Professor Derek Johnston

Professor Derek Johnston
Professor Derek Johnston
Professor Derek Johnston

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
d.johnston@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Room S13, School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen

School/Department
School of Psychology
Research

Research Overview

My primary research interests are stress, including occupational stress, fatigue, psychological and behaviour aspects of cardiavascular diease, and understanding and increasing activity in various groups. The methods I use include ambulatory physiological measurement, real time diary studies (ecological momentary assessment) and n-of-1 methods. My research is illustrated by these selected papers. A fuller list can befound  under Publications.

Health Psychology

Johnston, DW, Beedie, A, & Jones, MC (2006) Using computerised ambulatory diaries for the assessment of job characteristics and work-related stress in nurses Work & Stress, 20, 163-172.

Allan , J., Johnston, D.W., Johnston, M., & Mant, D. (2007). Depression and perceived behavioural control are independent predictors of future activity and fitness after coronary. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 501-508.

Powell R, Johnston M, Johnston DW. (2007). Assessing walking limitations in stroke survivors: Are self-reports and proxy-reports interchangeable? Rehabilitation Psychology, 52, 177-18

Johnston D.W., Tuomisto M.T., & Patching, G.R. (2008) The Relationship between Cardiac Reactivity in the Laboratory and in Real Life. Health Psychology. 27, 34-42

Molloy, G.J., Johnston, D.W., Johnston, M., Gao, C., Witham M. D., Struthers, A.D., , & McMurdo M.E.T. (2008) Using the Demand-Control Model of job strain to predict Caregiver Burden and Caregiver Satisfaction in the informal caregivers of heart failure patients. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13, 401-417.

Powell R, Johnston M & Johnston DW. (2008). The effects of negative affectivity on self-reported activity limitations in stroke patients: Testing the Symptom Perception, Disability and Psychosomatic Hypotheses. Psychology and Health, 23, 195-206

Powell, R., Allan J., Johnston, D.W., Gao, G., Johnston, M., Kenardy, J., Pollard, B., & Rowley, D. (2009) Activity and affect: Repeated within participant assessment of people after joint replacement surgery. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54, 83-90.

McMurdo, M.E.T, Sugden, J, Argo, I., Boyle P., Johnston, D.W., Sniehotta F.F., DonnanP.T (2010). Do pedometers increase physical activity in sedentary older women? A randomised controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatric Society,58, 2099-2106.

Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D. W., Rasbash, J. (2010) Appraisal predicts hemodynamic reactivity in a naturalistic stressor. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 77, 35-42.

Zanstra, Y. J., Johnston, D. W. (2011) Cardiovascular reactivity in real life settings: measurement, mechanisms and meaning. Biological Psychology, 86, 98-105

Quinn, F., Johnston, M., Dixon, D., Johnston, D.W., Pollard, B.,  & Rowley, D.I. (2012) Testing the integration of model of ICF and behavioral models of disability in orthopedic patients:Replication and extension. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57, 167-177

Johnston, D.W., Jones M.C., McCann, C.K., McKee, L. (2013) Stress in nurses: stress-related affect and its determinants examined over the nursing day. Annals of Behavioural Medicine, 45, 348-356.

Johnston, D.W., & Johnston, M. (2013). Useful theories should apply to individuals. British Journal of Health Psychology, 18, 469-473.

Quinn, F., Johnston, M., Johnston, D.W. (2013) Testing an integrated behavioural and biomedical model of disability in N-of-1 studies with chronic pain. Psychology & Health, 28, 1391-1406.

Johnston, D.W.,  Bell, C., Jones, M.,  Farquharson, B., Allan, J., Schofield, P., Ricketts, I., Johnston, M, (2016). Stressors, appraisal of stressors, experienced stress and cardiac response: a real-time, real-life investigation of work stress in nurses. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50, 187-187.

Johnston, D.W. (2016).   Ecological Momentary Assessment. In “Assessment in Health Psychology” Edited by Y. Benyamini, M. Johnston, & V. Karademas. Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. Pp 241-251

 Steele, F., Clarke, P., Leckie, G., Allan, J., &   Johnston, D.W. (2017).  Multilevel structural equation models for longitudinal data where predictors are measured more frequently than outcomes: an application to the effects of stress on the cognitive function of nurses. J. R. Statist. Soc. A , 180, Part 1, pp. 263–283.

Suzanne McDonald, S., Quinn, F., Vieira, R.,   O’Brien, N.,  White, M., Johnston, D.W.,  & Sniehotta, F.F.,  (2017): The state of the art and future opportunities forusing longitudinal n-of-1 methods in health behaviour research: a systematic literature overview,Health Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2017.1316672

Johnston, D.W., Allan, J.L., Powell, D.J.H., Jones, M.C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., & Johnston, M. (2018). Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Online   

Jones, M.C., Smith, K., Herber, O., White, W., Steele, F., & Johnston, D.W. (2018).  Intention, beliefs and mood assessed using electronic diaries predicts attendance at cardiac rehabilitation: An observational study.   International Journal of Nursing Studies, 88, 143-152

 

Publications

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  • HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY .2. THE BEHAVIORAL-CONTROL OF HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE

    JOHNSTON, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Current Psychology, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 99-114
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Type A behavior and ischaemic heart disease

    Cook, D. G., Shaper, A. G., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), vol. 295, no. 6602, pp. 851-2
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Type A behaviour and ischaemic heart disease in middle aged British men

    Johnston, D. W., Cook, D. G., Shaper, A. G., Johnston, D.
    British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), vol. 295, no. 6590, pp. 86-9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Can and should type A behaviour be changed?

    Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Postgraduate Medical Journal, vol. 62, no. 730, pp. 785-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • How does relaxation training reduce blood pressure in primary hypertension.

    Johnston, D.
    Biological and Psychological Factors in Cardiovascular Disease. Springer Verlag, pp. 550-567, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Relaxation and stress management in the treatment of essential hypertension

    Irvine, M. J., Johnston, D. W., Marie, G. V., Jenner, D. A.
    Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 437-450
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Subjective and cognitive effects of relaxation

    Peveler, R. C., Johnston, D. W.
    Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 413-419
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The relationship between stress and cardiovascular reactivity in the laboratory and in the field.

    Johnston, D., Anastasiades, P.
    Neural Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Disease.: Fidia Research Series. Lown, B., Malliani, B., Prosdocimi, M. (eds.). Liviana Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • The treatment of essential hypertension by behavioural methods

    Johnston, D.
    Annual Review of European Behavior therapy, pp. 279-286
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The use of feedback to reduce the cardiovascular response to exercise.

    Johnston, D., Lo, C. R., Marie, V. R.
    Cardiac, Respiratory and Somatic Psychophysiology. Grossman, P., Janssen, K., Vaitl, D. (eds.). Plenum Press, pp. 251-261, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • MRC Trial of treatment of mild hypertension.

    Johnston, D., Steptoe, A.
    British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.), vol. 291, pp. 396
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Psychological interventions in cardiovascular disease

    Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 447-56
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Biofeedback, relaxation and related procedures in the treatment of psychophysiological disorders

    Johnston, D.
    Health Care and Human Behaviour. Academic Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Cardiovascular feedback during dynamic exercise

    Lo, C. R., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Psychophysiology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 199-206
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cumulative scales for the measurement of agoraphobia

    Johnston, M., Johnston, D. W., Wilkes, H., Burns, L. E., Thorpe, G. L., Johnston, D.
    British Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 23 ( Pt 2), pp. 133-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The effect of modification of baroreceptor activity on reaction time

    Toon, P. D., Bergel, D. H., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Psychophysiology, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 487-93
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The relationship between arterial blood pressure and pulse transit time during dynamic and static exercise

    Marie, G. V., Lo, C. R., Van Jones, J., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Psychophysiology, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 521-7
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The self-control of the cardiovascular response to exercise using feedback of the product of interbeat interval and pulse transit time

    Lo, C. R., Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 115-25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The effects of cardiovascular feedback and relaxation on angina pectoris

    Johnston, D. W., Lo, C. R.
    Behavioural Psychotherapy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 257-264
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Feedback and Incentive Effects on the Decrease of Interbeat Interval

    Johnston, D. W., Lethem, J.
    Biofeedback and Self-regulation, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 255-263
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Type A behaviour in British men: reliability and intercorrelation of two measures

    Johnston, D. W., Shaper, A. G., Johnston, D.
    Journal of chronic diseases, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 203-7
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Behavioural treatment in the reduction of coronary risk factors: type A behaviour and blood pressure

    Johnston, D. W., Johnston, D.
    British Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 21 (Pt 4), pp. 281-94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Non-drug treatment of hypertension.

    Johnston, D.
    British Medical Journal, vol. 285, pp. 1046-1047
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Self-control of interbeat interval and pulse transit time at rest and during exercise: A preliminary report

    Johnston, D. W., Lo, C. R., Marie, G. V., Van Jones, J.
    Acta Medica Scandinavica, vol. 211, no. S660, pp. 238-243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The behavioural treatment of the symptoms of ischaemic heart disease

    Johnston, D.
    Behavioural Treatment of Disease. Plenum Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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