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Papers by Anne M Haase

Mental Health and Physical Activity

Objectives: To assess bidirectional effects of anxiety and anorexia nervosa (AN) phenotypes. Desi... more Objectives: To assess bidirectional effects of anxiety and anorexia nervosa (AN) phenotypes. Design: Two-sample Mendelian randomization. Setting: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortia (PGC), analysis of the UK Biobank sample, and Anxiety Neuro Genetics Study (ANGST) consortium. Participants: European descent participants from the PGC (n = 14,477), UK Biobank (n = 348,219), and ANGST consortium (n = 17,310, and n = 18,186). Main outcome measures: AN diagnosis, worry, anxiety disorder pathology (case-control and quantitative phenotypes). Results: We found evidence of a moderate genetic correlation between worry and AN (Rg = 0.36, SE = 0.05, p < 0.001), and the Mendelian randomization analysis supported a causal influence of worry on AN (OR = 2.14, 95% CI: 1.18 to 3.90, p = 0.01). There was no clear evidence for a causal effect of AN on worry in this study (B = -0.01, 95% CI: -0.03 to 0.02, p = 0.55). There was no robust evid...

Child: Care, Health and Development

Addictive Behaviors, 2011

Journal of adolescence, Jan 11, 2016

Physical changes associated with puberty may conflict with functional and aesthetic ideals for a ... more Physical changes associated with puberty may conflict with functional and aesthetic ideals for a career in ballet. The dance teacher is in a position to guide young dancers through the pubertal transition, although dancers rather than teachers are often the focus of research. This study explores the social stimulus value of the female body in ballet as perceived by the dance teacher and how value may change during puberty. Ten UK dance teachers were interviewed; interpretative phenomenological analysis was used. Four main themes perceived by dance teachers emerged as central to the social stimulus value of the body among adolescent dancers: the ideal body; teacher approaches to managing puberty in the dance environment; puberty as a 'make or break' stage in ballet; and teacher awareness of pubertal onset and the implications of timing. Dance teachers can play an important role in moderating external and individual expectations during the pubertal transition.

BMC Psychiatry

Background Evidence from observational studies suggests an association between anxiety disorders ... more Background Evidence from observational studies suggests an association between anxiety disorders and anorexia nervosa (AN), but causal inference is complicated by the potential for confounding in these studies. We triangulate evidence across a longitudinal study and a Mendelian randomization (MR) study, to evaluate whether there is support for anxiety disorder phenotypes exerting a causal effect on AN risk. Methods Study One assessed longitudinal associations of childhood worry and anxiety disorders with lifetime AN in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort. Study Two used two-sample MR to evaluate: causal effects of worry, and genetic liability to anxiety disorders, on AN risk; causal effects of genetic liability to AN on anxiety outcomes; and the causal influence of worry on anxiety disorder development. The independence of effects of worry, relative to depressed affect, on AN and anxiety disorder outcomes, was explored using multivariable MR. Analyses were com...

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Public Health Nutrition

Objective Interventions to reduce adolescents’ non-core food intake (i.e. foods high in fat and s... more Objective Interventions to reduce adolescents’ non-core food intake (i.e. foods high in fat and sugar) could target specific people or specific environments, but the relative importance of environmental contexts v. individual characteristics is unknown. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Data from 4d food diaries in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) 2008–2012 were analysed. NDNS food items were classified as ‘non-core’ based on fat and sugar cut-off points per 100g of food. Linear multilevel models investigated associations between ‘where’ (home, school, etc.) and ‘with whom’ (parents, friends, etc.) eating contexts and non-core food energy (kcal) per eating occasion (EO), adjusting for variables at the EO (e.g. time of day) and adolescent level (e.g. gender). Participants Adolescents (n 884) aged 11–18 years. Results Only 11 % of variation in non-core energy intake was attributed to differences between adolescents. In adjusted models, non-core food intake was 151 % high...

Social work in health care, Jan 23, 2018

Young people with chronic illnesses, such as epilepsy, tend to have poorer psychosocial outcomes ... more Young people with chronic illnesses, such as epilepsy, tend to have poorer psychosocial outcomes compared to their peers. Nevertheless, not all young people experience difficulties adapting to living with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to examine family processes, as little is known about their impact on young people's adaptation to the condition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 young people, aged between 13 and 16 years old, to explore their experiences of living with epilepsy from the perspective of family resilience. Findings from these interviews provided in-depth descriptions of stressful circumstances encountered and family processes. These processes, which in turn promoted positive adaptation, included shared family beliefs, family connectedness, and communication processes that supported collaborative problem-solving. Practitioners who support young people living with chronic conditions, such as epilepsy, should consider interventions that promote ...

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

As female athletes participating in physique-salient sports report similar levels of social physi... more As female athletes participating in physique-salient sports report similar levels of social physique anxiety (SPA) and disordered eating symptoms compared with those in nonphysique salient sports, alternative factors contributing to disordered eating require consideration, specifically participation in sport type (team vs. individual). This study examined SPA and disordered eating correlates in female athletes (N= 137) in two sport types (team sports and individual sports). Individual sport athletes exhibited higher SPA, F(1, 135) = 22.03, p< .001; dieting, Brown and Forsythe’s F(1, 57.05) = 43.79, p< .001; and bulimic behavior, Brown and Forsythe’s F(1, 59.92) = 13.45, p= .001 than team sport athletes. SPA and sport type together predicted 44% of dieting and 22% of bulimic symptom variance, suggesting that individual-sport athletes with higher SPA experienced greater disordered eating. Involvement in individual sports where physique is more open to social evaluation may contr...

Health & social work, Jan 25, 2017

Research on childhood epilepsy has predominantly used quantitative methodologies to examine the i... more Research on childhood epilepsy has predominantly used quantitative methodologies to examine the impact of epilepsy on young people and their families. These studies generally give a negative picture of the condition, which is at odds with a strengths-based social work perspective, and provide little understanding of young people's experiences of living with epilepsy. A systematic review of qualitative studies that explored young people's perspectives was conducted. Inclusion criteria were as follows: young people ages 13 to 18 years diagnosed with epilepsy, qualitative data collection methods, studies published in English-language peer-reviewed journals, and gray literature. Of 501 abstracts identified, 52 full-length texts were reviewed, with 17 studies being included for final analysis. The emergent themes were seizures and medications; relationships; issues and concerns involving their families, peers, and schools; and young people's reactions to epilepsy. It is essen...

PloS one, 2017

Client behaviour change is at the heart of veterinary practice, where promoting animal health and... more Client behaviour change is at the heart of veterinary practice, where promoting animal health and welfare is often synonymous with engaging clients in animal management practices. In the medical realm, extensive research points to the link between practitioner communication and patient behavioural outcomes, suggesting that the veterinary industry could benefit from a deeper understanding of veterinarian communication and its effects on client motivation. Whilst extensive studies have quantified language components typical of the veterinary consultation, the literature is lacking in-depth qualitative analysis in this context. The objective of this study was to address this deficit, and offer new critical insight into veterinary communication strategies in the pursuit of client behaviour change. Role-play interactions (n = 15) between UK cattle veterinarians and an actress experienced in medical and veterinary education were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. Analysis re...

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2004