School of Psychology Research Pages - Michael E. Hyland

Research Home Page

This is Michael Hyland’s research home page. It is designed to provide information to researchers and others interested in his research and for prospective postgraduates.

Research interests and history

Michael E. Hyland obtained a BSc at Bristol University in 1971 and a PhD at the University of Wales in 1977.

His early career was as a theoretical psychologist, working on the nature of theoretical entities particularly in relation to mind-body problems.

From the late 1980s he worked as a health psychologist focusing on respiratory disease (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). He has constructed several scales for use in respiratory disease, some for outcome assessment and some for disease management, the latter including the asthma bother profile, the lung information needs questionnaire and the DOSE index. His research in respiratory medicine includes studies on adherence to medication and its relation to outcome.

He has contributed to theoretical development in health psychology, using netork theory to account for non-specific or dyregulatory disease (diseases withouth a specific pathophysiology), a summary of which was published in a book The origins of health and disease published in 2011. This theoretical work has been combined with empirical studies on non-specific aspects of therapy (e.g., placebo effects) and most recently on the effect of dysregulation on asthma exacerbations.

Questionnaires

Michael Hyland, in association with others, has produced a number of questionnaires over the years collaborating. may be downloaded and used free of charge for not-for profit research and for clinical purposes.

Details of publications relating to these questionnaires is available from the his list of publications

O Living with asthma questionnaire - Scoring Instructions
O Asthma Bother Profile
O Breathing Problems Long Version - Scoring Instructions
O Breathing Problems Short Version - Scoring Instructions
O Leg Ulcer Questionnaire - Nurses Section - Scoring Instructions
O Silver Lining Questionnaire - Scoring Instructions
O Global Quality of Life Scale
O Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire
O Menopausal Quality of Life Questionnaire
O Lung information needs questionnaire (LINQ)

Publications