Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
Biographic Data
| ID | 208224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Hadjistavropoulos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Hadjistavropoulos |
| SIGNATURE | HADJISTAVROPOULOS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Regina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8586-0450 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Validation of the Everyday Ageism Scale Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory
The Everyday Ageism Scale is a self-report measure of ageism in older adults. To our knowledge, this scale has yet to undergo item response theory (IRT) analysis to evaluate its item-level properties. Our objective was to evaluate its reliability, structural validity, and item functioning. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis and IRT using data collected from 486 older adults. The Everyday Ageism Scale demonstrated acceptable McDonald’s omeg…
The Impact of Ageism and Pain on Pandemic-Related Stress in Older Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling and Mediation Analysis
Although research has linked ageism and pain to increased stress in older adults, their influence on stress within the context of pandemics has not been adequately examined. Our objective was to investigate relationships among pain, ageism, and pandemic-related stress in older adults using structural equation modeling (SEM) and mediation analysis. We hypothesized that pain would exert a direct and/or indirect influence on pandemic-related stress,…
Age Differences in Thermal Pain Responses: A Direct Laboratory Comparison
This is the first attempt to explore a wide array of age differences in pain expression within the context of a single experimental study
Social media discussions about long-term care and the Covid-19 pandemic
With the proliferation of social media networks, online discussions can serve as a microcosm of the greater public opinion about key issues that affect society as a whole. Online discussions have been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and have magnified challenges experienced by older adults, health care professionals, and caregivers of long-term care (LTC) residents. Our main goal was to examine how online discussions and public perceptions abo…
An Eye Tracking Investigation of Pain Decoding Based on Older and Younger Adults’ Facial Expressions
Nonverbal pain cues such as facial expressions, are useful in the systematic assessment of pain in people with dementia who have severe limitations in their ability to communicate. Nonetheless, the extent to which observers rely on specific pain-related facial responses (e.g., eye movements, frowning) when judging pain remains unclear. Observers viewed three types of videos of patients expressing pain (younger patients, older patients without dem…
Age differences in attitudes about older adults with dementia
Dementia, a term that describes a variety of brain conditions marked by gradual, persistent and progressive cognitive decline, affects a significant proportion of older adults. Older adults with dementia are sometimes perceived less favourably than those without dementia. Furthermore, compared to persons without dementia, those with dementia are often perceived by others as having reduced personhood. This study was aimed at investigating whether …
Mind the gap: Is the Canadian long-term care workforce ready for a palliative care mandate
The average expected lifespan in Canadian long-term care (LTC) homes is now less than two years post-admission, making LTC a palliative care setting. As little is known about the readiness of LTC staff in Canada to embrace a palliative care mandate, the main objective of this study was to assess qualities relevant to palliative care, including personal emotional wellbeing, palliative care self-efficacy and person-centred practices ( e.g. knowing …
A qualitative study of nursing assistants' awareness of person-centred approaches to dementia care
Recently, the number of education programmes addressing person-centred approaches to long-term residential dementia care has increased, and nursing assistants (NAs) are often the target audience. The effectiveness of employee education programmes is actively debated, and our objective is to contribute to this discussion by exploring the knowledge NAs acquire through practice. We examined approaches to person-centred care generated during a series…
A life history intervention for individuals with dementia: A randomised controlled trial examining nursing staff empathy, perceived patient personhood and aggressive behaviours
Behaviours of concern ( e.g. aggression) are often present in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities diagnosed with dementia and may impact quality of life. Prior uncontrolled research has shown that an intervention involving sharing resident life histories may be effective in reducing aggressive behaviours and improving quality of life, perhaps by increasing staff empathy. We used a randomised controlled design, involving a considerably la…
An evaluation of a person-centred care programme for long-term care facilities
Person-centred approaches in long-term care focus on providing holistic care to residents in order to improve quality of life, enhance resident wellbeing and autonomy, and mitigate behavioural and/or other symptoms. The results of research on person-centred approaches to care are mixed, with very few high-quality empirical studies examining resident outcomes specifically. The purpose of this investigation was to examine a person-centred care prog…
The Personhood in Dementia Questionnaire (PDQ): Establishing an association between beliefs about personhood and health providers' approaches to person-centred care
Religiosity and Ethical Ideology of Physicians: A Cross-Cultural Study
A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication
We present a detailed framework for understanding the numerous and complicated interactions among psychological and social determinants of pain through examination of the process of pain communication. The focus is on an improved understanding of immediate dyadic transactions during painful events in the context of broader social phenomena. Fine-grain consideration of social transactions during pain leads to an appreciation of sociobehavioral eve…
Idealism and Relativism Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Physicians’ Responses on the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ)
This article represents one of the first cross-cultural explorations of ethical ideology among physicians. The study involved a total of 1,109 physicians from six countries (Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, and Thailand) who responded to the Ethics Position Questionnaire. A comprehensive Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated robustness of the ethical dimensions of idealism and relativism as fundamental across cultures, with note…
Reconceptualizing the Role of Fear of Falling and Balance Confidence in Fall Risk
We conclude with the presentation and discussion of an alternative predictive model of fear of falling that incorporates important findings from the recent literature
Creating Bridges Between Researchers and Long-Term Care Homes to Promote Quality of Life for Residents
Improving the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents is of vital importance. Researchers need to involve LTC staff in planning and implementing interventions to maximize the likelihood of success. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify barriers and facilitators of LTC homes' readiness to implement evidence-based interventions, and (b) develop strategies to facilitate their implementation. A mixed methods design was used, prim…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Fear of Falling, Fear of Pain, and Activity Avoidance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The findings confirm the ability of fear of falling to predict falls but challenge preexisting models developed to account for the relationship between falls and fear. The findings also suggest limits on the generalizability of fear-avoidance models of pain. The authors conclude by suggesting mechanisms that could account for the relationship of fears with falls and pain. Unlike previous conceptualizations, these mechanisms do not rely on activit…
Predicting caregiver burden and depression in Alzheimer'sdisease
Our findings add to the preexisting literature because we tested alternative models of caregiver burden using an unusually large sample size of participants and after overcoming methodological limitations of past research. Results highlight the importance of the effective management of disturbing behaviors, the provision of formal services for caregivers with highly impaired patients and no informal support, and the improvement of coping skills i…
The Systematic Application of Ethical Codes in the Counseling of Persons Who Are Considering Euthanasia
As health psychology develops, psychologists and counseling professionals are becoming progressively more involved with patients who have chronic terminal illnesses such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Consequently, they will be consulted increasingly by patients, caregivers, and lawyers in cases where euthanasia is being considered. There are numerous ethical dilemmas that could arise when counseling persons who are contemplating eutha…
From Freud's consulting room: The unconscious in a scientific age
Happiness has traitlike and statelike properties: A reply to Veenhoven
Appearance-based information about coping with pain: Valid or biased
The role of physical attractiveness in the assessment of elderly patients
A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication
We present a detailed framework for understanding the numerous and complicated interactions among psychological and social determinants of pain through examination of the process of pain communication. The focus is on an improved understanding of immediate dyadic transactions during painful events in the context of broader social phenomena. Fine-grain consideration of social transactions during pain leads to an appreciation of sociobehavioral eve…
Predicting caregiver burden and depression in Alzheimer'sdisease
Our findings add to the preexisting literature because we tested alternative models of caregiver burden using an unusually large sample size of participants and after overcoming methodological limitations of past research. Results highlight the importance of the effective management of disturbing behaviors, the provision of formal services for caregivers with highly impaired patients and no informal support, and the improvement of coping skills i…
The Personhood in Dementia Questionnaire (PDQ): Establishing an association between beliefs about personhood and health providers' approaches to person-centred care
A qualitative study of nursing assistants' awareness of person-centred approaches to dementia care
Recently, the number of education programmes addressing person-centred approaches to long-term residential dementia care has increased, and nursing assistants (NAs) are often the target audience. The effectiveness of employee education programmes is actively debated, and our objective is to contribute to this discussion by exploring the knowledge NAs acquire through practice. We examined approaches to person-centred care generated during a series…
Reconceptualizing the Role of Fear of Falling and Balance Confidence in Fall Risk
We conclude with the presentation and discussion of an alternative predictive model of fear of falling that incorporates important findings from the recent literature
An evaluation of a person-centred care programme for long-term care facilities
Person-centred approaches in long-term care focus on providing holistic care to residents in order to improve quality of life, enhance resident wellbeing and autonomy, and mitigate behavioural and/or other symptoms. The results of research on person-centred approaches to care are mixed, with very few high-quality empirical studies examining resident outcomes specifically. The purpose of this investigation was to examine a person-centred care prog…
Creating Bridges Between Researchers and Long-Term Care Homes to Promote Quality of Life for Residents
Improving the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents is of vital importance. Researchers need to involve LTC staff in planning and implementing interventions to maximize the likelihood of success. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify barriers and facilitators of LTC homes' readiness to implement evidence-based interventions, and (b) develop strategies to facilitate their implementation. A mixed methods design was used, prim…
Happiness has traitlike and statelike properties: A reply to Veenhoven
Social media discussions about long-term care and the Covid-19 pandemic
With the proliferation of social media networks, online discussions can serve as a microcosm of the greater public opinion about key issues that affect society as a whole. Online discussions have been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and have magnified challenges experienced by older adults, health care professionals, and caregivers of long-term care (LTC) residents. Our main goal was to examine how online discussions and public perceptions abo…
Mind the gap: Is the Canadian long-term care workforce ready for a palliative care mandate
The average expected lifespan in Canadian long-term care (LTC) homes is now less than two years post-admission, making LTC a palliative care setting. As little is known about the readiness of LTC staff in Canada to embrace a palliative care mandate, the main objective of this study was to assess qualities relevant to palliative care, including personal emotional wellbeing, palliative care self-efficacy and person-centred practices ( e.g. knowing …
Idealism and Relativism Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Physicians’ Responses on the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ)
This article represents one of the first cross-cultural explorations of ethical ideology among physicians. The study involved a total of 1,109 physicians from six countries (Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, and Thailand) who responded to the Ethics Position Questionnaire. A comprehensive Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated robustness of the ethical dimensions of idealism and relativism as fundamental across cultures, with note…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Fear of Falling, Fear of Pain, and Activity Avoidance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The findings confirm the ability of fear of falling to predict falls but challenge preexisting models developed to account for the relationship between falls and fear. The findings also suggest limits on the generalizability of fear-avoidance models of pain. The authors conclude by suggesting mechanisms that could account for the relationship of fears with falls and pain. Unlike previous conceptualizations, these mechanisms do not rely on activit…
A life history intervention for individuals with dementia: A randomised controlled trial examining nursing staff empathy, perceived patient personhood and aggressive behaviours
Behaviours of concern ( e.g. aggression) are often present in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities diagnosed with dementia and may impact quality of life. Prior uncontrolled research has shown that an intervention involving sharing resident life histories may be effective in reducing aggressive behaviours and improving quality of life, perhaps by increasing staff empathy. We used a randomised controlled design, involving a considerably la…
The Systematic Application of Ethical Codes in the Counseling of Persons Who Are Considering Euthanasia
As health psychology develops, psychologists and counseling professionals are becoming progressively more involved with patients who have chronic terminal illnesses such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Consequently, they will be consulted increasingly by patients, caregivers, and lawyers in cases where euthanasia is being considered. There are numerous ethical dilemmas that could arise when counseling persons who are contemplating eutha…
Appearance-based information about coping with pain: Valid or biased
The role of physical attractiveness in the assessment of elderly patients
Happiness has traitlike and statelike properties: A reply to Veenhoven
Appearance-based information about coping with pain: Valid or biased
The Systematic Application of Ethical Codes in the Counseling of Persons Who Are Considering Euthanasia
As health psychology develops, psychologists and counseling professionals are becoming progressively more involved with patients who have chronic terminal illnesses such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Consequently, they will be consulted increasingly by patients, caregivers, and lawyers in cases where euthanasia is being considered. There are numerous ethical dilemmas that could arise when counseling persons who are contemplating eutha…
From Freud's consulting room: The unconscious in a scientific age
Predicting caregiver burden and depression in Alzheimer'sdisease
Our findings add to the preexisting literature because we tested alternative models of caregiver burden using an unusually large sample size of participants and after overcoming methodological limitations of past research. Results highlight the importance of the effective management of disturbing behaviors, the provision of formal services for caregivers with highly impaired patients and no informal support, and the improvement of coping skills i…
A Longitudinal Investigation of Fear of Falling, Fear of Pain, and Activity Avoidance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The findings confirm the ability of fear of falling to predict falls but challenge preexisting models developed to account for the relationship between falls and fear. The findings also suggest limits on the generalizability of fear-avoidance models of pain. The authors conclude by suggesting mechanisms that could account for the relationship of fears with falls and pain. Unlike previous conceptualizations, these mechanisms do not rely on activit…
Reconceptualizing the Role of Fear of Falling and Balance Confidence in Fall Risk
We conclude with the presentation and discussion of an alternative predictive model of fear of falling that incorporates important findings from the recent literature
Creating Bridges Between Researchers and Long-Term Care Homes to Promote Quality of Life for Residents
Improving the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents is of vital importance. Researchers need to involve LTC staff in planning and implementing interventions to maximize the likelihood of success. The purposes of this study were to (a) identify barriers and facilitators of LTC homes' readiness to implement evidence-based interventions, and (b) develop strategies to facilitate their implementation. A mixed methods design was used, prim…
A biopsychosocial formulation of pain communication
We present a detailed framework for understanding the numerous and complicated interactions among psychological and social determinants of pain through examination of the process of pain communication. The focus is on an improved understanding of immediate dyadic transactions during painful events in the context of broader social phenomena. Fine-grain consideration of social transactions during pain leads to an appreciation of sociobehavioral eve…
Idealism and Relativism Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Physicians’ Responses on the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ)
This article represents one of the first cross-cultural explorations of ethical ideology among physicians. The study involved a total of 1,109 physicians from six countries (Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, and Thailand) who responded to the Ethics Position Questionnaire. A comprehensive Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated robustness of the ethical dimensions of idealism and relativism as fundamental across cultures, with note…
Religiosity and Ethical Ideology of Physicians: A Cross-Cultural Study
The Personhood in Dementia Questionnaire (PDQ): Establishing an association between beliefs about personhood and health providers' approaches to person-centred care
An evaluation of a person-centred care programme for long-term care facilities
Person-centred approaches in long-term care focus on providing holistic care to residents in order to improve quality of life, enhance resident wellbeing and autonomy, and mitigate behavioural and/or other symptoms. The results of research on person-centred approaches to care are mixed, with very few high-quality empirical studies examining resident outcomes specifically. The purpose of this investigation was to examine a person-centred care prog…
A qualitative study of nursing assistants' awareness of person-centred approaches to dementia care
Recently, the number of education programmes addressing person-centred approaches to long-term residential dementia care has increased, and nursing assistants (NAs) are often the target audience. The effectiveness of employee education programmes is actively debated, and our objective is to contribute to this discussion by exploring the knowledge NAs acquire through practice. We examined approaches to person-centred care generated during a series…
A life history intervention for individuals with dementia: A randomised controlled trial examining nursing staff empathy, perceived patient personhood and aggressive behaviours
Behaviours of concern ( e.g. aggression) are often present in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities diagnosed with dementia and may impact quality of life. Prior uncontrolled research has shown that an intervention involving sharing resident life histories may be effective in reducing aggressive behaviours and improving quality of life, perhaps by increasing staff empathy. We used a randomised controlled design, involving a considerably la…
Mind the gap: Is the Canadian long-term care workforce ready for a palliative care mandate
The average expected lifespan in Canadian long-term care (LTC) homes is now less than two years post-admission, making LTC a palliative care setting. As little is known about the readiness of LTC staff in Canada to embrace a palliative care mandate, the main objective of this study was to assess qualities relevant to palliative care, including personal emotional wellbeing, palliative care self-efficacy and person-centred practices ( e.g. knowing …
An Eye Tracking Investigation of Pain Decoding Based on Older and Younger Adults’ Facial Expressions
Nonverbal pain cues such as facial expressions, are useful in the systematic assessment of pain in people with dementia who have severe limitations in their ability to communicate. Nonetheless, the extent to which observers rely on specific pain-related facial responses (e.g., eye movements, frowning) when judging pain remains unclear. Observers viewed three types of videos of patients expressing pain (younger patients, older patients without dem…
Age differences in attitudes about older adults with dementia
Dementia, a term that describes a variety of brain conditions marked by gradual, persistent and progressive cognitive decline, affects a significant proportion of older adults. Older adults with dementia are sometimes perceived less favourably than those without dementia. Furthermore, compared to persons without dementia, those with dementia are often perceived by others as having reduced personhood. This study was aimed at investigating whether …
Social media discussions about long-term care and the Covid-19 pandemic
With the proliferation of social media networks, online discussions can serve as a microcosm of the greater public opinion about key issues that affect society as a whole. Online discussions have been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and have magnified challenges experienced by older adults, health care professionals, and caregivers of long-term care (LTC) residents. Our main goal was to examine how online discussions and public perceptions abo…
Age Differences in Thermal Pain Responses: A Direct Laboratory Comparison
This is the first attempt to explore a wide array of age differences in pain expression within the context of a single experimental study
Validation of the Everyday Ageism Scale Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory
The Everyday Ageism Scale is a self-report measure of ageism in older adults. To our knowledge, this scale has yet to undergo item response theory (IRT) analysis to evaluate its item-level properties. Our objective was to evaluate its reliability, structural validity, and item functioning. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis and IRT using data collected from 486 older adults. The Everyday Ageism Scale demonstrated acceptable McDonald’s omeg…
The Impact of Ageism and Pain on Pandemic-Related Stress in Older Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling and Mediation Analysis
Although research has linked ageism and pain to increased stress in older adults, their influence on stress within the context of pandemics has not been adequately examined. Our objective was to investigate relationships among pain, ageism, and pandemic-related stress in older adults using structural equation modeling (SEM) and mediation analysis. We hypothesized that pain would exert a direct and/or indirect influence on pandemic-related stress,…
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Dementia (6 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)