Psychology & Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Health is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence120
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults47
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations24
Sleep quality among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 reopening period in China: the interplay of SARS-CoV-2 infection, mental distress, and physical activity24
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity23
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children17
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study16
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis16
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma16
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis16
Who is positive about precision health technologies? Demographic and psychological factors associated with science opposition15
Psychological factors influencing life satisfaction in patients with chronic diseases14
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 time14
Health locus of control and fear of cancer recurrence: the moderating role of emotion regulation in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses13
Young women’s somatic symptoms are more strongly predicted by psychosocial rather than physiological factors: longitudinal findings in a population-representative Australian sample13
Addressing omission bias in the treatment of osteoporosis: evidence from a cross-sectional study and a randomized experiment13
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator12
Daily associations of three types of social control with physical activity, reactance, and mood in romantic couples: a dyadic intensive longitudinal study12
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers11
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?11
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD11
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention11
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study10
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options10
What drives psychological well-being in early-stage multiple sclerosis?10
The role of childhood illness in shaping relationships through to young adulthood9
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis9
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood9
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study9
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs9
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types9
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment9
Eating post-pleasure: a phenomenological exploration of loss, disgust and dislocation in the sensory worlds of individuals with persistent chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-199
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men9
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report9
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease9
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 approach9
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives8
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies8
The bidirectional dynamics of social support, role stress, and anxiety: a longitudinal study of Middle–aged women8
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy8
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives8
What factors from the Theoretical Domains Framework influence people with cardiovascular disease to seek help from healthcare services? A systematic review, behavioural analysis and conceptual ‘KASiE’8
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?8
A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: highlighting the roles of enjoyment, emotion and social engagement8
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV7
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time7
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention7
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies: the example of the empCARE training to reduce burnout and distress symptoms in health care providers7
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt7
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study7
The role of emotional eating on the longitudinal dynamics between habit strength and unhealthy snack consumption in Chilean adults6
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information6
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study6
The bidirectional association between body dysmorphic symptoms, body image inflexibility, and appearance-related safety behaviors in young Chinese women6
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
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age6
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect6
Living with a multimorbidity. A qualitative study on the personal perspectives of individuals with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease6
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study6
Characterising symptom clusters: examining profiles of somatic symptoms and their psychosocial predictors among chinese youths using longitudinal data with a machine learning approach6
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing5
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity5
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 States5
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults5
The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients: direct and mediated pathways through illness representations5
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial5
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance5
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China5
Patient-driven decisions and perceptions of the ‘safest possible choice’: insights from patient-provider conversations about how some breast cancer patients choose contralateral prophylactic mastectom5
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up study5
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)5
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests5
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study5
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive5
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study5
Examining the role of voluntary reciprocal altruism and collectivism interventions in enhancing intentions to donate blood among young non-donors: an experimental study5
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis5
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers5
Effectiveness of client-centred counselling on weight management among Black African women with overweight and obesity in high-income countries: a systematic review4
You’re alive, but are you living? ’ Exploring long COVID (LC)’s impact on social and leisure well-being for individuals and caregivers4
Acceptability and feasibility of a cognitive-behavioural intervention for pain management before total knee arthroplasty: a pilot trial4
Using behavioural science to explore impact and implementation of obstetric anaesthesia training in Tanzania, Nepal and Bangladesh: a qualitative evaluation study with obstetric anaesthesia providers4
A video-based intervention to overcome pregnancy smoking stigma among healthcare students: a randomised controlled trial4
Lifestyle change for daily life with immersive virtual reality: a systematic scoping review of interventions for people with chronic- or life-threatening somatic conditions4
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons4
Effective health communication depends on the interaction of message source and content: two experiments on adherence to COVID-19 measures in Türkiye4
A group motivational intervention to support motivation for physical activity among adults in residential treatment for substance use disorders: a series of N-of-1 studies4
Psychosocial factors related to women’s persistent or recurrent vulvovaginal pain: a systematic review and suggestions for future research4
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance4
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema4
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension4
Effects of 12-week aerobic exercise with different frequencies on executive function in preschool children: a cluster randomized controlled trial4
Targeted communication and race: explicating perceived message relevance4
Interpersonal psychological factors and asthma outcomes in romantic relationships: a systematic review4
Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials4
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study4
Predicting clusters of physical activity based on individual characteristics: an event-based ecological momentary assessment study4
Preferences and responses for physical activity partnerships among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease: a digital, mixed methods approach3
Associations between interoceptive awareness and leisure time physical activity intensity, engagement, and duration3
Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire3
The mediating role of protective factors in relationship between caregiving components and psychosocial adjustment among young carers: a meta-analysis3
How multiple motives facilitate decisions to exercise in contexts with tempting alternatives: evidence from two scenario studies3
A participatory-action research exploration of parent and clinician experiences of type-1 diabetes diagnosis3
Beliefs about genetic risk of cardiometabolic disease and physical activity in young healthy US adults3
‘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 sel3
Being the supporter: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the role of caregivers in the self-management of type 2 diabetes3
How are relying on religion and on science to make sense of the world associated with health-related resources and behaviors and well-being?3
‘It has been the hardest decision of my life’: a mixed-methods study of pregnant women’s COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy3
The joint effect of attachment orientations and empathy on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among oncologists3
An exploration of successful psychosocial adjustment to long-term in-centre haemodialysis3
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience3
‘She thought the same way I that I thought:’ a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness3
Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality3
Efficacy of cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials3
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study3
The impact of diabetes stigma on psychological, behavioral and clinical outcomes in young and middle-aged Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the moderating effects of psychosocial factors3
Women’s experiences of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the MyPeBS trial: a qualitative comparative study across two European countries3
Caregiving style and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease3
Individuals’ top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey3
Sex-specific psychological risk profiles of CVD in the HUNT study: the role of neuroticism and extraversion3
Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth3
Longitudinal interplay among body mass index, sleep duration, and phone dependency in adolescents: data from six waves of two nationally representative cohorts3
Dynamic patterns of COVID stress syndrome among university students during an outbreak: a time-series network analysis3
Facilitators and barriers to care among individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta3
Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion3
Correction3
‘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
Autobiographical memory specificity and objective sleep quality: the role of preschool stress3
Autonomy support in an exercise intervention with colorectal cancer patients during chemotherapy: a qualitative perspective3
Three years on, COVID-19 is still relevant3
An existential perspective on interpersonal closeness and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Which values relate to vaccine hesitancy and vaccination willingness, receipt, and word-of-mouth? And why? An application of Schwartz’s value theory2
Predicting implicit and explicit exercise identity from descriptive social norms regarding exercise2
Opening up for science: men with cancer navigating illness and qualitative research2
The linguistic and cultural mediators’ experience interpreting doctor-patient communication: a qualitative study2
South Asian Muslim individuals’ lived experiences of Type 2 Diabetes healthcare – ‘I just want someone to actually break it down for me’2
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
The role of psychological factors in patients’ choices to see their general practitioner or pharmacist for minor conditions2
The development and psychometric examination of the partner investment in health scale2
Mindfulness contributing to physical activity engagement: evidence from a follow-up study2
The value of using motivational theory to understand active transport behaviors: a qualitative study of a community-based E-bike project2
A self-determination theory perspective of motivations for cannabis-related harm reduction behaviours: evaluation of an expanded and adapted Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire2
Correction2
Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods2
Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees: mediation by post-migration stressors and protective resources?2
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with asthma: a co-produced mixed-methods study2
Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students2
Making sense of risk: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of risk related to STIs and HIV among Irish gay men2
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence2
‘I’d be willing to take that risk for the enjoyment of the time that I have’: a COM-B influenced analysis of older people’s perspectives on their alcohol consumption2
Help-seeking in A&E for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): a mixed methods study of patient experiences of a war on two fronts2
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being: experiences of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis2
‘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
Negativity in online news coverage of vaccination rates in Serbia: a content analysis2
Development and validation of a scale to assess the belief that ‘age causes illness’2
Does being defiant and irritable take a toll on physical health? Examining the covariation between symptoms of physical health and oppositional defiance across adolescence to young adulthood2
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads: ripple, spillover, or compensatory effects?2
On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol2
Stress, eating and weight change in first year students: the moderating role of self-compassion2
How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study2
Mediating effect of subjective burden and anxiety between illness uncertainty and caregiver preparedness in informal caregivers of survivors with acquired brain injury: a meta-analytic structural equa2
The immediate perceived and physiological stress-lowering effect of slow-paced breathing in daily life2
Designing information materials to reduce blame and build trust in health screening: the roles of stereotype content and perceived control2
Life after meningitis: a qualitative study exploring survivors’ experience of living with sequelae2
Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel2
‘Welcome to my world’: a thematic analysis of the lived experiences of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis during the UK COVID-19 lockdown2
Sun protection behavior: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity2
Deliberate ignorance—a barrier for information interventions targeting reduced meat consumption?2
Uptake, retention, and delivery of community dietary interventions within low socioeconomic populations2
Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis2
A systematic review exploring perceptions of Tourette syndrome and tic disorders using the common-sense model of illness representations2
Which cognitive tests are used to examine the acute effect of physical activity on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older? - A systematic review2
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