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Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms- and-conditions Psychology & Health, 2013 Vol. 28, No. S1, 1–335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2013.810851 EHPS 2013 Abstracts Downloaded by [Universiteit Twente] at 01:07 27 November 2013 Ó 2013 Taylor & Francis 2 EHPS 2013 abstracts Welcome to our 27th conference of the European Health Psychology Society in Bordeaux On behalf of the European Health Psychology Society, I would like to welcome all delegates to our 27th annual scientific EHPS conference. Following the warm hearted invitation of the confer- ence president Bruno Quintard and the local organising team, the Francophone Association of Health Psychologists and the Psychology Department of the University Bordeaux Segalen, we are returning to the beautiful port city of Bordeaux. The programme of the conference reflects the rapid development of health psychological science in the EHPS. The 27th conference will be a showcase of cutting edge research, theoreti- cally innovative studies, rigorous evaluations, and work that matters; addressing key issues in the psychology of health and health care, designed to have impact on both the development of scien- tific knowledge and the well-being and care provision of the population. The preconference work- shops reflect the direction of scientific development in health psychology covering theory and practice, dissemination of science, systematic reviewing and implementation of interventions, thus covering the process of research from conception to implementation. I would like to thank the facilitators for sharing their expertise and the Synergy team for organising these excellent pre-con- ference workshops. Further pre-conference highlights are the workshops of CREATE (EHPS sub division promoting education and collaboration for early career researchers working in the field of health psychology; www.ehps.net/create) and SYNERGY (Collaboration and Innovation in theory and research in the EHPS; www.ehps.net/synergy). The CREATE workshop ‘Intensive longitudi- nal methods in health psychology’ addresses the timely need in health psychology to better under- stand changes and intra-individual variability over time and will be facilitated by Gertraud Stadler, Niall Bolger (Columbia University, NY) and Jean-Philippe Laurenceau (University of Delaware, DE). Gerjo Kok and Rob Ruiter will facilitate the Synergy workshop ‘Methods for changing environmental conditions for health: Influencing organisations, key actors and stakehold- ers’. This workshop demonstrates how far health psychology has come: Our science has gone beyond the mostly individual based research we have seen in the past and has thoroughly progressed towards the translational research agenda. I am excited about the excellent programme that the scientific committee chaired by Holger Schmid has brought together for this conference. Four outstanding keynote speakers; Mark Con- ner (UK), Lutz Jäncke (Switzerland), Stan Maes (the Netherlands) and Crystal Park (USA) will highlight current developments in the areas of health behaviour, brain science and self-regulation, quality of life and care and religion. A look through the programme shows numerous excellent sessions, symposia, posters and individual papers leaving delegates with an excellent cross section of quality research in the EHPS. The conference theme is Well-being, Quality of Life and Care- giving which is reflected in a range of presentations of highly applied and interdisciplinary work. Downloaded by [Universiteit Twente] at 01:07 27 November 2013 Applied health psychology is an interdisciplinary science. The EHPS is international. The organ- isers received almost 950 submissions from 64 countries! We welcome the delegates and speakers from all over the world. We are delighted that you are contributing actively to the quality of our conference and we are delighted about the opportunity to further our knowledge in collaboration. In addition to an excellent scientific programme, EHPS conferences are wonderful opportuni- ties to meet old and new friends, network, discuss and exchange ideas. Many international research collaborations have started at EHPS conferences and people have made friends and met inspiring acquaintances. A delightful social programme, the French summer, companionship and the cultural, culinary, geographic and architectural highlights will contribute to the experience and help to inspire and entertain before and after the scientific sessions. I would like to thank on behalf of the EC, the colleagues who have been working so hard to prepare this conference for us. Merci beaucoup to Bruno Quintard and the local organisers, the Psychology & Health 3 scientific committee, Paul Norman, the EHPS liaison officer, the organisers of CREATE and Synergy and of course, to you, the delegates and presenters. Enjoy the conference! Falko Sniehotta, PhD President of the European Health Psychology Society Downloaded by [Universiteit Twente] at 01:07 27 November 2013 4 EHPS 2013 abstracts 27th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bordeaux Well-being, Quality of Life and Caregiving The conference theme “Well-being, Quality of Life and Caregiving” was chosen by the local organisers together with the Scientific Committee and the Executive Committee of the EHPS, because this is one of the main topics the laboratory of Psychology of the Psychology Department of the University Bordeaux Segalen is working on. A conference theme has to be well chosen to bring together researchers from the field of health psychology to share and stimulate work in this field. There are several indicators showing, how well this main theme was chosen. The 2012 European health report from WHO (World Health Organization 2013) has the subti- tle: “Charting the way to well-being”. Health figures from this report are clear. In Europe most people die because of non-communicable diseases (80% of deaths in 2009). Morbidity and dis- ability in association with these diseases can be attributed to key areas for intervention such as nutrition, physical activity and addictive substances, mainly to address risk factors such as over- weight and obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and alcohol and tobacco use. Health psychologists have studied and implemented theory- and research-based practices to modify these risk factors and innovative interventions heave been developed. In addition, the tradition of health psychology is to look at outcomes linked to health and not only at illness. The report says: “Nev- ertheless, full agreement on or a static understanding of what well-being means is needed to develop ways to improve well-being and eventually to measure and monitor it.” (p. 124). The conference track “Well-being and Quality of Life” may provide some insight into this question. This track is defined as “Positive aspects of a person’s life, such as positive emotions and life satisfaction as well as physical, mental, emotional and social functioning”. The “Well- being and Quality of Life” track received the highest number of submissions (158) and in the pro- gramme sessions on well-being and quality of life are being held on every day. With almost 950 submissions from 64 countries the 27th annual conference of the European Health Psychology Society is again very successful. Even though this is a European conference, participants come from all over the world. Most submissions came from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Portugal. If one attended all the presentations, one would need 30 days with 8 hours of non-stop listening! The conference introduces for the first time a new format for discussing methodological issues. In the methods track