Health Psychology Review

Papers
(The H4-Index of Health Psychology Review is 20. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The concept of treatment beliefs in children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: a scoping review221
Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change128
Acceptance and commitment therapy processes and their association with distress in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis56
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses49
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations49
On social health: history, conceptualization, and population patterning46
A scoping review of research on the determinants of adherence to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic39
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting39
Post-traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth among cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review of interventions37
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: a compensatory control theory perspective36
Barriers and enablers to maintaining self-management behaviours after attending a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis34
Identifying the active ingredients of training interventions for healthcare professionals to promote and support increased levels of physical activity in adults with heart failure: a systematic review31
Habit and habitual behaviour25
Psychosocial determinants of alternative protein choices: a meta-review25
Old ideas, new directions: re-examining the predictive utility of the hemodynamic profile of the stress response in healthy populations24
Promoting physical activity during retirement age with psychological components: multilevel meta-analysis24
Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis23
Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation22
A scoping review of placebo and nocebo responses and effects: insights for clinical trials and practice21
Gay community involvement and the sexual health behaviours of sexual minority men: a systematic review and directions for future research20
Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care20
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