Journal of Health Psychology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Health Psychology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Is there a relationship between spirituality/religiosity and resilience? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies72
The relationship between psychological capital and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: A longitudinal mediation model53
Fear of COVID-19 scale: Assessing fear of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil52
Family support as a protective factor for attitudes toward social distancing and in preserving positive mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic46
Exploring the impacts of media use and media trust on health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China46
Vaccination policy reactance: Predictors, consequences, and countermeasures44
Men’s attitudes toward mask-wearing during COVID-19: Understanding the complexities of mask-ulinity34
Prevention for oneself or others? Psychological and social factors that explain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic33
Factors mediating the psychological well-being of healthcare workers responding to global pandemics: A systematic review31
COVID-19 among Chinese high school graduates: Psychological distress, growth, meaning in life and resilience31
Moral distress in medicine: An ethical analysis31
Causal attributions and perceived stigma for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome25
“Everything feels risky now”: Perceived “risky” sexual behavior during COVID-19 pandemic25
COVID-19 preventive behaviours in White British and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the UK24
Celebrity influence on body image and eating disorders: A review23
Implicit theories of health, consideration of future consequences, and engagement in health protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China22
Financial distress and suicidal behaviour during COVID-19: Family identification attenuates the negative relationship between COVID-related financial distress and mental Ill-health19
Life on pause: An analysis of UK fertility patients’ coping mechanisms after the cancellation of fertility treatment due to COVID-1919
Childhood abuse, pregnancy-related anxiety and the mediating role of resilience and social support19
Long Covid at the crossroads: Comparisons and lessons from the treatment of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)18
Why do selfies increase young women’s willingness to consider cosmetic surgery in China? The mediating roles of body surveillance and body shame18
A more comprehensive measure of vaccine hesitancy: Creation of the Multidimensional Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (MVHS)18
#BetterHealth: A qualitative analysis of reactions to the UK government’s better health campaign17
The need for a standardized conceptual term to describe invalidation of patient symptoms17
Differential effects of traditional and social media use on COVID-19 preventive behaviors: The mediating role of risk and efficacy perceptions16
The roles of life stress and preventive health behaviors on parent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic16
Finding the silver lining in the COVID-19 crisis16
Religious affiliation and philosophical and moral beliefs about vaccines: A longitudinal study15
Psychological distress experienced by physicians and nurses at a tertiary care center in Lebanon during the COVID-19 outbreak15
Acute impact of a national lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing outcomes among individuals with chronic pain14
The mediating role of vaccine hesitancy in the relations of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and vaccination outcomes: Which dimensions matter?14
The long arm of childhood: The prolonged influence of adverse childhood experiences on depression during middle and old age in China13
Childhood trauma, depression, resilience and suicide risk in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease13
Depressive symptoms among patients with lung cancer: Elucidating the roles of shame, guilt, and self-compassion13
Risk perception of COVID-19: Susceptibility and severity perceived by the Brazilian population12
A cross-sectional study of physical activity behaviour and associations with wellbeing during the UK coronavirus lockdown12
Psychological impact in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional population survey study during confinement12
‘You get looked at like you’re failing’: A reflexive thematic analysis of experiences of mental health and wellbeing support for NHS staff12
The effect of resilience on the relationship between perceived stress and change in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, Australia11
Black (patients’) lives matter: Exploring the role of identity-safety cues in healthcare settings among Black Americans11
Pathways from emotional intelligence to well-being and health outcomes among unemployed: Mediation by health-promoting behaviours11
Social support buffers the impacts of Diabetes distress on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients11
Sense of purpose in life and motivation, barriers, and engagement in physical activity and sedentary behavior: Test of a mediational model11
The relationship between active coping and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning in life11
Moral distress during COVID-19: The importance of perceived organizational support for hospital nurses11
Rates and prospective psychosocial correlates of pre-loss grief in cancer and dementia family members11
The effects of social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on adults diagnosed with asthma: A qualitative study11
The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England11
A review of psychological symptoms and post-traumatic growth among adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer11
Relative deprivation and social anxiety among Chinese migrant children: Testing a moderated mediation model of perceived control and belief in a just world10
Physical and psychological correlates of self and body compassion in women with polycystic ovary syndrome10
The feasibility and preliminary effects of a pilot randomized controlled trial: Videoconferencing acceptance and commitment therapy in distressed family caregivers of people with dementia10
Group singing improves both physical and psychological wellbeing in people with and without chronic health conditions: A narrative review10
Do diagnostic criteria for ME matter to patient experience with services and interventions? Key results from an online RDS survey targeting fatigue patients in Norway10
Psychosocial interventions for adults with newly diagnosed chronic disease: A systematic review10
Predicting intentions to practice COVID-19 preventative behaviors in the United States: A test of the risk perception attitude framework and the theory of normative social behavior10
Put MY mask on first: Mothers’ reactions to prioritizing health behaviours as a function of self-compassion and fear of self-compassion10
She “didn’t see my weight; she saw me, a mom who needed help breastfeeding”: Perceptions of perinatal weight stigma and its relationship with breastfeeding experiences10
Self-compassion and sleep quality: Examining the mediating role of taking a proactive health focus and cognitive emotional regulation strategies10
Social support and pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing elective surgical procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Evidence against risk as a motivating driver of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in the United States9
Body weight perception outweighs body weight when predicting shame, criticism, depression and anxiety for lower BMI range and higher BMI range adults9
When do people believe, check, and share health rumors on social media? Effects of evidence type, health literacy, and health knowledge9
Relationships between resilience and quality of life in parents of children with cancer9
Health-related quality of life in endometriosis: The influence of endometriosis-related symptom presence and distress9
What is the direction of the association between social support and coping in cancer patients? A systematic review9
A model to understand COVID-19 preventive behaviors in young adults: Health locus of control and pandemic-related fear9
The draft updated NICE guidance for ME/CFS highlights the unreliability of subjective outcome measures in non-blinded trials9
Assessing LGBTQ+ stigma among healthcare professionals: An application of the health stigma and discrimination framework in a qualitative, community-based participatory research study9
Understanding the relationship between sleep and quality of life in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review of the literature9
Decreased COVID-related adaptive behavior and increased negative affect: A multivariate latent growth curve model9
The role of COVID-19 fears and related behaviors in understanding daily adolescent health behaviors during the pandemic9
A systematic review of the characteristics of interventions that promote physical activity in adults with asthma8
Understanding weight stigma in eating disorder treatment: Development and initial validation of a treatment-based stigma scale8
Bringing the laboratory into the home: A protocol for remote biobehavioral data collection in pregnant women with emotion dysregulation and their infants8
Putting the ‘teachable moment’ in context: A view from critical health psychology8
Non-stigmatising alternatives to anti-obesity public health messages: Consequences for health behaviour and well-being8
Psychology’s medicalization of male baldness8
Psychosocial determinants of anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic8
A longitudinal study of the influence of concerns about contagion on negative affect during the COVID-19 lockdown in adults: The moderating effect of gender and resilience8
Depression, psychosocial correlates, and psychosocial resources in individuals with mast cell activation syndrome8
Reciprocal relations between past behavior, implicit beliefs, and habits: A cross-lagged panel design8
Disordered eating in the postpartum period: Role of psychological distress, body dissatisfaction, dysfunctional maternal beliefs and self-compassion8
‘It’s social interaction. . . but it’s not’: A qualitative study investigating the psycho-social experience of social media by individuals with a visual impairment8
How COVID-19 prevention burnout impacts emotional symptoms among Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model8
Depression symptoms, HIV testing, linkage to ART, and viral suppression among women in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional household study7
Does the attribution of responsibilities modify the relationship between coping styles and mental health? A survey of Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Just a Flu? Self-perceived infection mediates the link between conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 health beliefs and behaviors7
Food insecurity is associated with serious psychological distress among low-income California adults7
A qualitative investigation of reasoning behind decisions to decline participation in a research intervention: A study-within-a-trial7
Enjoying nature, exercise, social interaction, and affect: A daily diary study7
Identity cues influence sexual minorities’ anticipated treatment and disclosure intentions in healthcare settings: Exploring a multiple pathway model7
Why tightness alone is not enough: The varying anti-pathogenic effects of rational values and cultural tightness at different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic7
Body image profiles and exercise behaviours in early motherhood. A latent profile analysis7
The different impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of distinct health care worker categories7
Intolerance of uncertainty and distress in women with delayed IVF treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of situation appraisal and coping strategies7
Scaling up research on discrimination and health: The abridged Explicit Discrimination Scale7
Self-rated health and multimorbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes7
Men’s and women’s endorsement of hegemonic masculinity and responses to COVID-197
Analysis of healthcare workers’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a three-wave longitudinal study7
The potential benefits of camps for children and adolescents with celiac disease on social support, illness acceptance, and health-related quality of life7
Pain intensity and physical performance among individuals with fibromyalgia in mid-to-late life: The influence of depressive symptoms7
Predicting health behaviors across Belgium and France during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic6
Individual risky and protective factors influencing university new graduates’ career adaptability during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model6
Implementation of a self-determination based clinical program to reduce cardiovascular disease risk6
The associations of pandemic-related difficulties with depressive symptoms and psychological growth among American older adults: Social support as moderators6
Does media slant polarize compliance with science-based public health recommendations? Effects of media consumption patterns on COVID-19 attitudes and behaviors in the United States6
National longitudinal evidence for growth in subjective well-being from spiritual beliefs6
The relationship between COVID-19-induced death thoughts and depression during a national lockdown6
Resilience factors during the Coronavirus pandemic: Testing the main effect and stress buffering models of optimism and positive affect with mental and physical health6
Parents’ parenting styles differences are associated with lifetime suicidal ideation: Evidence from Chinese medical college students6
Novels as data: Health humanities and health psychology6
Promoting prosociality toward future generations in antibiotic intake5
The mechanisms between illness representations of COVID-19 and behavioral intention to visit hospitals for scheduled medical consultations in a Chinese general population5
Multifactorial causal beliefs and colorectal cancer screening: A structural equation modeling investigation5
Psychological distress and neuroticism among Syrian refugee parents in post-resettlement contexts5
Psychological resilience is an independent correlate of health-related quality of life in middle-aged and older adults with HIV in the Deep South5
Worry much? Preventive health behaviours related to worry across countries amid COVID-195
The ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ syndrome concept and the cognitive-behavioural treatment model5
Dismissal, distrust, and dismay: A phenomenological exploration of young women’s diagnostic experiences with endometriosis and subsequent support5
Individual factors in the relationship between stress and resilience in mental health psychology practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic5
A phenomenological study on the lived experience of men with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome5
Effect of family stress on life satisfaction among female workers during the COVID-19 epidemic in China: Exploring the roles of anxiety symptoms and age5
Self-compassion as predictor of daily physical symptoms and chronic illness across older adulthood5
Locking down behavioural compliance: The role of emotion and emotion regulation in breaches of COVID-19 mitigation measures in Aotearoa New Zealand5
Effects of a digital self-control intervention to increase physical activity in middle-aged adults5
Using social media to recruit individuals for health-related research: Feasibility and lessons learned5
Subjective well-being among Chinese breast cancer patients: The unique contributions of death anxiety, self-esteem, and social support5
Identity resilience, science mistrust, COVID-19 risk and fear predictors of vaccine positivity and vaccination likelihood: A survey of UK and Portuguese samples5
Mitigating the identity and health threat of COVID-19: Perspectives of middle-class South Asians living in the UK5
Beliefs about COVID-19 as a threat to values are related to preventive behaviors and fear of COVID-194
Testing modified gender-moderated exercise and self-esteem (EXSEM) model of positive body image in adolescents4
Longitudinal assessment of COVID-19 fear and psychological wellbeing in the United Kingdom4
Beliefs about medicines and adherence in women with breast cancer on adjuvant endocrine therapy4
Relationship quality and objectively measured physical activity before and after implementation of COVID-19 stay-home orders4
Novel behaviour change frameworks for digital health interventions: A critical review4
Assessment of anxiety in Mexican persons living with HIV using a culturally-adapted version of the GAD-7 test4
Gender differences in the risk and protective factors of marijuana use among U.S. College students4
Cognitive decline in mid-life: Changes in memory and cognition related to hypothyroidism4
Cybervictimization and suicidal ideation in adolescents: A prospective view through gratitude and life satisfaction4
The Pandemic Anxiety Inventory: A validation study4
Describing the use of behavior change techniques among the most popular home workout channels on YouTube: A quantitative content analysis4
A comparison of perceived effectiveness of preventive behaviors against COVID-19 between the public and medical experts: Not so different in means, but in distributions4
The impact of positive reinforcement on teamwork climate, resiliency, and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: The TEAM-ICU (Transforming Employee Attitudes via Messaging strengthens Interconnection,4
Problematic eating behaviors in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: Studying their relationship with psychopathology4
Improving older adults’ vaccination uptake: Are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliable for older people?4
Framing the meaning of COVID-19 and the psychological responses to it: Insights gleaned from selected theoretical approaches4
Benefit-finding among young adults with spina bifida4
Informal caregiver motivations, values, challenges and gains: A photovoice and interpretative phenomenological analysis of interrelationships4
Associations among physical activity tracking, physical activity motivation and level of physical activity in young adults4
Suicide risk assessment and depressive symptoms among Spanish adolescent bully-victims: Evidence for the importance of emotional intelligence and sex4
Implicit theories of body weight and engagement in healthy lifestyles among young adults: The mediating effect of self-control4
Quality of social sharing of emotions alleviates job burnout: The role of meaning of work4
Understanding the subjective experiences of South African women with recurrent breast cancer: A qualitative study4
Psychological homeostasis and protective behaviours in the COVID-19 pandemic4
Encouraging foot care in people with and without diabetes through narrative communication4
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers resettled in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis4
Depression and life satisfaction after Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: The serial mediation roles of life meaning and coping with earthquake stress3
Looking bad: Female patients drawing their representation of chemotherapy-induced alopecia3
Past lesson works: SARS memory moderates the relationship between media use and protective behavior during COVID-19 pandemic in China3
The mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between resilience and distress and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis3
Community peer support among individuals living with spinal cord injury3
Men’s psychiatric distress in context: Understanding the impact of masculine discrepancy stress, race, and barriers to help-seeking3
Effects of resistance training on sleep of patients with fibromyalgia: A systematic review3
Pain-related disability, PTSD symptoms, and mood among a comorbid chronic pain and PTSD sample prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Exploring the longitudinal clustering of lifestyle behaviors, social determinants of health, and depression3
Stress-responses to ostracism: Examining cortisol and affective reactivity to in-person and online exclusion3
Virtual Motivational Interviewing (VIMINT) to support physical activity: Experiences of older adults and counsellors3
Monkeypox outbreak: Psychological distance, risk perception, and support for risk mitigation3
How does patient-centered communication work? Trend analysis of mediation through cancer worry and health self-efficacy, 2011–20203
Reporting characteristics of systematic reviews in Psychology: A scoping review3
A meta-analytic exploration of associations between religious service attendance and sexual risk taking in adolescence and emerging adulthood3
Romantic partner undermining of weight loss: Links between overweight individuals’ weight management efforts and perceptions of their partner’s undermining motivations and behaviors3
Superwoman’s kryptonite: The superwoman schema and perceived barriers to weight management among U.S. Black women3
The impact of concealable chronic health conditions on college students’ academic outcomes: A two-wave study3
Using a protection motivation theory framework to reduce vaping intention and behaviour in Canadian university students who regularely vape: A randomized controlled trial3
The role of behavioural immune system and belief in COVID-19 misinformation on COVID-19 protective behaviours in Indonesia3
Do healthy habits regulate the relationship between psychosocial dysfunction by COVID-19 and bidimensional mental health?3
Glycemic outcomes related to depression in adults with type 1 diabetes3
Fear of COVID-19 and the career maturity of Chinese international high school students: The mediating effect of the intolerance of uncertainty3
Overcoming obstacles to mammography screening: Examining the role of offline healthcare barriers and online patient–provider communication3
Assessing depressive symptoms and diabetes distress in Type 1 diabetic adults: A comparison of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and multiple daily injections (MDI) users3
Intercultural insights on the impact of different non-idealized models on men’s body image and advertising perceptions3
Grandparent-child cohesion, friendship quality, and left-behind children’s positive/negative affect in rural China3
A qualitative investigation into the role of illness perceptions in endometriosis-related quality of life3
Psychotherapy and Art Therapy: A pilot study of group treatment for patients with traumatic brain injury3
Problems with the MetaBLIND study: An examination of data on blinding patients in trials with patient-reported outcomes2
Utility of the Theory of Planned Behaviour for predicting parents’ intentions to vaccinate their children against COVID-192
Psychosocial factors associated with workability after surgery in cancer survivors: An explorative study2
How beliefs about weight malleability and risk perceptions for obesity influence parents’ information seeking and feeding2
Network analysis to examine sex differences linked to emotional well-being in cardiovascular disease2
Uncertain crisis time affects psychosocial dimensions in beta-thalassemia patients during Covid-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study2
Public perceptions of medical cannabis diversion: A legal and moral dilemma2
Relationships between experiencing anti-fat microaggressions, body appreciation, and perceived physical and mental health2
Psychometric and cross-cultural generalizability outcomes of the Chinese version of the Kids-Palatable Eating Motives Scale (K-PEMS-C)2
“I’m an adult now”: Health risk behaviors and identifying as an adult2
HPV-related quality of life in diagnosed women: A longitudinal study2
South African emerging adults’ capacity for resilience in the face of COVID-19 stressors2
#Bodypositive surpasses 1 billion engagements2
The burden of early life stress in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases2
Stress, coping, and preventing contagion during the SARS-COV2 epidemic in a sample of Mexican adults2
Intergenerational transmission of traumatic stress and relational disruptions among Cambodian refugee families in the United States2
What motivates information (non-)seeking behaviors about a healthy diet?2
Depressed mood trajectories in the first year postpartum among Taiwanese mothers: Associations with perceived support, financial stress, and marital satisfaction2
The mediating role of community identity in the relationship between social class and life satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese community residents2
Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’2
Understanding the link between pain invalidation and depressive symptoms: The role of shame and social support in people with chronic pain2
Issues of identity, perceptions and isolation: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women’s experience of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome2
Family mealtime behaviors in children who are tube fed and preparing to transition to oral eating: A comparison to other pediatric populations2
Stigma related to breast cancer among women and men: The case of the Druze minority in Israel2
Mental health latent profiles and emotion regulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A cross-sectional study2
Reflection over compliance: Critiquing mandatory data sharing policies for qualitative research2
Validation of the satisfaction with life scale for Korean older adults using item response theory2
General practitioner responses to concerns in chronic care consultations for patients with a history of cancer2
Assessment of implicit COVID-19 attitudes using affective priming for pro-vaccine and vaccine-hesitant individuals2
Pregnant in a Pandemic: Connecting Perceptions of Uplifts and Hassles to Mental Health2
Advance care planning: End-of-life hopes and fears among community dwelling adults2
How public trust and healthcare quality relate to blood donation behavior: Cross-cultural evidence2
Personal wisdom and quality of life among Chinese older adults2
Mediation of cognitive interference on depression during the Russo-Ukrainian war in three national samples2
Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in treating women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain: A randomized trial2
Examining the link between exercise-specific relational processes and physical activity, psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction among heterosexual and gay male couples2
Feeling well surrounded: Perceived societal support fosters healthy eating2
Conscientiousness and perceived physical symptoms: Mediating effect of life events stress and moderating role of resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia2
Serial mediation of illness perception and beliefs about medicines in the relationship between patient satisfaction and medication adherence: An evaluation of self-regulatory model in rheumatoid arthr2
Guidelines for evaluating and reporting social isolation and loneliness interventions2
A randomized controlled trial of a web-based personalized feedback intervention targeting frequent indoor tanning bed users: Engagement, acceptability, and preliminary behavioral outcomes2
Attitudinal and social predictors of adherence to oral endocrine therapy: A psychometrically-informed model2
Birth by emergency caesarean delivery: Perspectives of Wāhine Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand1
The perception, understanding and experience of flourishing in young people living with chronic pain: A Q-methodology study1
Parental experiences of psychological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood1
Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the German Quality of Life in Epidermolysis Bullosa (QOLEB) questionnaire1
Patients’ subjective well-being: Determinants and its usage as a metric of healthcare service quality1
Trends in loneliness in 17 European countries between 2006 and 2015: A secondary analysis of data from the European Social Survey1
Remote consultations in primary care: Patient experiences and suggestions for improvement1
Intersections of paranoia and the body in the general population1
Body (dis)satisfaction and health screening behaviors: A systematic review of observational studies1
Motivating factors associated with oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among female sex workers in South Africa1
“God wastes nothing”: A consensual qualitative study of coping among Catholic individuals with cancer diagnoses1
Internal consistency reliability of the Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire: A systematic review and reliability generalization meta-analysis1
The moderated associations of self-compassion with physiological and psychological stress responses: Comparisons between cancer caregivers and non-caregivers1
Adherence versus striving to adhere to vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian diets: Applying a goal-centered, self-regulatory framework1
Flourishing in life in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The role of illness identity and health-related quality of life1
Role of personality traits in determining the association between social participation and mental health: A cross-sectional study in Japan1
COVID-19: Sports activity and health-related quality of life of Swiss children and adolescents before and during the initial stay at home period1
Sense of coherence and Covid-19 related stress: A three-wave longitudinal study1
The association between trait mindfulness and sleep problems: A three-level meta-analysis1
Gender roles and gender norms associated with psychological distress in women and men among the Dutch general population1
Ego effectiveness: A novel individual difference approach to health behavior and coping1
Effect of online Kundalini Yoga mental health of university students during Covid-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial1
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