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care
Implementation Science, vol. 4, 22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-22
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2308/1/Eccles_2009.pdf
Analysing motivation to do medicine cross-culturally: The international motivation to do medicine scale
Escritos de Psicologia, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCancer
Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine. Adler, B., Abraham, C., van Teijlingen, E., Porter, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 110-112, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersHealth screening
Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine. Adler, B., Abraham, C., van Teijlingen, E., Porter, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 68-70, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPhysical disability
Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine. Adler, B., Abraham, C., van Teijlingen, E., Porter, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 118-120, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPsychological preparation for surgery
Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine. Adler, B., Abraham, C., van Teijlingen, E., Porter, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 104-106, 3 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersTwo alternative models of health behaviour and recovery from activity limitations due to acute injury: A prospective study
Psychology & Health, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 271-285Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440701684548
Activity and affect: Repeated within-participant assessment in people after joint replacement surgery
Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 83-90Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014864
Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care: a comparison across two European countries
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 9, 140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-140
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2307/1/Hrisos_2009.pdf