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Prof Keith Petrie Professor Psychological Medicine School of Medicine Room: 599-12003 Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86564 Email: kj.petrie@auckland.ac.nz

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Research interests

• The role of patients' perceptions of illness and outcome in chronic illness.
• Adherence to treatment.
• Risk perceptions.
• Symptom appraisal and delay in seeking medical care.
• The influence of psychological factors on immune activity.
• The effect of environmental worries and concerns about modernity on health perceptions and symptom reporting.
• Fatigue in aircrew during international long-haul operations.

Recent publications

• Petrie, K.J., & Weinman, J. (in press). Patients’ perceptions of their illness: The dynamo of volition in health care. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
• Douglas, F., Petrie, K.J., Cundy, T., Horne, A., Gamble, G., & Grey, A. (in press). Differing perceptions of intervention thresholds for fracture risk: a survey of patients and doctors. Osteoporosis International."
• Devcich, D.A., Ellis, C.J., Broadbent, E., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (in press). The psychological impact of test results following diagnostic coronary CT angiography. Health Psychology."
• Dalbeth, N., Petrie, K.J., House, M., Chong, J., Leung, W., Chegudi, R., Horne, A., Gamble, G., McQueen, F., & Taylor, W.J. (2011). Illness perceptions predict disability after one year in patients with recent onset of gout. Arthritis Care and Research, 63,1605-12.(85.4KB PDF)
• Powell, D.M.C., Spencer, M.B., Petrie, K.J. (2011). Automated collection of fatigue ratings at the top of descent: A practical commercial airline tool. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 82, 1037-41.(717.9KB PDF)
• Tausczik, Y., Faasse, K., Pennebaker, J.W., & Petrie, K.J. (2011). Changes in anxiety and information seeking following the H1N1 outbreak: An analysis of web blogs and Wikipedia Searches. Journal of Health Communication. DOI:10.1080/10410236.2011.571759(212.4KB PDF)
• Petrie. K.J., Perry, K., Broadbent, E., & Weinman, J. (2011). A text message program designed to modify patients’ illness and treatment beliefs improves self-reported adherence to asthma preventer medication. British Journal of Health Psychology. DOI:10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02033.x(174.0KB PDF)
• Powell, D.M.C., Spencer, M., Petrie, K.J. (2010). Fatigue in Aircrew after an additional layover period. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 81, 1013-1018.(1.1MB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J. & Vedhara, K. (2010). Man of unconscious sorrow. Journal of Psychosomatic Research,69, 417-18. [Invited commentary].(69.5KB PDF)
• Vedhara, K., Brant, H., Alexiou, A., Petrie, K.J., Miles, J.N.V., Lightman, S. An investigation into the effects of social evaluation on cardiovascular and endocrine responses to the CO2 stress test. Stress, 13, 195-202. (92.5KB PDF)
• Juergens, M.C., Seekatz, B., Moosdorf, R.G., Petrie, K.J., & Rief, W. (2010). Illness perceptions before cardiac surgery predict disability, quality of life and depression three months later. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.(198.5KB PDF)
• Faasse, K., Cundy, T., & Petrie, K.J. (2010). An upsurge in adverse event reporting following a formulation change of Thyroxine: The anatomy of a health scare. British Medical Journal, 340, 20-21. (92.5KB PDF)
• Filipkowski, K., Smyth, J., Rutchick, A., Adya, M., Santuzzi, A., Petrie, K.J., & Kaptein, A.A. (2010). Do healthy people worry? Modern health worries, subjective health complaints, perceived health, and health care utilisation. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine DOI 10.1007/s12529-009-9058-0 (159.6KB PDF)
• Horne, R., Petrie, K.J. & Wessely, S. (2009). H index pathology: Implications for medical research. British Medical Journal, 339, 1447-8. (177.7KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E., Ellis, C.J., Thomas, J., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2009). Further development of an illness perception intervention for myocardial infarction patients: A randomized trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 17-23.(388.5KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E., Ellis, C.J., Thomas, J., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2009). Can an illness perception intervention reduce illness anxiety in spouses of myocardial infarction patients? A randomized trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 11-15.(115.9KB PDF)
• Weinman, J. Yusuf, G. Berks, R., Rayner, S., & Petrie, K.J. (2009). How accurate is patients’ anatomical knowledge: a cross-sectional questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample. BMC Family Practice, 10, 43. Link http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/10/43
• Sowattanangoon, N., Kotchabhakdi, N., Petrie, K.J. (2009). The influence of Thai culture on diabetes perceptions and management. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 84, 245-251.(173.1KB PDF)
• Dare, A.J., Petrie, K.J., Bagg, W. (2009). Prepared for practice? Medical students’ perceptions of a shortened final year medical programme. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122, 32-43.(175.9KB PDF)
• Sowattanangoon, N., Kotchabhakdi, N., Petrie, K.J. (2008). Bhuddist values are associated with better diabetes control in Thai patients. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 39, 481-491.
• Petrie, K.J., & Faasse. K. (2009). Monitoring public anxiety about flu. British Medical Journal, Link http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2009/06/11.
• Petrie, K.J., & Corter, A. (2009). Illness perceptions and benefit finding among individuals with breast cancer, acoustic neuroma, or heart disease. In: C.L Park, S.C. Lechner, M.H. Antoni A.L. Stanton (Eds). Medical Illness and Positive Life Change. APA Publishers: Washington.
• Weinman, J. & Petrie, K.J. (2009). Health psychology. In M.G. Gelder, J.J. Lopez-Ibor, N.C. Andreasen, J. Lopez-Ibor, & J. Geddes (Eds.), New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, London: Oxford University Press.
• Corter, A.L., & Petrie, K.J. (2008). Expressive writing in context: The effects of a confessional setting and delivery of instructions affect participant experience and language in writing. British Journal of Health Psychology, 13. 27-30. (81.9KB PDF)
• Devcich, D.A., Ellis, C.J., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2008). Psychological responses to cardiac diagnosis: Changes in illness representation immediately following coronary angiography. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65, 553-556.(80.2KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Pennebaker, J.W., & Sivertsen, B. (2008). Things we said today: A linguistic analysis of the Beatles. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 2, 197-202. (52.1KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Broadbent, E., & Kydd, R.R. (2008). Illness perceptions in mental health: Issues and potential applications. Journal of Mental Health, 17, 559-564. (60.8KB PDF)
• Browne, S., Distel, E., Morton, R.P., Petrie, K.J. (2008). Patients’ quality of life, reported difficulties and benefits following surgery for acoustic neuroma. Journal of Otolaryngology, 37, 417-422.(113.3KB PDF)
• Powell, D., Spencer, M.B., Holland, D., Petrie, K.J. (2008). Factors associated with fatigue in two pilot operations: Implications for flight and duty time limitations. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 79, 1047-1050.(648.9KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Faasse, K., & Furhmann, S. (2008). Influence of television on demands for cosmetic surgery. The Medical Journal of Australia, 189, 244-5. [Editorial](65.8KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., & Reynolds, L. (2007). Coping with chronic illness. In: S . Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). pp. 46-50. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Loft, P., Meechan, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). Reassurance. In: In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). pp. 487-490.
• Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. Moss-Morris, R., Humphrey, K., Johnson, M., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). Patients’ perceptions of their pain condition across a multidisciplinary pain management programme: Do they change and if so does it matter? Clinical Journal of Pain, 23, 558-564.(138.1KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). Symptom perception. In: In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). pp. 219-223. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Petrie, K.J. (2007). Renal failure, dialysis and transplantation. In: In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman & R. West (Eds), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2nd Edition). pp. 844-846. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Petrie, K.J. (2007). The invisibility of international health psychology research. The European Health Psychologist, 9, 50-52. (146.3KB PDF)
• Bean, D., Cundy, T., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). Ethnic differences in illness perceptions, self efficacy and diabetes self care. Psychology and Health 22, 787-811.(125.9KB PDF)
• Powell, D., Spencer, M.B., Holland, D., Broadbent, E., Petrie, K.J. (2007). Pilot Fatigue in short-haul operations: Effects of number of sectors, duty length and time of day. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 78, 698-701.(536.0KB PDF)
• Loft, P., Thomas, M.G., Petrie, K.J., Miles, J., & Vedhara, K. (2007). Examination stress results in altered cardiovascular responses to an acute experimental challenge and lower salivary cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 367-375. (377.0KB PDF)
• Reynolds, L., Broadbent, E., Ellis, C.J., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). Patient drawings illustrate psychological and functional status in heart failure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 525-532.(307.1KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Müller, J.T., Schirmbeck, F., Donkin, L., Broadbent, E., Ellis, C.J., Gamble, G., & Reif, W. (2007). Effect of providing information about normal test results on patients’ reassurance: randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal. 334, 352-4 doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.464190.55 (published 26 January 2007). Journal article. BMJ Appendix (649.8KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Jago, L.A, Devcich, D.A. (2007). The role of illness perceptions in patients with medical conditions. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 20, 163-167. (85.7KB PDF)
• Devcich, D., Petersen, I., & Petrie, K.J. (2007). You eat what you are: Modern health worries and the acceptance of natural and synthetic additives in functional foods. Appetite, 48, 333-337. (229.5KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., & Weinman, J. (2006). Why illness perceptions matter. Clinical Medicine, 6, 536-539. (183.7KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E. Ellis, C.J., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2006). Changes in patient drawings of the heart identify slow recovery following myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 190-913. (225.2KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E. Petrie, K.J., Ellis, C.J., Anderson, J. Gamble, G., Anderson, D., & Benjamin, W. (2006). Acute myocardial infarction patients have an inaccurate understanding of their risk of a future cardiac event. Internal Medicine Journal, 36, 643-647.(97.4KB PDF)
• Donkin, L., Ellis, C.J., Powell, R., Broadbent, E., Gamble, G., & Petrie, K.J. (2006). Illness perceptions predict reassurance following negative exercise testing result. Psychology and Health, 21, 421-430. (68.4KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E., Petrie, K.J., Main, J., Weinman, J. (2006). The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 631-7. (112.1KB PDF)
• Page, L., Petrie, K.J. & Wessely, S. (2006). Psychosocial responses to environmental incidents: A review and proposed typology. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 60, 413-422.(159.4KB PDF)
• Kenealy, T., Arroll, B., & Petrie, K.J. (2005). Computers and patients as reminders to screen for diabetes in general practice: randomized controlled trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20, 916-921. (180.3KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Broadbent, E., Kley, N., Moss-Morris, R., Horne, R., & Rief, W. (2005). Worries about modernity predict symptom complaints following environmental spraying. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 778-782. (251.1KB PDF)
• Ireland, J., Reid, M., Powell, R., & Petrie, K.J. (2005). The role of illness perceptions: psychological distress and treatment seeking delay in patients with genital warts. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 16, 667-670. (117.9KB PDF)
• Kaptein, A.A., Helder, D.I., Kleijn, W.C., Rief, W., Moss-Morris, R., & Petrie, K.J. (2005). Modern health worries in medical students. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 453-457. (201.4KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Frampton, T., Large, R.G., Moss-Morris, R.E., Johnson, M., & Meechan, G. (2005). What do patients expect from their first visit to a pain clinic? Clinical Journal of Pain, 21, 297-301. (163.2KB PDF)
• McCool, J.P., Cameron, L.D., & Petrie, K.J. (2005). The influence of smoking imagery on the smoking intentions of young people: testing a media interpretation model. Journal of Adolescencent Health, 36, 475-485. (248.3KB PDF)
• Meechan, G., Collins, J.,Moss-Morris, R. & Petrie, K.J. (2005). Who is not reassured following benign diagnosis of breast symptoms? Journal of Psycho-oncology, 14, 239-246. (92.2KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., & Revenson, T.A. (2005). New psychological interventions in chronic illness: towards examining mechanisms of action and improved targeting. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 179-184. (77.4KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J. & Wessely, S. (2004). Getting well from water. [Editorial]. British Medical Journal, 329, 1417-1418. (69.8KB PDF)
• Broadbent, E., Petrie, K.J., Ellis, C.J., Ying, J., Gamble, G. (2004). A picture of health - myocardial infarction patients’ drawings of their hearts and subsequent disability: a longitudinal study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 583-587. (223.4KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2004). Health-related cognitions. In S.Sutton, A.Baum & M. Johnston. (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology. Pp. 127-142.
• NY: Sage. McCool, J.P., Cameron, L.D., & Petrie, K.J. (2004). Stereotyping the smoker: adolescent appraisals of smokers in film. Tobacco Control, 13, 308-314.(121.4KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Fontanilla, I., Thomas, M., Booth, R.J., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2004). Effect of written emotional expression on immune functioning in patients with HIV infection. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 272-275. (69.7KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Powell, D., & Broadbent, E. (2004). Fatigue self-management strategies and reported fatigue in international pilots. Ergonomics, 47,461-468. (111.5KB PDF)
• Petrie, K.J., Moss-Morris, R., Grey, C., & Shaw, M. (2004). The relationship of negative affect and perceived sensitivity to symptom reporting following vaccination. British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 101-111. (90.2KB PDF)

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Links to our health psychology scales

• Illness Perception Questionnaire, IPQ-R and Brief IPQ
• Modern Health Worries

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