Subjective wellbeing, health, and ageing

A Steptoe, A Deaton, AA Stone - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Subjective wellbeing and health are closely linked to age. Three aspects of subjective
wellbeing can be distinguished—evaluative wellbeing (or life satisfaction), hedonic …

Positive psychological well-being and mortality: a quantitative review of prospective observational studies

Y Chida, A Steptoe - Psychosomatic medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To review systematically prospective, observational, cohort studies of the
association between positive well-being and mortality using meta-analytic methods. Recent …

The effects of acute psychological stress on circulating inflammatory factors in humans: a review and meta-analysis

A Steptoe, M Hamer, Y Chida - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2007 - Elsevier
Stress influences circulating inflammatory markers, and these effects may mediate the
influence of psychosocial factors on cardiovascular risk and other conditions such as …

[PDF][PDF] Development of a measure of the motives underlying the selection of food: the food choice questionnaire

A Steptoe, TM Pollard, J Wardle - Appetite, 1995 - ucl.ac.uk
A number of factors are thought to influence people's dietary choices, including health, cost,
convenience and taste, but there are no measures that address healthrelated and non …

Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

A Steptoe, A Shankar… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Both social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality, but it is
uncertain whether their effects are independent or whether loneliness represents the …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Implications for public health communications

E Paul, A Steptoe, D Fancourt - The Lancet Regional Health–Europe, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Negative attitudes towards vaccines and an uncertainty or unwillingness to
receive vaccinations are major barriers to managing the COVID-19 pandemic in the long …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England: a longitudinal observational study

D Fancourt, A Steptoe, F Bu - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background There is major concern about the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak on
mental health. Several studies suggest that mental health deteriorated in many countries …

Gender differences in food choice: the contribution of health beliefs and dieting

J Wardle, AM Haase, A Steptoe, M Nillapun… - Annals of behavioral …, 2004 - Springer
Background: Gender differences in health behaviors have been reported in many studies
but causal mechanisms have been neglected. Purpose and Methods: This study examines 4 …

Stress and cardiovascular disease

A Steptoe, M Kivimäki - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2012 - nature.com
The physiological reaction to psychological stress, involving the hypothalamic–pituitary–
adrenocortical and sympatho–adrenomedullary axes, is well characterized, but its link to …

Cohort profile: the English longitudinal study of ageing

A Steptoe, E Breeze, J Banks… - International journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) is a panel study of a
representative cohort of men and women living in England aged≥ 50 years. It was designed …