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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis67
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity67
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis30
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence28
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 scale25
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations23
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study22
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 activity21
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults17
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study16
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans15
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research15
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma15
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers15
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length14
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.14
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator14
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
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs13
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD13
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types13
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention13
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report13
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-1812
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options12
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men12
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?12
The CENTS program: promoting healthy eating by addressing perceived barriers11
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis11
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study11
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study10
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment10
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 approach10
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives9
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease9
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease9
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood9
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies8
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame8
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention8
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy8
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)8
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV8
Longitudinal comparison of health locus of control and subjective well-being in older women with breast cancer8
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives8
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)8
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis8
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study8
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?8
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study8
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
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
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing7
Quantity and specificity of action-plans as predictors of weight loss: analysis of data from the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)7
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems7
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt7
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information7
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
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect6
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 States6
Health professionals interface with cultural conflict in the delivery of type 2 diabetes care6
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US6
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study6
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study6
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China6
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers6
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study6
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age6
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise6
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success6
Self- and other-efficacy are related to current smoking during a quit attempt: a daily diary study in single-smoking couples6
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices5
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial5
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance5
Naturalistically observed interpersonal problems and diabetes management in older adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes5
Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: a prospective cohort study5
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
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests5
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
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour5
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study5
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance5
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity5
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls5
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis5
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
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up 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
Effective health communication depends on the interaction of message source and content: two experiments on adherence to COVID-19 measures in Türkiye4
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
Three years on, COVID-19 is still relevant4
Individuals’ top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey4
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer4
Congruence and goal sharing of health-related goals among newly dating individuals explaining goal importance and commitment4
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
Caregiving style and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease4
Targeted communication and race: explicating perceived message relevance4
Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials4
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension4
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons4
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being4
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema4
Effects of 12-week aerobic exercise with different frequencies on executive function in preschool children: a cluster randomized controlled trial4
Autobiographical memory specificity and objective sleep quality: the role of preschool stress4
‘It has been the hardest decision of my life’: a mixed-methods study of pregnant women’s COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy4
Categorical interoception: the role of disease context and individual differences in habitual symptom reporting4
The effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on health protective behaviours: dyadic approach on self-reports and partner-reports4
Effectiveness of client-centred counselling on weight management among Black African women with overweight and obesity in high-income countries: a systematic review4
What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study4
Being the supporter: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the role of caregivers in the self-management of type 2 diabetes3
Sex-specific psychological risk profiles of CVD in the HUNT study: the role of neuroticism and extraversion3
Autonomy support in an exercise intervention with colorectal cancer patients during chemotherapy: a qualitative perspective3
The role of psychological factors in patients’ choices to see their general practitioner or pharmacist for minor conditions3
Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity3
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
Pain experiences among women in midlife with existing health conditions: changes across pre-COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and initial reopening3
Efficacy of cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials3
Expanding the analysis of mechanisms of action in behavioral interventions: cognitive change versus cognitive activation3
An exploration of successful psychosocial adjustment to long-term in-centre haemodialysis3
Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion3
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study3
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention3
A self-determination theory perspective of motivations for cannabis-related harm reduction behaviours: evaluation of an expanded and adapted Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire3
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads: ripple, spillover, or compensatory effects?3
A systematic review exploring perceptions of Tourette syndrome and tic disorders using the common-sense model of illness representations3
‘She thought the same way I that I thought:’ a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness3
Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire3
Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth3
Inducing consumers to use calorie information: a multinational investigation3
Women’s experiences of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the MyPeBS trial: a qualitative comparative study across two European countries3
Dynamic patterns of COVID stress syndrome among university students during an outbreak: a time-series network 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
Correction3
On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol3
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience3
Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality3
‘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
Correction3
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic2
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
Comparison of approach/avoidance intentions for alcohol and vegetable consumption under a temporal self-regulation theory framework2
Life after meningitis: a qualitative study exploring survivors’ experience of living with sequelae2
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with asthma: a co-produced mixed-methods study2
A network approach to understanding social distancing behaviour during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic2
Maintaining distance and avoiding going out during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal examination of an integrated social cognition model2
Associations between psychosocial factors and circulating cytokines in breast cancer survivors2
Exploring psychological factors associated with breastfeeding in women with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m22
Development and validation of a scale to assess the belief that ‘age causes illness’2
Predicting implicit and explicit exercise identity from descriptive social norms regarding exercise2
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
Sun protection behavior: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Measuring hopelessness in advanced cancer: a secondary analysis of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness questionnaire (HAI)2
Social relationships, stress, and treatment adherence perceptions in type 2 diabetes and hypertension: between-person, within-person, and compositional associations2
A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity2
‘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
Health behaviour: sexually transmitted infection prevention behaviour, sun protection behaviour, medication non-adherence, and health professional behaviour2
South Asian Muslim individuals’ lived experiences of Type 2 Diabetes healthcare – ‘I just want someone to actually break it down for me’2
Correction2
‘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
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
The value of using motivational theory to understand active transport behaviors: a qualitative study of a community-based E-bike project2
Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis2
An existential perspective on interpersonal closeness and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic2
The role of perceived level of threat, reactance proneness, political orientation, and coronavirus salience on health behavior intentions2
Psychological withdrawal and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study2
Parent-child agreement on health-related quality of life: the role of perceived consequences of the child’s chronic illness2
Young adult women’s meaning-making of living with type 1 diabetes: towards growth and optimism2
Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees: mediation by post-migration stressors and protective resources?2
The development and psychometric examination of the partner investment in health scale2
COVID-19 fear mediates the relationship between perceived risk and preventive behaviors: the moderating role of perceived effectiveness2
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence2
Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Stress, eating and weight change in first year students: the moderating role of self-compassion2
Information seeking and subsequent affective well-being in Chinese young adults: the mediating effects of worry2
Help-seeking in A&E for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): a mixed methods study of patient experiences of a war on two fronts2
Efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy for lifestyle modification in metabolic syndrome: a randomised controlled trial with a 18-months follow-up2
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review2
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 CF2
Perceived stigmatization and fear of negative evaluation: Two distinct pathways to body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem in burn survivors2
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being: experiences of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis2
Deliberate ignorance—a barrier for information interventions targeting reduced meat consumption?2
Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students2
Correlates of psychological distress among adults with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Negativity in online news coverage of vaccination rates in Serbia: a content analysis2
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