Psychology & Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Health is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study42
Effect of depression and anxiety on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive with and without an infertility diagnosis33
‘I didn’t feel like I was a doctor’: a qualitative interview study exploring the experiences and representations of healthcare professionals’ capacity to deliver compassionate care and to practice sel26
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study25
Health behaviour: sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviour, sun protection behaviour, medication non-adherence, and health professional behaviour24
The role of disgust as an emotional barrier to colorectal cancer screening participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Health literacy and health behaviors in parent-adolescent dyads: an actor-partner interdependence model approach21
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease20
‘I have no life and neither do the ones watching me suffer’: women’s experiences of transvaginal mesh implant surgery19
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study19
Predicting intention and maintenance of breastfeeding up to 2-years after birth in primiparous and multiparous women19
Information seeking and subsequent affective well-being in Chinese young adults: the mediating effects of worry18
The COVID-19 pandemic and seeking information about condoms online: an infodemiology approach18
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study18
Helpless against food cues: the influence of pro- and anti-sugar videos on instrumental food-seeking behaviour in a Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer paradigm17
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population17
Public opinion in vaccine allocation priority: who comes first?15
COVID-19 fear mediates the relationship between perceived risk and preventive behaviors: the moderating role of perceived effectiveness15
Smoking self-concept moderates the effects of self-affirmation on smoking-related beliefs and behavioral intentions14
The interplay between ovarian cancer and social relationships: an analysis of patients’ metaphors14
Expanding the analysis of mechanisms of action in behavioral interventions: cognitive change versus cognitive activation14
Healthcare innovation adoption in Africa: the case of long-lasting insecticide nets in Ghana using protection motivation theory14
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence13
Type 2 diabetes self-management schemas across diverse health literacy levels: a qualitative investigation13
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect13
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age12
Psychometric evaluations of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), based on nine samples12
The joint effect of attachment orientations and empathy on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among oncologists12
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study11
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception11
Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire11
HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls11
Roles of benefit finding in psychological and inflammatory adjustments in persons with colorectal cancer: a prospective analysis on the multidimensionality of benefit finding11
Correction11
Trajectories of fatigue in cancer patients during psychological care11
Cancer patients’ participation and commitment to psychological interventions: a scoping review11
Downward adjustment of rehabilitation goals may facilitate post-stroke arm motor recovery11
Maintaining distance and avoiding going out during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal examination of an integrated social cognition model10
Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic10
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US10
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis10
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise10
Efficacy of cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials10
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?10
A latent profile analysis using the theory of planned behavior to predict alcohol use10
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study10
Justice beliefs buffer against perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening among African Americans9
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults9
Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth9
Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors: a differentiated perspective and associations with psychosocial functioning8
Self-care behaviors, drinking, and smoking to cope with psychological distress during COVID-19 among Chinese college students: the role of resilience8
Inducing consumers to use calorie information: a multinational investigation8
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale8
Living with functional movement disorders: a tale of three battles. An interpretative phenomenological analysis8
Emotional well-being in COVID-19 mass quarantine: the role of personal response and life activity: a 14-day diary study in China8
The feasibility and acceptability of a single-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention to support women self-reporting fear of childbirth in a first pregnancy8
Is there a combined effect of depression and cognitive reserve on cognitive function? Findings from a population-based study8
Perceptions of partner social control: accuracy, bias, and daily experience8
Mental health, stress, and well-being measured before (2019) and during (2020) COVID-19: a Swedish socioeconomic population-based study7
Psychological needs and exercise behaviour: a comparison of two psychological needs models7
Understanding the experiences and psychosocial support needs of caregivers of people with comorbid dementia and cancer7
Understanding children’s voices about enablers of obesity from a causal attribution’s stance: a vignette study7
Trajectories of health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of handwashing, mask wearing, social contact limitations, and physical distancing7
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems7
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children7
Sexual self-efficacy and sexual communication among adolescent girls: moderated mediation results from a randomized controlled trial6
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research6
Evaluating the sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters, depression, quality of life, cognitive status, physical activity, and Mediterranean diet adherence of older adults in pre- and6
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations6
Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma6
Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion6
Construction of identity in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease across the lifespan6
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with asthma: a co-produced mixed-methods study6
‘I knew it wasn’t normal, I just didn’t know what to do about it’: adversity and caregiver support when growing up in a family with Huntington’s disease6
Making sense of COVID-19: a longitudinal investigation of the initial stages of developing illness representations6
A qualitative exploration of health-related quality of life and health behaviours in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings6
Comparison of approach/avoidance intentions for alcohol and vegetable consumption under a temporal self-regulation theory framework6
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Work-family conflicts and pain interference among midlife adults: a longitudinal serial mediation via family strain and loneliness5
Effects of lifestyle behaviours and depressed mood on sleep quality in young adults. A machine learning approach5
A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a culture and disease-specific, patient-centric multi-component tobacco cessation intervention package for the patients attending non-com5
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China5
Personality traits and polypharmacy: meta-analysis of five samples5
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants5
Calorie deprivation impairs the self-control of eating, but not of other behaviors5
Correction5
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests5
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices5
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers5
Self- and other-efficacy are related to current smoking during a quit attempt: a daily diary study in single-smoking couples5
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial4
Stress-induced eating and drinking and their associations with weight among women and men during 30-year follow-up4
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care4
Think positive! Emotional response to assertiveness in positive and negative language promoting preventive health behaviors4
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.4
Illness representations of vaping associated lung injury (VALI) and E-cigarette use: common sense model of self-regulation driven mixed-method approach4
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD4
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults4
Development and psychometric assessment of the Sociocultural Influences on Exercise Behaviours in Adolescents Questionnaire4
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity4
The benefits of experiencing flow through distracting activities: flow reduces preoperative anxiety in children before surgery, but not postoperative difficulties4
Identifying the outcomes of participating in peer mentorship for adults living with spinal cord injury: a qualitative meta-synthesis4
Temporal dynamics of mental imagery, craving and consumption of craved foods: an experience sampling study4
Health professionals interface with cultural conflict in the delivery of type 2 diabetes care4
Social comparisons between group members during behavioural weight loss treatment: comparison direction, scale, and associations with weight loss maintenance4
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience4
Bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use among graduate and international students: opportunities and challenges4
Sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviours: health impact, prevalence, correlates, and interventions4
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls4
Patient-driven decisions and perceptions of the ‘safest possible choice’: insights from patient-provider conversations about how some breast cancer patients choose contralateral prophylactic mastectom4
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study4
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive4
Contextual disruption and exercise: mapping changes to exercise routines and engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Development process, clinical utility, and preliminary psychometric evidence of a new tool for screening psychological distress in renal care settings: the Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer (HD-DT)4
Development and validation of a short form psychometric tool assessing the caregiving Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF-SF) in a child3
The mediating effect of media usage on the relationship between anxiety/fear and physician–patient trust during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality3
Associations between physical activity, affect regulation difficulties, and mental health among Canadian adolescents at two different points of the COVID-19 pandemic3
Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods3
Feasibility of Systems Support Mapping to guide patient-driven health self-management in colorectal cancer survivors3
Pathways from adolescent screen time to eating related symptoms: a multilevel longitudinal mediation analysis through self-esteem3
Longitudinal study of the role of COVID worry versus general anxiety in predicting vaccination and other COVID-preventive behaviors3
Healthcare professional behaviour: health impact, prevalence of evidence-based behaviours, correlates and interventions3
The role of pain intensity and depressive symptoms in the relationship between sleep quality and postural control among middle-aged and older adults with Fibromyalgia3
Look away now! Defensive processing and unrealistic optimism by level of alcohol consumption3
Attitudes to aging mediate the reciprocal effects of health anxiety and physical functioning3
How can older peer leaders best support motivation for walking in physically inactive older adults? A self-determination theory perspective3
Am I a responsible drinker? The impact of message frame and drinker prototypes on perceptions of alcohol product information labels3
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma3
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans3
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length3
Personality and change in physical activity across 3–10 years3
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States3
Psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the joint contribution of intolerance of uncertainty and cyberchondria3
A meta-analysis of the impact of point of view on narrative processing and persuasion in health messaging3
Contrasting constructs or continuum? Examining the dimensionality of body appreciation and body dissatisfaction3
Pain experiences among women in midlife with existing health conditions: changes across pre-COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and initial reopening3
A secondary analysis examining the performance of the State Optimism Measure (SOM) compared to the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) in measuring optimism over time3
Initial evaluation of the Optimal Health Program for people with diabetes: 12-month outcomes of a randomised controlled trial3
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success3
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention3
‘Turbulence even in a bubble’: a reflexive thematic analysis with family caregivers of people with dementia in the United Kingdom during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic3
Dynamic patterns of COVID stress syndrome among university students during an outbreak: a time-series network analysis3
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance3
Injunctive norms as social pressures: Does autonomy support moderate the relationship between injunctive norms and autonomy satisfaction in physical activity?3
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance2
Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis2
Influence of online comments on smokers’ E-cigarette attitude: Opinion climate, review fraud, and resistance to persuasion2
Psychological reactance and vaccine uptake: a longitudinal study2
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up study2
I listen to my body now”: a qualitative exploration of positive body image in breast cancer survivors 2
On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol2
Health literacy, resilience and perceived stress of migrants in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report2
Gamification in personal health record systems: a regulatory fit perspective2
Illness experience and (unmet) needs of women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH): a qualitative analysis of an online forum2
Do compassion and self-compassion moderate the relationship between childhood socioeconomic position and adulthood body composition?2
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being2
Messages focused on the effect of alcohol on the immune system boosted intention to adhere to alcohol intake guidelines during Covid-19 lockdown2
Illness anxiety, infertility stress, resilience and thyroid-stimulating hormone among infertile people undergoing ART treatment in China2
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers2
Optimising an immersive virtual reality behaviour change intervention to support retired and non-working adults to reduce their sedentary behaviour: a mini-focus group interview study2
How do people understand the spread of COVID-19 infections? Mapping mental models of factors contributing to the pandemic2
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model2
Embodiment-based self-management for Israeli breast cancer survivors after mind-body therapy2
Perspectives of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for functional dyspepsia: qualitative interviews using thematic analysis2
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options2
‘It is up to me because I gave him this life’ How the awareness of being permanently and unconditionally responsible shapes the experience of chronic sorrow in parents of disabled children2
What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study2
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-182
Exploring health-related quality of life, exercise and alcohol use in adolescents with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings2
Understanding the predictors of hand hygiene using aspects of the theory of planned behaviour and temporal self-regulation theory2
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs2
The influence of the significant other on treatment adherence in chronic pain management: a qualitative analysis2
Self-compassion and health-related quality of life in individuals with endometriosis2
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study2
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis2
Correction2
‘She thought the same way I that I thought:’ a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness2
Development and validation of a scale to assess the belief that ‘age causes illness’2
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis2
Integrated psychological care in pediatric hospital settings for children with complex chronic illness and their families: a systematic review2
Protecting children from COVID-19: examining U.S. parents motivation and behaviour using an integrated model of self-determination theory and the theory of planned behaviour2
Health literacy mediates the effects of educational attainment on online pharmacy navigation skills in older adults with HIV disease2
Is ‘a little’ too much?: An exploration of women’s beliefs about alcohol use during pregnancy2
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study2
The role of perceived level of threat, reactance proneness, political orientation, and coronavirus salience on health behavior intentions2
The burnout-depression conundrum: investigating construct-relevant multidimensionality across four countries and four patient samples2
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men2
Using behavioural science to explore impact and implementation of obstetric anaesthesia training in Tanzania, Nepal and Bangladesh: a qualitative evaluation study with obstetric anaesthesia providers2
Experimentally-manipulated perceptions of good sleep predict greater reactivity to and poorer recovery from a social stressor in university students2
The Aussie-FIT process evaluation: feasibility and acceptability of a weight loss intervention for men, delivered in Australian Football League settings2
First test of the theory of reasoned goal pursuit: predicting physical activity2
Engaging adults with obesity in organic online communities to support weight loss: a mixed methods pilot study2
Consequences of daily self-weighing: a pilot study in higher-weight women with a history of breast cancer2
‘My body is out to wreck everything I have’: a qualitative study of how women with endometriosis feel about their bodies2
Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity2
Very small effects of an imagery-based randomised trial to promote adherence to wearing face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic and identification of future intervention targets1
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review1
Gender, sexual orientation, and mental health in the kink community: an application of coping self-efficacy theory1
‘You’re part of something bigger’: interpersonal relationships and older Canadian men’s body image1
Effects of a self-affirmation intervention on responses to bowel cancer screening information1
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension1
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)1
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic1
The effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on health protective behaviours: dyadic approach on self-reports and partner-reports1
A qualitative analysis of people’s experiences with weight-based discrimination1
Intervention and mediation effects of a community-based singing group on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health: the Sing4Health randomized controlled trial1
‘A healthy lifestyle is a journey’: exploring health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health through photo-elicitation1
Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees: mediation by post-migration stressors and protective resources?1
Does willingness to care fluctuate over time? A weekly diary study among informal caregivers1
Changes in virus-transmission habits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national, repeated measures study1
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads: ripple, spillover, or compensatory effects?1
A network approach to understanding social distancing behaviour during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic1
Examining parental stress and its link to hair cortisol and DHEA levels in kindergartners1
Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: a prospective cohort study1
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer1
Perceived stigmatization and fear of negative evaluation: Two distinct pathways to body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem in burn survivors1
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema1
Reciprocal relationships between positive expectancies and positive emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-lagged panel study1
Blame others but hurt yourself: blaming or sympathetic attitudes toward victims of COVID-19 and how it alters one’s health status1
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment1
Hope for the best or prepare for the worst? Calm perseverance, not vigilant monitoring, contributes to adolescent life satisfaction1
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease1
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons1
Risk factors for momentary loss of control and subsequent abandonment of self-devised dietary restraint plans in adults with weight-loss goals: a behaviour sequence analysis approach1
Life after meningitis: a qualitative study exploring survivors’ experience of living with sequelae1
Living the dream – but not without hardship: stories about self-directed weight transformation from severe obesity1
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives1
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease1
A holistic profile for cancer-related fatigue for women with breast cancer – a qualitative study1
Understanding the selection of support partners in a behavioral weight loss program1
COVID-19 pandemic stress, tolerance of uncertainty and well-being for persons with and without cancer1
Is reduced health-related quality of life a primary manifestation of fibromyalgia? A comparative study with Rheumatoid arthritis1
Naturalistically observed interpersonal problems and diabetes management in older adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes1
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?1
Young adult women’s meaning-making of living with type 1 diabetes: towards growth and optimism1
Predicting adherence to COVID-19 behavioural guidelines: a comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour1
‘Surely a little discretion isn’t too difficult’? The discursive construction of discretion in users’ comments on UK newspaper articles about public breastfeeding1
‘I didn’t want to go home’ patient-identified modifiable risk factors associated with hospital readmission: a qualitative study1
A systematic review of the effects of positive versus negative framing on cancer treatment decision making1
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis1
Dynamic relations among COVID-19-related media exposure and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Perspectives and experiences of Māori and Pasifika peoples living with cardiac inherited disease: a qualitative study1
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types1
An investigation of factors encouraging and deterring EC use: a thematic analysis of accounts from UK adults1
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