Aleksandra Luszczynska
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksandra Luszczynska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Luszczynska |
| SIGNATURE | LUSZCZYNSKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uniwersytet SWPS |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4704-9544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 58 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention
OBJECTIVE: The present study applies the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to investigate the associations between: (1) implementation process indicators, namely implementers' perceptions of barriers/facilitators in the outer and inner implementation setting, (2) implementer self-efficacy and (3) changes in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among participants of two intervention studies (physical activity planning int…
What makes an intervention dyadic? Introducing the Dyadic meta-framework to Describe Your focAl Dyadic Intervention Components
Background Engaging in health behaviors often occurs within a social context. This recognition has led to a notable growth in intervention approaches designed explicitly to involve a “close other,” often referred to as dyadic interventions. Yet, there has been surprisingly little discussion of what makes an intervention dyadic. Methods To address this gap, we developed the DYADIC meta-framework (Describe Your focAl Dyadic Intervention Components)…
Planning a digital detox
In the recent years, studies on health consequences of smartphone usage time have increased, yet findings on the effectiveness of usage interventions remain unclear. This preregistered study investigates the effectiveness of a planning intervention to reduce total smartphone usage time. Additionally, it examines the interventions’ underlying mechanisms of self-efficacy, intention, action, and coping planning. A primary analysis of a randomized co…
Advancing knowledge, maps and tools to address obesity and related socio-economic disparities in Europe
The steady rise in overweight and obesity in Europe disproportionately affects people and communities with a lower socio-economic position (SEP). Many obesity prevention approaches exist, but these have had limited reach and unsatisfactory effects thus far, especially in low-SEP populations. In this context, there is a need for implementation of effective individual-level and population-based preventive strategies that also tackle health inequali…
Compendium of dyadic behavior change techniques v2.0
BACKGROUND: Dyadic interventions involving a close other (eg, romantic partner) have gained increased awareness and shown initial promise, but a shared language and systematic approach to describing their intervention content (ie, dyadic behavior change techniques [DBCTs]) is lacking. PURPOSE: This study aimed to further develop a comprehensive and expert-validated Compendium of DBCTs focused on health behavior change in romantic couples to suppo…
Voices of youth
Taking the time to build trust and create a feeling of equality is important. It is also important to allow youth to take the lead when they wish so and have clear ideas of how to do so. Voices of rebelliousness can be a show of strength and help reach the goals of the project. Participation in CO-CREATE may have contributed toward individual empowerment of youth
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads
OBJECTIVES: It is unclear if planning to change one behavior may prompt changes in other health behaviors or health outcomes. This study tested if physical activity (PA) planning interventions may result in (i) a body fat reduction in target persons and their dyadic partners (a ripple effect), (ii) a decrease in energy-dense food intake (a spillover effect), or an increase in energy-dense food intake (a compensatory effect). METHOD: = 320 adult-a…
A healthy lifestyle is a journey’
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health in general population. An additional aim of the study was to assess if these perceptions were connected with the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. DESIGN: = 50) were asked to answer the question: 'What does it mean to be healthy?'. Data were collected online in Poland. We generated and interpreted the main themes associated with common perce…
Provided and received positive and negative social control, relationship satisfaction, and sedentary behavior in parent-child dyads
BACKGROUND: The close relationship processes and health model and the dyadic health influence model posit that relationship beliefs (eg, relationship satisfaction) and influence strategies (eg, provision and receipt of positive and negative social control) mediate health behavior change. However, evidence for such mediation in parent-child dyads is limited. PURPOSE: Two complementary mediation hypotheses were tested: (1) social control forms indi…
Democratising participatory health promotion
Public policy aimed at preventing undesired phenomena has increasingly sought to engage representatives of the target population. Little is known, however, about how power dynamics function to shape the processes and outcomes of risk governance engagement interventions. In order to study the ways in which, and the extent to which, power differentials can be reduced in participatory health promotion initiatives, we develop a conceptual framework s…
Barriers and facilitators to the adoption of physical activity policies in elementary schools from the perspective of principals
Background: Studies have shown that policies to promote physical activity in schools can have a positive impact on children's physical activity behavior. However, a large research gap exists as to what determinants may influence the adoption of such policies. Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we investigated barriers and facilitators to the adoption of physical activity policies in elementary schools in Baden…
Negotiating policy ideas
Between 2019 and 2021, 199 adolescents collaborated with adults in 15 participatory action research projects, called Youth Alliances, to contribute to system-directed obesity prevention in five EU countries. We investigated if and how these Youth Alliances included diverse youth, enhanced engagement, generated policy proposals and changed problem perception. We assessed the Youth Alliances from a micro-sociological perspective of negotiated order…
Good practice recommendations on implementation evaluation for policies targeting diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour
Health policies aim to achieve specific health goals through system-level changes, unlike common health interventions that focus on promoting specific health behaviors on individual level. However, reliable data on the feasibility and implementation of policy actions across Europe are lacking. Moreover, no practice-oriented guidance exists for policy makers and implementers on how to evaluate policy implementation.As part of the Policy Evaluation…
Handwashing adherence during the Covid-19 pandemic
Insights into effects of individual, dyadic, and collaborative planning interventions on automatic, conscious, and social process variables
Associations between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour
From a mother's point of view
Introduction As early adolescents have limited capacities for self‐regulating electronic media use (EMU), parental monitoring is needed. However, research has shown that parents do not exert much monitoring over their children's EMU. A theory‐based approach may help to identify key predictors of parental monitoring and its effects on adolescents' EMU. Applying the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA), this study examined maternal psycho‐social p…
The trajectory of Covid-19 pandemic and handwashing adherence
Clinical Trials.Gov, # NCT04367337
Can individual, dyadic, or collaborative planning reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial
Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe
28 research institutes have joined in the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). • PEN studies EU policies on diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. • PEN advances knowledge on impact and effective implementation of these policies. • We here describe the rationale and specific goals of PEN, and highlight innovations. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have esca…
Why are you eating, mom? Maternal emotional, restrained, and external eating explaining children's eating styles
This study investigated if three maternal eating styles (emotional eating style, external eating style, and restrained eating style) predict respective eating styles in children. In particular, we tested if these associations are different in mother-daughter dyads, compared to mother-son dyads. Data were collected twice, at the baseline (Time 1; T1) and at the 10-month follow-up (Time 2; T2), with N = 822 mother-child dyads participating at T1. C…
Problematic Internet Use, Social Needs, and Social Support Among Youth
A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of an individual planning intervention with collaborative planning in adolescent friendship dyads to enhance physical activity (TWOget…
This RCT was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (100019_169781/1) and was registered on 18/06/2018 at ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT03575559
Bi-directional associations between parental feeding practices and children's body mass in parent-child dyads
Meaning in life and physical health
Emotional and uncontrolled eating styles and chocolate chip cookie consumption. A controlled trial of the effects of positive mood enhancement
Money and the fear of death
Affect and enacted support in couples undergoing in-vitro fertilization
Changing Nutrition, Physical Activity and Body Weight among Student Nurses and Midwives
The study tested if effects of a planning intervention on fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and body weight may be moderated by self-efficacy. Student nurses and midwives ( N = 182) were randomly assigned to the planning or the control condition. The intervention included action and coping plans and was followed by two booster sessions. Follow-up took place at two months after last booster session. The intervention affected fruit…
A dietary planning intervention increases fruit consumption in Iranian women
An implementation intentions intervention, the use of a planning strategy, and physical activity after myocardial infarction
At-Home Environment, Out-of-Home Environment, Snacks and Sweetened Beverages Intake in Preadolescence, Early and Mid-Adolescence
Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe
28 research institutes have joined in the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). • PEN studies EU policies on diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. • PEN advances knowledge on impact and effective implementation of these policies. • We here describe the rationale and specific goals of PEN, and highlight innovations. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. As the social and economic costs of NCDs have esca…
Why are you eating, mom? Maternal emotional, restrained, and external eating explaining children's eating styles
This study investigated if three maternal eating styles (emotional eating style, external eating style, and restrained eating style) predict respective eating styles in children. In particular, we tested if these associations are different in mother-daughter dyads, compared to mother-son dyads. Data were collected twice, at the baseline (Time 1; T1) and at the 10-month follow-up (Time 2; T2), with N = 822 mother-child dyads participating at T1. C…
Social and cognitive predictors of fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents
Two studies investigated differences in the relationships between adolescents' fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) and the predictors specified in the Health Action Process Approach and Social-Cognitive Theory. Retrospective (Study 1; N = 502) and prospective (Study 2; N = 668) designs were applied. Among adolescents with overweight/obesity, intention was cross-sectionally associated with FVI (Study 1); no social or cognitive predictors explained FV…
Bi-directional associations between parental feeding practices and children's body mass in parent-child dyads
It doesn't matter what they say, it matters how they behave
Changes in finding benefit after cancer surgery and the prediction of well-being one year later
Can individual, dyadic, or collaborative planning reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial
Which characteristics of planning matter? Individual and dyadic physical activity plans and their effects on plan enactment
Sense of Coherence and Smoking in a Sample of Abused Women
The Antonovsky thesis (1987) of the relationship between sense of coherence and smoking, a health-related behavior, was investigated in a group of 83 raped and battered women. Analysis indicated that the simple model of “sense of coherence-health-related behavior” relationship (the higher the sense of coherence or its components the healthier behaviors, i.e., lower rates of smoking) cannot be accepted for this sample
Sense of Coherence and Smoking in a Sample of Abused Women
The General Self-Efficacy Scale
General self-efficacy is the belief in one's competence to cope with a broad range of stressful or challenging demands, whereas specific self-efficacy is constrained to a particular task at hand. Relations between general self-efficacy and social cognitive variables (intention, implementation intentions, outcome expectancies, and self-regulation), behavior-specific self-efficacy, health behaviors, well-being, and coping strategies were examined a…
General self‐efficacy in various domains of human functioning
Based on social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1997), this paper examined whether perceived self-efficacy is a universal psychological construct that accounts for variance within various domains of human functioning. Perceived self-efficacy is not only of a task-specific nature, but it can also be identified at a more general level of functioning. General self-efficacy (GSE) is the belief in one’s competence to tackle novel tasks and to cope with adv…
Multidimensional Health Locus of Control
In the present commentary, the theoretical construct of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) is described and evaluated in terms of its contributions to health psychology. This concept is compared to other control beliefs, in particular to perceived self-efficacy. It is argued that MHLC has supplied health psychology with essential insights and has offered a great deal of intellectual stimulation. Nevertheless, for some applications, d…
Two Kinds of Items in Quality of Life Instruments
An implementation intentions intervention, the use of a planning strategy, and physical activity after myocardial infarction
Changes in finding benefit after cancer surgery and the prediction of well-being one year later
Affect and enacted support in couples undergoing in-vitro fertilization
Jewish and non-Jewish World War II child and adolescent survivors at 60 years after war
The study investigated the effects of World War II (WWII) on psychological and social functioning of Jewish and non-Jewish survivors 60 years after the war. The authors hypothesized that the level of posttraumatic symptoms, depression, and social isolation of survivors who were at least 5 years old (but younger than 18) in the last year of WWII would be predicted by the extent of traumatic loss, (i.e., death of parent[s]) and age at the end of WW…
Mediated Effects of Social Support for Healthy Nutrition
The authors investigated relationships among family support for healthy nutrition, fruit and vegetable intake, and social-cognitive mediators such as intention, self-efficacy, and planning. Participants were 130 myocardial infarction survivors (64% men) treated in 4 clinics in Poland. The authors collected self-reported data across 8 months during and after cardiac rehabilitation (at the beginning of rehabilitation, 2 weeks after rehabilitation, …
Changing Nutrition, Physical Activity and Body Weight among Student Nurses and Midwives
The study tested if effects of a planning intervention on fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and body weight may be moderated by self-efficacy. Student nurses and midwives ( N = 182) were randomly assigned to the planning or the control condition. The intervention included action and coping plans and was followed by two booster sessions. Follow-up took place at two months after last booster session. The intervention affected fruit…
Plans Not Needed if You Have High and Stable Self-Efficacy
Plans Not Needed if You Have High and Stable Self-Efficacy: Planning Intervention and Snack Intake in the Context of Self-Efficacy Trajectories Forming action plans is expected to move people from intention to action. We hypothesized that the effects of planning interventions may depend on changes in self-efficacy beliefs. Participants (182 nurses and midwifes, 89% women, aged 19-50) were assigned to the control or the planning intervention (thre…
Emotional and uncontrolled eating styles and chocolate chip cookie consumption. A controlled trial of the effects of positive mood enhancement
Posttraumatic stress reactions as a disruption in anxiety-buffer functioning
Stressful Life Events
Every day, disasters strike somewhere, with more or less proximity and severity. In health psychology, attention is directed to the factors that translate between adversity and mental and physical health outcomes. Research on stressful life events mainly follows a stimulus-based paradigm by examining the characteristics of the event, the overall context, coping resources, and individually different response patterns. Life events can be normative …
Letters to Editor
Social inequalities in adolescent depression
AIMS: Interpersonal theory suggests relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and adolescent psychopathology mediated by negative parenting. This study examines the role of perceived parental social support and optimism in understanding adolescents' depression and self-rated health among a sample of Hungarian youth. METHODS: Using a self-administered questionnaire, data (N = 881) were collected from high-school students (14-20 years old) …
A dietary planning intervention increases fruit consumption in Iranian women
Money and the fear of death
At-Home Environment, Out-of-Home Environment, Snacks and Sweetened Beverages Intake in Preadolescence, Early and Mid-Adolescence
Social and cognitive predictors of fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents
Two studies investigated differences in the relationships between adolescents' fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) and the predictors specified in the Health Action Process Approach and Social-Cognitive Theory. Retrospective (Study 1; N = 502) and prospective (Study 2; N = 668) designs were applied. Among adolescents with overweight/obesity, intention was cross-sectionally associated with FVI (Study 1); no social or cognitive predictors explained FV…
A meta-analysis of the relationship between job burnout and secondary traumatic stress among workers with indirect exposure to trauma.
Implementation Intention and Action Planning Interventions in Health Contexts
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature on two planning intervention techniques in health behaviour research, implementation intentions and action planning , and to develop evidence‐based recommendations for effective future interventions and highlight priority areas for future research. We focused our review on four key areas: (1) definition and conceptualisation; (2) format and measurement; (3) mechanisms and proce…
Increasing the effectiveness of the Diabetes Prevention Program through if-then plans
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02008435. Registered 6 December 2013
Psychology (42 works) · Medicine (38 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (24 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Developmental psychology (19 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Environmental health (12 works)