Publications

On this page you will find a list of recent publications and abstracts.

Refereed Journal Articles

Sirois, F. M. (in press). Procrastination and stress: Exploring the role of self-compassion. Self and Identity. abstract.

Sirois, F. M. & Pychyl, T. (2013). Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation: Consequences for future self. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2),7(2), 115-127. abstract.

Sirois, F. M. & Tosti, N. (2012). Lost in the moment? An investigation of procrastination, mindfulness, and well-being. Invited paper for a special issue of the Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy., 30 (4), 237-248. abstract.

Sirois, F. M. (2011). Psychological health and well-being: A research agenda for the Eastern Townships. Journal of the Eastern Townships Studies, 37, 77-94.

Hirsch, J. K., Sirois, F. M. , & Lyness, J. M. (2011). Functional impairment and depressive symptoms in older adults: Mitigating effects of hope. British Journal of Health Psychology, 16, 744-760. abstract.

Williams-Piehota, P., Sirois, F. M.  Bann, C., Isenberg, K., & Walsh, E. G. (2011).  Agents of change: How do CAM providers play a role in health behavior change? Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 17, 22-31. abstract.

Sirois, F. M., Monforton, J., & Simpson, M. (2010). "If only I had done better": Perfectionism and the functionality of counterfactual thinking. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1675-1692. abstract.

Bann, C. B., Sirois, F. M., & Walsh, E. G. (2010). Provider support in complementary and alternative medicine: Exploring the role of empowerment. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16, 745-752. abstract.

Gick, M. L. & Sirois, F. M. (2010). Insecure attachment moderates women's adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease severity. Rehabilitation Psychology, 55, 170-179. abstract.

Wilson, K. ,& Sirois, F. M. (2010). Birth attendant choice and satisfaction with antenatal care: The role of birth philosophy, relational style, and health self-efficacy. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 28, 69-83. abstract.

Sirois, F. M. (2009). Psychological adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease: The importance of considering disease activity. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 104, 2970-2972. abstract

Sirois, F. M. (2009). Comment on "Preventive screening of women who use complementary and alternative medicine providers". Journal of Women's Health, 18(8), 119-120. abstract

Greene, A. M., Walsh, E. G., Sirois, F. M., & McCaffrey, A. (2009). Perceived benefits of complementary and alternative medicine: A whole systems research perspective. The Open Complementary Medicine Journal, 1, 35-45. abstract and open access full text

Voth, J., & Sirois, F. M. (2009). The role of self-blame and responsibility in adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54, 99-108. abstract

Sirois, F. M., & Purc-Stephenson, R. (2008). Personality and consultations with complementary and alternative medicine practitioners: A five factor model investigation of degree of use and motives. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 14, 1151-1158. abstract

Sirois, F. M., & Purc-Stephenson, R. (2008). When one door closes, another door opens: Physician availability and motivations to consult complementary and alternative medicine providers. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 14, 228-236. abstract

Wolfe, B., & Sirois, F. M. (2008). Beyond standard quality of life measures: The subjective experiences of living with inflammatory bowel disease. Quality of Life Research, 16, 877-886. abstract

Sirois, F. M. (2008). Motivations for consulting complementary and alternative medicine practitioners: A comparison of consumers from 1997-8 and 2005. BioMed Central Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 8 (16). open access full text

Sirois, F. M., & Purc-Stephenson, R. (2008). Consumer decision factors for initial and long-term use of complementary and alternative medicine. Complementary Health Practice Review, 13, 3-19. abstract

Sirois, F. M.  (2008). Provider-based complementary and alternative medicine use among three chronic illness groups: Associations with psychosocial factors and concurrent use of conventional health-care services. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 16 (2), 74-81. abstract

Hebb, A. L. O., Anger, G. J., Mendella, P. D., Sirois, F. M., Gilbert, R. W., & Zacharko, R. M. (2007). The myth of panic spontaneity: Consideration of behavioral and neurochemical sensitization. The Open Psychiatry Journal, 1, 1-25. abstract and open access full text

Sirois, F. M.  (2007). "I'll look after my health, later": A replication and extension of the procrastination-health model with community-dwelling adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 15-26. abstract

Sirois, F. M., Davis, C. G., & Morgan, M. (2006). "Learning to live with what you can't rise above": Control beliefs, symptom control, and adjustment to tinnitus. Health Psychology,25(1), 119-123. abstract

Sirois, F. M. (2004). Procrastination and counterfactual thinking:  Avoiding what might have been, British Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 269-286. abstract

Sirois, F. M.  (2004). Procrastination and intentions to perform health behaviors: The role of self-efficacy and the consideration of future consequences. Personality and Individual Differences, 37(1),115-128. abstract

Sirois, F. M.,  Melia-Gordon, M.L., & Pychyl, T. A., (2003).  "I'll look after my health, later": An investigation of procrastination and health. Personality and Individual Differences, 35(5), 1167-1184. abstract

Sirois, F. M.  (2002). Treatment seeking and experience with complementary/alternative medicine:  A continuum of choice.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 8(2),  127-134. abstract

Sirois, F. M., & Gick, M.L. (2002).  An investigation of the health beliefs and motivations of complementary medicine clients. Social Science and Medicine, 55 (6), 1025-1037. abstract

Textbooks

Taylor, S. E., & Sirois, F. M.  (2012). Health Psychology, 2nd Canadian Edition, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.

Taylor, S. E., & Sirois, F. M.  (2009). Health Psychology, 1st Canadian Edition, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. link

Book Chapters

Sirois, F. M.  (2007). Procrastination and motivations for household safety behaviors: An expectancy-value theory perspective. In L. V. Brown (Ed.) Psychology of Motivation, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 153-165. abstract

Refereed Journal Articles Under Review

Sirois, F. M., & Hirsch, J. K.(under review). Associations of psychological thriving with coping efficacy, positive change expectations and depressive symptoms over time in people with arthritis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Refereed Journal Articles in Revision

Sirois, F. M. & Giguere, B.(in revision for resubmission). Knowing the better and doing the worse: A longitudinal study of procrastination, temptation, and making healthy changes.

Sirois, F. M., & Pychyl, T. A. (In revison for resubmission). A longitudinal study of procrastination, health and well-being. Manuscript submitted to the European Journal of Personality.

Sirois, F. M.  (In revision).  The search for the placebo responder: Towards an integrated model of the placebo effect, Manuscript submitted to Psychological Bulletin.

Refereed Journal Articles in Preparation

Gigučre, B., Sirois, F. M. , & Lalonde, C. E. (in preparation). When pride prevents the fall: Procrastination, social emotions, and outcome expectancies.

Sirois, F. M. (in preparation). Out of sight, out of time? A meta-analytic investigation of procrastination and time perspective.

Sirois, F. M. , Bann, C., & Walsh, E. (In preparation). The role of mind-body awareness in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) outcomes.

Sirois, F. M., & Gick, M. L.(in preparation). An appraisal-based coping model of attachment and adjustment to arthritis.