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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
COVID-19 related depression and anxiety among quarantined respondents119
Struggling to breathe: a qualitative study of children’s wellbeing during lockdown in Spain73
Effects of socio-structural variables in the theory of planned behavior: a mediation model in multiple samples and behaviors45
Compassion-based interventions for people with long-term physical conditions: a mixed methods systematic review38
Informal caregiver burden for solid tumour cancer patients: a review and future directions34
The association between stress mindset and physical and psychological wellbeing: testing a stress beliefs model in police officers32
Physical activity and stress management during COVID-19: a longitudinal survey study30
Challenging mental illness stigma in healthcare professionals and students: a systematic review and network meta-analysis28
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research26
How has COVID-19 lockdown impacted smoking? A thematic analysis of written accounts from UK smokers25
Understanding the predictors of medication adherence: applying temporal self-regulation theory24
Does stress eat away at you or make you eat? EMA measures of stress predict day to day food craving and perceived food intake as a function of trait stress-eating22
Is your health malleable or fixed? The influence of implicit theories on health-related attitudes and behaviour21
Temporary abstinence during Dry January: predictors of success; impact on well-being and self-efficacy19
Exploring temporal self-regulation theory to predict sugar-sweetened beverage consumption19
An intervention designed to investigate habit formation in a novel health behaviour19
Cancer patients’ participation and commitment to psychological interventions: a scoping review18
Application of the trans-contextual model to predict change in leisure time physical activity18
Parenting styles and the dietary intake of pre-school children: a systematic review18
A meta-analysis of the impact of point of view on narrative processing and persuasion in health messaging18
COVID-19 fear mediates the relationship between perceived risk and preventive behaviors: the moderating role of perceived effectiveness18
Using decision aids to support self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic17
Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours17
Symptom appraisal in uncertainty: a theory-driven thematic analysis with survivors of childhood cancer17
Predicting physical distancing over time during COVID-19: testing an integrated model16
Associations between self-efficacy and sedentary behaviour: a meta-analysis16
Relationships between social interactions, basic psychological needs, and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic16
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model16
A combined health action process approach and mHealth intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in university students – a randomized controlled trial15
“We shouldn’t waste a good crisis”: the lived experience of working on the frontline through the first surge (and beyond) of COVID-19 in the UK and Ireland15
Psychological predictors of seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among adults with a high-risk physical health condition: a systematic review14
Anxiety as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of depression: a prospective examination of community-dwelling men (the MrOS study)14
Happy prenatal relationships, healthy postpartum mothers: a prospective study of relationship satisfaction, postpartum stress, and health14
An inductive qualitative content analysis of stigma experienced by people with rare diseases14
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis13
Vacation’s lingering benefits, but only for those with low stress jobs13
Purposefulness and daily life in a pandemic: Predicting daily affect and physical symptoms during the first weeks of the COVID-19 response12
Determinants of weekly sitting time: construct validation of an initial COM-B model and comparison of its predictive validity with the Theory of Planned Behaviour12
Psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the joint contribution of intolerance of uncertainty and cyberchondria12
Predictors of protective behaviours during the Italian Covid-19 pandemic: an application of protection motivation theory12
Differential effects of mindfulness meditation conditions on repetitive negative thinking and subjective time perspective: a randomized active-controlled study12
Coping with COVID-19: social representations underlying blaming processes and fear12
Healthcare professional behaviour: health impact, prevalence of evidence-based behaviours, correlates and interventions12
Predicting long-term healthy eating behaviour: understanding the role of cognitive and affective attitudes11
“I’m actually pretty happy with how I am”: a mixed-methods study of young women with positive body image11
Making sense of COVID-19: a longitudinal investigation of the initial stages of developing illness representations11
The mediating effect of media usage on the relationship between anxiety/fear and physician–patient trust during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Viral mitigation and the COVID-19 pandemic: factors associated with adherence to social distancing protocols and hygienic behaviour10
A systematic review and qualitative synthesis of the experience of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness10
Sampling sports during adolescence, exercise behaviour in adulthood, and the mediating role of perceived variety in exercise10
Proposing a new approach to funding behavioural interventions using iterative methods10
Examination of the best cut-off points of PHQ-2 and GAD-2 for detecting depression and anxiety in Italian cardiovascular inpatients10
‘If they do it, so can I’: a test of a moderated serial mediation model of descriptive norms, self-efficacy, and perceived similarity for predicting physical activity10
Compliance with COVID-19 public health guidelines: an attitude-behaviour gap bridged by personal concern and distance to conspiracy ideation10
A longitudinal investigation of the efficacy of online expressive writing interventions for Hispanic students exposed to traumatic events: competing theories of action10
Knowing how effective an intervention, treatment, or manipulation is and increasing replication rates: accuracy in parameter estimation as a partial solution to the replication crisis9
Psychological outcomes, coping and illness perceptions among parents of children with neurological disorders9
Personality, health behaviours and physical health in young adulthood9
An evaluation of goal setting in the NHS England diabetes prevention programme9
Age-dependent associations among insomnia, depression, and inflammation in nurses9
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame9
Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions: applying the behaviour change wheel to specify multi-levelled tailored intervention content9
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)9
Identifying the outcomes of participating in peer mentorship for adults living with spinal cord injury: a qualitative meta-synthesis9
The role of disgust as an emotional barrier to colorectal cancer screening participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis9
Early life stress, subjective social status, and health during late adolescence9
Predictors of lapse and relapse in physical activity and dietary behaviour: a systematic search and review on prospective studies9
Understanding breast cancer survivors’ information-seeking behaviours and overall experiences: a comparison of themes derived from social media posts and focus groups9
Effects of stress on eating behaviours in adolescents: a daily diary investigation9
Dynamic relations among COVID-19-related media exposure and worries during the COVID-19 pandemic8
Think positive! Emotional response to assertiveness in positive and negative language promoting preventive health behaviors8
Perceived barriers and facilitators to attendance for cervical cancer screening in EU member states: a systematic review and synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework8
Associations between partner’s diet undermining and poor diet in mixed-weight, older gay married couples: a dyadic mediation model8
Randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of expressive writing in reducing anxiety in first-year college students: the role of linguistic features8
Personal values and mortality: Power, benevolence and self-direction predict mortality risk8
A virtual resiliency program for lymphoma survivors: helping survivors cope with post-treatment challenges8
Embodying health behaviours in everyday life: the social and gendered practices of female senior managers8
Understanding the predictors of hand hygiene using aspects of the theory of planned behaviour and temporal self-regulation theory8
Psychometric evaluations of the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), based on nine samples8
Bidirectional associations between meaning in life and the health, emotional ill-being and daily life functioning outcomes among older adults8
Effects of a 12-week HIIT + group mediated cognitive behavioural intervention on quality of life among inactive adults with coeliac disease: findings from the pilot MOVE-C study7
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Health literacy, resilience and perceived stress of migrants in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic7
The risk of empathy: longitudinal associations between empathy and burnout7
COVID-19-Related anxieties and parenting stress among first-time mothers and fathers in their first year of parenthood7
The ‘sober eye’: examining attitudes towards non-drinkers in Australia7
Clinical application of mindfulness-oriented meditation in children with ADHD: a preliminary study on sleep and behavioral problems7
A qualitative analysis of people’s experiences with weight-based discrimination7
The Aussie-FIT process evaluation: feasibility and acceptability of a weight loss intervention for men, delivered in Australian Football League settings7
Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic7
‘You see the pictures the morning after and you’re like I wish I was in them’: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of university student’s alcohol-related regrets6
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer6
Is there a combined effect of depression and cognitive reserve on cognitive function? Findings from a population-based study6
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study6
The role of perceived level of threat, reactance proneness, political orientation, and coronavirus salience on health behavior intentions6
Public opinion in vaccine allocation priority: who comes first?6
Examination of the tripartite model of youth caregiving in the context of parental illness6
Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours6
Hassles predict physical health complaints in undergraduate students: a dynamic structural equation model analysis of daily diary data6
An examination of potential mediators of the relationship between polygenic scores of BMI and waist circumference and phenotypic adiposity5
Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring the role of psychological flexibility and stress-related variables5
Psychometric evaluation of the Health-Risk Attitude Scale (HRAS-13): assessing the reliability, dimensionality and validity in the general population and a patient population5
Development and validation of the treatmentself-regulation questionnaire assessing healthcare professionals’ motivation for flu vaccination (TSRQ-Flu)5
Associations between physical activity and core affects within and across days: a daily diary study5
Socioeconomic status and medication adherence among youth with asthma: the mediating role of frequency of children’s daily routines5
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review5
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans5
Self-care behaviors, drinking, and smoking to cope with psychological distress during COVID-19 among Chinese college students: the role of resilience5
Understanding sport coaches’ turnover intention and well-being: an environmental psychology approach5
Does it matter if a story character lives or dies?: a message experiment comparing survivor and death narratives5
The role of executive functioning on the intention-behaviour relationship of health behaviours: a temporal self-regulatory perspective5
Within-Person variations in mindfulness mediate effects of daily stressors on psychological distress in adolescence5
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)5
A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity5
The role of emotion covariation and psychological flexibility in coping with chronic physical pain: an integrative model5
Correlates of distress in young people with cystic fibrosis: the role of self-efficacy and metacognitive beliefs5
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease5
The StrokeCog study: development and description of a cognition-focused psychological intervention to address cognitive impairment following stroke5
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions5
Security motives and negative affective experiences during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic5
Cross-cultural comparison of the motivations for healthy eating: investigating the validity and invariance of the motivation for healthy eating scale5
Gender, sexual orientation, and mental health in the kink community: an application of coping self-efficacy theory5
I listen to my body now”: a qualitative exploration of positive body image in breast cancer survivors 5
Predicting intention and maintenance of breastfeeding up to 2-years after birth in primiparous and multiparous women5
Narrating the nadir: examining personal and vicarious stories of cancer-related low points among survivors and romantic partners4
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour4
Maintaining distance and avoiding going out during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal examination of an integrated social cognition model4
The effects of an intervention to improve mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine: comparison with a COVID control group, and a pre-COVID intervention group4
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being: experiences of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis4
Understanding the psychological and social influences on office workers taking breaks; a thematic analysis4
Correlates of psychological distress among adults with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic4
When infographics work better: the interplay between temporal frame and message format in e-health communication4
An exploratory clinical trial on acceptance and commitment therapy as an adjunct to psychoeducational relaxation therapy for chronic pain4
Predicting and understanding seasonal influenza vaccination behaviour among forensic mental health inpatients4
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being4
Latent structure of health literacy and its association with health-related management and decision-making in HIV4
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception4
Improving adult eating behaviours by manipulating time perspective: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US4
Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being4
Parent-child agreement on health-related quality of life: the role of perceived consequences of the child’s chronic illness4
Psychological withdrawal and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study4
Beyond the ticked box: organ donation decision-making under different registration systems4
Effects of a brief multimodal online intervention on the intention to conduct sun protective behaviours through targeting illness representations about skin cancer: a randomized controlled trial4
Young adult women’s meaning-making of living with type 1 diabetes: towards growth and optimism4
‘Today I feel strong’: African American women overcoming HIV-related stigma4
What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study4
You won’t regret it (or love it) as much as you think: impact biases for everyday health behavior outcomes4
Effect of depression and anxiety on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive with and without an infertility diagnosis4
Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms and perceived health after an acute coronary syndrome: the role of experiential avoidance, anxiety sensitivity, and depressive symptoms4
A qualitative exploration of health-related quality of life and health behaviours in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings4
What is it like to live with medically unexplained physical symptoms? A qualitative meta-summary4
The seemingly ‘protective’ effect of internalised racism on overall health among 780 Black/African Americans: the serial mediation of stigma consciousness and locus of control4
Coping with fibromyalgia during the COVID-19 pandemic: adjustment and wellbeing4
Relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and coronary heart disease: an empirical examination of heart rate variability and coronary stenosis4
Determinants of early breast cancer presentation: a qualitative exploration among female survivors in Indonesia4
Development and psychometric testing of the self-regulatory questionnaire for lung cancer screening (SRQ-LCS)4
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 behaviour4
Health literacy mediates the effects of educational attainment on online pharmacy navigation skills in older adults with HIV disease3
What is the role of stress cardiovascular reactivity in health behaviour change? A systematic review, meta-analysis and research agenda3
COVID-19 pandemic stress, tolerance of uncertainty and well-being for persons with and without cancer3
Seasonal flu vaccination, a matter of emotion? An experimental study on role of compassion, socioeconomic status and perceived threat among healthcare workers3
Subject positions in screening mammography and implications for informed choice3
The effect of affective versus cognitive persuasive messages on African American women’s attitudes toward condom use3
Recovery from accumulated strain: the role of daily mood and opportunity costs during a vacation3
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants3
COVID-19 vaccine selfie: a modest endeavor to increase vaccine acceptance3
A latent profile analysis to assess physical, cognitive and emotional symptom clusters in women with breast cancer3
Roles of age and sources of cancer caregiving stress in self-reported health and neuroendocrine biomarkers3
How can older peer leaders best support motivation for walking in physically inactive older adults? A self-determination theory perspective3
A network approach to understanding social distancing behaviour during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic3
The effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on health protective behaviours: dyadic approach on self-reports and partner-reports3
Feasibility of Systems Support Mapping to guide patient-driven health self-management in colorectal cancer survivors3
Suicide in frontotemporal dementia and Huntington disease: analysis of family-reported pedigree data and implications for genetic healthcare for asymptomatic relatives3
A combined health action process approach and mHealth intervention to reduce workplace sitting time in office-working adults: a secondary analysis examining health-related quality of life and work per3
Association of knowledge and attitudes with the misuse of tranquilizers in parents: a study in Beirut (Lebanon)3
The COVID-19 pandemic and seeking information about condoms online: an infodemiology approach3
Psychological reactance and vaccine uptake: a longitudinal study3
Smoking self-concept moderates the effects of self-affirmation on smoking-related beliefs and behavioral intentions3
‘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 disease3
Greater benefit of self-affirmation for prevention-focused individuals prior to threatening health messages3
Understanding haemophilia caregiver burden: does appraisal buffer the impact of haemophilia on caregivers over time?3
Daily support seeking as coping strategy in dual-smoker couples attempting to quit3
Pathways from adolescent screen time to eating related symptoms: a multilevel longitudinal mediation analysis through self-esteem3
Personal resources associated with peripartum depression among mothers of NICU hospitalised preterm infants3
Drawing the COVID-19 pandemic: how do children incorporate the health crisis and its consequences into their everyday thinking?3
Resilience from childhood to young adulthood: retrospective perspectives of deaf and hard of hearing people who studied in regular schools3
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience3
A systematic review of the effects of positive versus negative framing on cancer treatment decision making3
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives3
Examining mediators of intervention efficacy in a randomised controlled m-health trial to improve physical activity and sleep health in adults3
Changes in virus-transmission habits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national, repeated measures study3
Contrasting constructs or continuum? Examining the dimensionality of body appreciation and body dissatisfaction3
Integrated psychological care in pediatric hospital settings for children with complex chronic illness and their families: a systematic review3
Physical activity promotion: precise matching of message frames and affect types3
First test of the theory of reasoned goal pursuit: predicting physical activity3
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale3
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population3
Countering demand for ineffective health remedies: Do consumers respond to risks, lack of benefits, or both?3
No evidence for interactions between modern health worries, negative affect, and somatic symptom distress in general populations3
Influence of online comments on smokers’ E-cigarette attitude: Opinion climate, review fraud, and resistance to persuasion3
Mindfulness and self-compassion in dermatological conditions: a systematic narrative review3
The effects of psychological inoculation on condom use tendencies and barriers; a randomized controlled trial3
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis3
Self-affirmation inductions to reduce defensive processing of threatening health risk information3
Am I a responsible drinker? The impact of message frame and drinker prototypes on perceptions of alcohol product information labels3
An investigation of factors encouraging and deterring EC use: a thematic analysis of accounts from UK adults3
Effects of a workplace physical activity intervention on cognitive determinants of physical activity: a randomized controlled trial3
Motivational factors for initiating and maintaining physical activity among adults aged over fifty targeted by a tailored intervention3
Intervention and mediation effects of a community-based singing group on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health: the Sing4Health randomized controlled trial3
Health literacy and health behaviors in parent-adolescent dyads: an actor-partner interdependence model approach3
‘Well that’s the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! No excuse’. A discourse analysis of social media users’ othering of non-attenders for cervical screening2
A longitudinal test of the theory of planned behaviour to explain physical activity level in children: exploration of the role of gender and age2
Expanding the analysis of mechanisms of action in behavioral interventions: cognitive change versus cognitive activation2
Theory in practice: identifying theory-based techniques in health coaches’ tailored feedback during a weight loss intervention2
‘I have no life and neither do the ones watching me suffer’: women’s experiences of transvaginal mesh implant surgery2
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 targets2
Treating anxiety and depression in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review2
Perceived stigmatization and fear of negative evaluation: Two distinct pathways to body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem in burn survivors2
How do people understand the spread of COVID-19 infections? Mapping mental models of factors contributing to the pandemic2
Sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviours: health impact, prevalence, correlates, and interventions2
Temporal dynamics of mental imagery, craving and consumption of craved foods: an experience sampling study2
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention2
Justice beliefs buffer against perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening among African Americans2
Intersectional discrimination from black women, white women, black men, or white men impacts young adult black women’s affective states and risky health cognitions2
Emotional well-being in COVID-19 mass quarantine: the role of personal response and life activity: a 14-day diary study in China2
Trait mindfulness and depressive symptoms in non-small cell lung cancer patients: the mediating roles of quality of life and meaning in life2
Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma2
Is reduced health-related quality of life a primary manifestation of fibromyalgia? A comparative study with Rheumatoid arthritis2
A latent profile analysis using the theory of planned behavior to predict alcohol use2
Associations between psychosocial factors and circulating cytokines in breast cancer survivors2
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 approach2
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-182
Non-spousal family support, marital status, and heart problems in adulthood2
The role of pain intensity and depressive symptoms in the relationship between sleep quality and postural control among middle-aged and older adults with Fibromyalgia2
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success2
Food assessment: a discursive analysis of diet talk in interviews with older men who are obese2
Living with functional movement disorders: a tale of three battles. An interpretative phenomenological analysis2
Purpose in life and accelerometer-measured physical activity among older adults2
Normative data for the Brief Symptom Inventory for patients with Crohn's disease2
A smoker’s choice? Identifying the most autonomy-supportive message frame in an online computer-tailored smoking cessation intervention2
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 pregnancy2
Social ecological interventions to increase physical activity in children and young people living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review2
The application of theory-guided oral health interventions in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials2
Is a better planned day a healthier day? A daily diary study2
Is ‘a little’ too much?: An exploration of women’s beliefs about alcohol use during pregnancy2
Meaningful change definitions: sample size planning for experimental intervention research2
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 time2
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length2
Pain experiences among women in midlife with existing health conditions: changes across pre-COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and initial reopening2
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