BACKGROUND Self-report measures of fear-avoidance beliefs are widely used in clinical practice and research. To date there is no Hausa version of the Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). This is important as the Hausa language is a widely spoken language in West Africa. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to translate and validate the Hausa version of the FABQ in patients with no...

Few studies have considered how intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts children's overarching attitudes and beliefs about the prevalence and acceptability of aggression. This pilot study included 92 preschool children exposed to IPV who reported on attitudes and beliefs about violence using a new, theoretically driven measure. Findings illustrate that preschoolers were able to respond reliably...

In a general population sample, we examined relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and health beliefs. Individual questionnaire measures for components of the health belief model were combined to form six scales. In analyses which adjusted for perceived levels of health, sociodemographic markers of social disadvantage (e.g., black race, or low socioeconomic status) appeared to a...

Body image disturbance (BID) refers to persistent dissatisfaction, distress, and dysfunction related to some aspect(s) of one's physical appearance. Cognitive models of BID highlight the importance of dysfunctional beliefs in maintaining BID. Relational Frame Theory (RFT), in contrast, posits that psychological distress is sustained by the unwillingness to experience aversive internal experienc...

BACKGROUND Return to work (RTW) is important for recovery post-injury. Fear of (re)injury is a strong predictor of delayed RTW, and therefore much attention has been given to addressing injured workers' fear beliefs. However, RTW is a socially-negotiated process and it may be important to consider the wider social context of the injured worker, including the beliefs of the key people involved i...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective, interventional case series design. OBJECTIVES To determine the degree to which preintervention measures of anticipated pain and fear avoidance beliefs predict outcome after intervention for patients with delayed recovery from low back pain (LBP) for which they are not receiving workers' compensation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Anticipated pain and fear avoidance ...