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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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A qualitative theory guided analysis of stroke survivors' perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity
Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 36, no. 22, pp. 1857-1868Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.874506
Are interventions for low-income groups effective in changing healthy eating, physical activity and smoking behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 11, e006046Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://bmj.co/1rLtt1Q
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006046
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4200/1/e006046.full.pdf
Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide
BMJ, vol. 348, g1687Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1687
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3395/1/bmj.g1687.full.pdf
Reducing patient delay with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: a research protocol for a systematic review of previous interventions to investigate which behaviour change techniques are associated with effective interventions
Open Heart, vol. 1, no. 1, e000079Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring differential item functioning in the SF-36 by demographic, clinical, psychological and social factors in an osteoarthritis population
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 14, 346Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTesting an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain
Psychology & Health, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 1391-1406Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2013.814773
Improving adherence to medication in stroke survivors: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 358-368Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-013-9515-5
Junior doctors' perceptions of their self-efficacy in prescribing, their prescribing errors and the possible causes of errors
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 76, no. 6, pp. 980-987Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12154
Rehabilitation following surgery: clinical and psychological predictors of activity limitations
Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 350-360Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRe: Poor description of non-pharmacological interventions: analysis of consecutive sample of randomised trials
BMJ Rapid Response, vol. 347, no. f3755Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] http://bmj.co/1AclE6Y
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3755
Does the impact of osteoarthritis vary by age, gender and social deprivation?: A community study using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 36, no. 17, pp. 1445-1451Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2013.847123
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
Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 2327-2335Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12090
Frequency of nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards
Journal of Nursing Management, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 860-866Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12110
Useful theories should apply to individuals
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 469-473Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12049
Are the mental representations of people with osteoarthritis consistent with the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health?
Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 35, no. 17, pp. 1460-1465Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2012.737083
The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 81-95Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Best Laid Plans: Planning Skill Determines the Effectiveness of Action Plans and Implementation Intentions
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 114-120Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of perceived barriers and motivators to physical activity after stroke
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 357-364Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00880.x
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Can the theory of planned behaviour predict the physical activity behaviour of individuals?
Psychology & Health, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 234-249Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2012.716838
Psychological risk factors for chronic post-surgical pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery: A prospective cohort study (vol 16, pg 600, 2012): corrigendum
European Journal of Pain, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 463Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00279.x
Is organizational justice associated with clinical performance in the care for patients with diabetes in primary care?: Evidence from the improving Quality of care in Diabetes study
Family Practice, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 31-39Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cms048
Perceived causes of prescribing errors by junior doctors in hospital inpatients: a study from the PROTECT programme
BMJ Quality & Safety, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 97-102Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001175
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2931/1/Ross_2012.pdf
Reducing the time before consulting with symptoms of lung cancer: randomised controlled trial in primary care
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 63, no. 606, pp. e47-e45Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X660779
Reducing time before consulting with symptoms of lung cancer: randomised controlled trial
Family Medicine, vol. 45 , no. Supplement 1, pp. P23Contributions to Journals: AbstractsBehavior Change Techniques
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_1661
Specifying the active content of behaviour change interventions: the Behaviour Change Techniques Taxonomy v1 (BCTTv1)
Revista de Psicologia de la Salud, vol. 1, pp. 131-134Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring differential item functioning in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 13, 265Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-265
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3859/1/Exploring_differential.pdf
Methods in health psychology: how do we know what we really know?
European Health Psychologist, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 107-112Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExplaining clinical behaviors using multiple theoretical models
Implementation Science, vol. 7, 99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-99
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2784/1/Eccles_2012.pdf
Appraisal and illness delay with symptoms of ACS: a questionnaire study of illness representations
British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 493-499Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2012.7.10.493
Learning curves, taking instructions, and patient safety: using a theoretical domains framework in an interview study to investigate prescribing errors among trainee doctors
Implementation Science, vol. 7, pp. 86Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-86
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2773/1/Duncan_2012.pdf
Chronic preoperative pain and psychological robustness predict acute postoperative pain outcomes after surgery for breast cancer
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 937-946Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.341
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4788/1/chronic.pdf
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Developing a complex intervention to reduce time to presentation with symptoms of lung cancer
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 62, no. 602, pp. e605-e615Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp12X654579
Do incentives, reminders or reduced burden improve healthcare professional response rates in postal questionnaires?: two randomised controlled trials
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 12, 250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-250
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2753/1/Glidewell_2012.pdf
Diabetes care provision in UK primary care practices
PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 7, e41562Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041562
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2810/1/Hawthorne_2012.pdf
Emotion processing and social participation following stroke: study protocol
BMC Neurology, vol. 12, 56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-56
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3856/1/Emotion_processing.pdf
Stress amongst nurses working in a healthcare telephone-advice service: relationship with job satisfaction, intention to leave, sickness absence, and performance
Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 1624-1635Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06006.x
Testing integrated behavioural and biomedical models of activity and activity limitations in a population-based sample
Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 34, no. 14, pp. 1157-1166Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2011.635749
Testing the integration of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients: replication and extension
Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 167-177Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028083
Development of the international classification of functioning, disability and Health Core Sets for Hand Conditions: results of the World Health Organization internatinal Consensus Process
Disability & Rehabilitation, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 681-693Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2011.613514
Optimizing acceptability and feasibility of an evidence-based behavioral intervention for obese adults with obesity-related co-morbidities or additional risk factors for co-morbidities: An open-pilot intervention study in secondary care
Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 87, no. 1, pp. 108-119Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2011.08.003
Psychological risk factors for chronic post-surgical pain after inguinal hernia repair surgery: a prospective cohort study
European Journal of Pain, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 600-610Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.08.010
Motor imagery and the rehabilitation of movement disorders: An overview
The Neurophysiological Foundations of Mental and Motor Imagery. Oxford University PressChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546251.003.0009
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The use of pedometers in stroke survivors: are they feasible and how well do they detect steps?
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 466-470Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.047
Theories and techniques of behaviour change: developing a cumulative science of behaviour change
Health Psychology Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-6Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2012.654964
Stroke survivors' evaluations of a stroke workbook-based intervention designed to increase perceived control over recovery
Health Education Journal, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 17-29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896910383555
An analysis of the behaviour change techniques used in Scottish Government supported behaviour change interventions
Psychology & Health, vol. 27, no. Supplement 1, pp. 63-64Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2012.707817
Clinical self-efficacy and illness beliefs in ambiguous chronic pain conditions: General Practitioners' management of Fibromyalgia
Anales de psicologia, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 417-425Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying active ingredients in complex behavioural interventions for obese adults with obesity-related co-morbidities or additional risk factors for co-morbidities: a systematic review
Health Psychology Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 7-32Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2010.513298
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2808/1/Dombrowski_2010.pdf
Shared understandings of dementia?: An application of the Common Sense Self Regulation Model to a case study
Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 217-250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301211416611
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2579/1/Glidewell_2012.pdf