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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity77
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults71
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis36
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study32
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research32
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children27
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale23
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations17
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 activity16
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study14
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma14
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence14
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Psychological factors influencing life satisfaction in patients with chronic diseases13
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.13
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans13
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers12
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length12
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator12
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 time12
Addressing omission bias in the treatment of osteoporosis: evidence from a cross-sectional study and a randomized experiment12
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD12
Health locus of control and fear of cancer recurrence: the moderating role of emotion regulation in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses12
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs11
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention11
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types11
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?10
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-1810
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report10
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men10
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study9
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options9
The CENTS program: promoting healthy eating by addressing perceived barriers8
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment8
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 approach8
Eating post-pleasure: a phenomenological exploration of loss, disgust and dislocation in the sensory worlds of individuals with persistent chemosensory dysfunction following COVID-198
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study8
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease8
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives8
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention8
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis8
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease8
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)8
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood8
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 engagement7
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy7
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV7
The bidirectional dynamics of social support, role stress, and anxiety: a longitudinal study of Middle–aged women7
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives7
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time7
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?7
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)7
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems6
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt6
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study6
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect6
The bidirectional association between body dysmorphic symptoms, body image inflexibility, and appearance-related safety behaviors in young Chinese women6
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information6
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies: the example of the empCARE training to reduce burnout and distress symptoms in health care providers6
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
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US6
Living with a multimorbidity. A qualitative study on the personal perspectives of individuals with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease6
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing6
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame6
Quantity and specificity of action-plans as predictors of weight loss: analysis of data from the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)6
The role of emotional eating on the longitudinal dynamics between habit strength and unhealthy snack consumption in Chilean adults6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study6
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise6
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study5
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices5
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls5
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour5
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study5
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China5
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive5
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults5
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
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity5
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?5
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success5
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
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study5
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
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers5
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance4
Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: a prospective cohort study4
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension4
Individuals’ top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey4
Effective health communication depends on the interaction of message source and content: two experiments on adherence to COVID-19 measures in Türkiye4
The effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on health protective behaviours: dyadic approach on self-reports and partner-reports4
Effects of 12-week aerobic exercise with different frequencies on executive function in preschool children: a cluster randomized controlled trial4
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up study4
The impact of early maladaptive schemas on anxiety and depression among early-stage breast cancer patients: direct and mediated pathways through illness representations4
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study4
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis4
Effectiveness of client-centred counselling on weight management among Black African women with overweight and obesity in high-income countries: a systematic review4
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons4
Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials4
Acceptability and feasibility of a cognitive-behavioural intervention for pain management before total knee arthroplasty: a pilot trial4
You’re alive, but are you living? ’ Exploring long COVID (LC)’s impact on social and leisure well-being for individuals and caregivers4
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests4
Examining the role of voluntary reciprocal altruism and collectivism interventions in enhancing intentions to donate blood among young non-donors: an experimental study4
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance4
Congruence and goal sharing of health-related goals among newly dating individuals explaining goal importance and commitment4
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema4
‘It has been the hardest decision of my life’: a mixed-methods study of pregnant women’s COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy4
How are relying on religion and on science to make sense of the world associated with health-related resources and behaviors and well-being?4
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer4
A video-based intervention to overcome pregnancy smoking stigma among healthcare students: a randomised controlled 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
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being4
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial4
Caregiving style and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease3
Being the supporter: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the role of caregivers in the self-management of type 2 diabetes3
Three years on, COVID-19 is still relevant3
Autonomy support in an exercise intervention with colorectal cancer patients during chemotherapy: a qualitative perspective3
The joint effect of attachment orientations and empathy on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among oncologists3
Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods3
Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality3
Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion3
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
Sex-specific psychological risk profiles of CVD in the HUNT study: the role of neuroticism and extraversion3
Targeted communication and race: explicating perceived message relevance3
Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth3
A participatory-action research exploration of parent and clinician experiences of type-1 diabetes diagnosis3
Longitudinal interplay among body mass index, sleep duration, and phone dependency in adolescents: data from six waves of two nationally representative cohorts3
Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire3
Efficacy of cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials3
An exploration of successful psychosocial adjustment to long-term in-centre haemodialysis3
Women’s experiences of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the MyPeBS trial: a qualitative comparative study across two European countries3
Autobiographical memory specificity and objective sleep quality: the role of preschool stress3
Correction3
‘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
The mediating role of protective factors in relationship between caregiving components and psychosocial adjustment among young carers: a meta-analysis3
‘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
Associations between interoceptive awareness and leisure time physical activity intensity, engagement, and duration3
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention2
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience2
Help-seeking in A&E for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): a mixed methods study of patient experiences of a war on two fronts2
‘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
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Parent-child agreement on health-related quality of life: the role of perceived consequences of the child’s chronic illness2
The value of using motivational theory to understand active transport behaviors: a qualitative study of a community-based E-bike project2
Associations between psychosocial factors and circulating cytokines in breast cancer survivors2
An existential perspective on interpersonal closeness and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic2
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
Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees: mediation by post-migration stressors and protective resources?2
The role of psychological factors in patients’ choices to see their general practitioner or pharmacist for minor conditions2
A self-determination theory perspective of motivations for cannabis-related harm reduction behaviours: evaluation of an expanded and adapted Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire2
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence2
How multiple motives facilitate decisions to exercise in contexts with tempting alternatives: evidence from two scenario studies2
Dynamic patterns of COVID stress syndrome among university students during an outbreak: a time-series network analysis2
Pain experiences among women in midlife with existing health conditions: changes across pre-COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and initial reopening2
Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity2
Stress, eating and weight change in first year students: the moderating role of self-compassion2
Correlates of psychological distress among adults with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic2
‘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
The development and psychometric examination of the partner investment in health scale2
On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol2
Measuring hopelessness in advanced cancer: a secondary analysis of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness questionnaire (HAI)2
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review2
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Development and validation of a scale to assess the belief that ‘age causes illness’2
Life after meningitis: a qualitative study exploring survivors’ experience of living with sequelae2
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads: ripple, spillover, or compensatory effects?2
‘She thought the same way I that I thought:’ a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness2
A systematic review exploring perceptions of Tourette syndrome and tic disorders using the common-sense model of illness representations2
Social relationships, stress, and treatment adherence perceptions in type 2 diabetes and hypertension: between-person, within-person, and compositional associations2
A network approach to understanding social distancing behaviour during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic2
Sun protection behavior: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Deliberate ignorance—a barrier for information interventions targeting reduced meat consumption?2
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being: experiences of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis2
‘Welcome to my world’: a thematic analysis of the lived experiences of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis during the UK COVID-19 lockdown2
A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity2
Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis2
South Asian Muslim individuals’ lived experiences of Type 2 Diabetes healthcare – ‘I just want someone to actually break it down for me’2
Correction2
Negativity in online news coverage of vaccination rates in Serbia: a content analysis2
Predicting adherence to COVID-19 behavioural guidelines: a comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour1
Stress, coping, and positive aspects of caregiving among caregivers of children with rare disease1
Perseverative cognition and health behaviours: exploring the role of intentions and perceived behavioural control1
Predicting intention and maintenance of breastfeeding up to 2-years after birth in primiparous and multiparous women1
Longitudinal validity of self-rated health: the presence and impact of response shift1
Construction of identity in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease across the lifespan1
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 behaviour1
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with asthma: a co-produced mixed-methods study1
Illness experience and (unmet) needs of women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH): a qualitative analysis of an online forum1
Maintaining distance and avoiding going out during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal examination of an integrated social cognition model1
Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel1
Does willingness to care fluctuate over time? A weekly diary study among informal caregivers1
Psychological withdrawal and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study1
Bystander intervention for problematic alcohol use among graduate and international students: opportunities and challenges1
Problematising menstrual tracking apps: presenting a novel critical scoping review methodology for mapping and interpreting research literature1
Downward adjustment of rehabilitation goals may facilitate post-stroke arm motor recovery1
Health-related decision-making experiences of people with endometriosis: a qualitative analysis1
Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Automaticity mediates the association between action planning and physical activity, especially when autonomous motivation is high1
Unravelling disparity in age-specific acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination: the contextual and psychosocial influences1
Consequences of daily self-weighing: a pilot study in higher-weight women with a history of breast cancer1
Perspectives and experiences of Māori and Pasifika peoples living with cardiac inherited disease: a qualitative study1
Am I a responsible drinker? The impact of message frame and drinker prototypes on perceptions of alcohol product information labels1
‘Le regard des autres’: the experience of walking in social environments as a person with Parkinson’s disease1
Efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy for lifestyle modification in metabolic syndrome: a randomised controlled trial with a 18-months follow-up1
The influence of the significant other on treatment adherence in chronic pain management: a qualitative analysis1
Correction1
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 adulthood1
Integrated psychological care in pediatric hospital settings for children with complex chronic illness and their families: a systematic review1
Development and preliminary validation of the challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF) questionnaire: a 46-item measure of treatment burden for parent/carers of children with CF1
The effect of two facets of physicians’ environmental stress on patients’ compliance with COVID-19 guidelines: moderating roles of two types of ego network1
The role of pain intensity and depressive symptoms in the relationship between sleep quality and postural control among middle-aged and older adults with Fibromyalgia1
Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students1
Perceptions of and preferences for PrEP use among African American women and providers in the U.S. South: a qualitative study1
Comparison of approach/avoidance intentions for alcohol and vegetable consumption under a temporal self-regulation theory framework1
Identity and bodily experiences in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D): a qualitative exploration1
From motivation to mediterranean diet intention and behavior: a combined self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior approach1
Cancer patients’ trust as a motivator to seek a second opinion and its effects on trust1
‘Surely a little discretion isn’t too difficult’? The discursive construction of discretion in users’ comments on UK newspaper articles about public breastfeeding1
Contextual disruption and exercise: mapping changes to exercise routines and engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Contrasting constructs or continuum? Examining the dimensionality of body appreciation and body dissatisfaction1
Roles of benefit finding in psychological and inflammatory adjustments in persons with colorectal cancer: a prospective analysis on the multidimensionality of benefit finding1
Gamification in personal health record systems: a regulatory fit perspective1
Health literacy and health behaviors in parent-adolescent dyads: an actor-partner interdependence model approach1
Embodiment-based self-management for Israeli breast cancer survivors after mind-body therapy1
Information seeking and subsequent affective well-being in Chinese young adults: the mediating effects of worry1
How habitual is everyday life? An ecological momentary assessment study1
How do people understand the spread of COVID-19 infections? Mapping mental models of factors contributing to the pandemic1
Predicting implicit and explicit exercise identity from descriptive social norms regarding exercise1
Perspectives of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for functional dyspepsia: qualitative interviews using thematic analysis1
Health behaviour: sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviour, sun protection behaviour, medication non-adherence, and health professional behaviour1
How can older peer leaders best support motivation for walking in physically inactive older adults? A self-determination theory perspective1
‘I told them they had to get tested, and they did’: social influence among siblings with Li-Fraumeni syndrome1
Predictors of lapse and relapse in physical activity and dietary behaviour: a systematic search and review on prospective studies1
HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls1
Norms and attributions about weight gain during the COVID-19 pandemic1
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