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List of works by Kate Sweeny

"We'll call you when the results are in": Preferences for how medical test results are delivered

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

A better distraction: Exploring the benefits of flow during uncertain waiting periods

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

A situational construal approach to healthcare experiences

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Blended news delivery in healthcare: a framework for injecting good news into bad news conversations

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Causes and consequences of expectation trajectories: "high" on optimism in a public ballot initiative

scientific article published on 2 April 2013

Characteristics and Correlates of Word Use in Physician-Patient Communication

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Common Academic Experiences No One Talks About: Repeated Rejection, Impostor Syndrome, and Burnout

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Disrupted Transition to Parenthood: Gender Moderates the Association Between Miscarriage and Uncertainty About Conception

Even Optimists Get the Blues: Interindividual Consistency in the Tendency to Brace for the Worst

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Expectations in the context of gallbladder and hernia surgery: a descriptive report.

scientific article published on 05 January 2014

Exploring Causes of the Self-serving Bias

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Flow in the time of COVID-19: Findings from China

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Hanging in the balance: the role of self-construal abstractness in navigating self-relevant uncertainty

scientific article published on 28 December 2011

Health behavior during periods of stressful uncertainty: associations with emotions, cognitions, and expectation management

scientific article published on 25 January 2020

International Optimism: Correlates and Consequences of Dispositional Optimism across 61 Countries

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Is Waiting the Hardest Part? Comparing the Emotional Experiences of Awaiting and Receiving Bad News

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Is waiting bad for subjective health?

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Mapping individual differences in the experience of a waiting period

scientific article published on June 2014

Narrating the nadir: examining personal and vicarious stories of cancer-related low points among survivors and romantic partners

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

On near misses and completed tasks: the nature of relief

scientific article published on 3 April 2012

Patients' anxiety and hope: predictors and adherence intentions in an acute care context.

scientific article published on 18 October 2014

Predictors of genetic testing decisions: a systematic review and critique of the literature

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Predictors of interest in direct-to-consumer genetic testing

scientific article published on 24 May 2011

Preemptively finding benefit in a breast cancer diagnosis

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Responding to negative health events: A test of the Bad News Response Model

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Sobering up: a quantitative review of temporal declines in expectations.

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

The Psychological Experience of Awaiting Breast Diagnosis

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

The costs of optimism and the benefits of pessimism

scientific article published in October 2010

The effects of expectation disconfirmation on appraisal, affect, and behavioral intentions

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The goals of communicating bad news in health care: do physicians and patients agree?

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

The relative importance of patients' decisional control preferences and experiences

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Two definitions of waiting well

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Waiting for a baby: Navigating uncertainty in recollections of trying to conceive

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Who is satisfied with general surgery clinic visits?

scientific article published on 4 June 2014