OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Health Psychology Review is 4. 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.)

Article	Citations
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting	144
Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis	133
Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	106
The common sense model of illness self-regulation: a conceptual review and proposed extended model	84
Factors influencing health behaviour change during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis	47
Understanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies of five key health behaviours	34
The relationship between sleep quality and quality of life in aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
The (over)use of SMART goals for physical activity promotion: A narrative review and critique	29
Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions	29
Cultural and societal motivations for being informal caregivers: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis	27
Fear of progression in chronic illnesses other than cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of a transdiagnostic construct	27
Ramifications of behavioural complexity for habit conceptualisation, promotion, and measurement	26
What sixty years of research says about the effectiveness of patient education on health: a second order meta-analysis	22
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of reactivity to digital in-the-moment measurement of health behaviour	22
A new perspective on dyadic regulation in chronic illness: the dyadic regulation connectivity model	22
White Paper: Open Digital Health – accelerating transparent and scalable health promotion and treatment	21
A scoping review of research on the determinants of adherence to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic	20
Parent-child bonding and attachment during pregnancy and early childhood following congenital heart disease diagnosis	19
Enhancing the translation of health behaviour change research into practice: a selective conceptual review of the synergy between implementation science and health psychology	19
A meta-analysis of loneliness and use of primary health care	17
Evaluating group psychological interventions for mental health in women with infertility undertaking fertility treatment: A systematic review and meta-Analysis	16
Blunted cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and prospective health: a systematic review	16
Characteristics of smartphone-based dietary assessment tools: a systematic review	15
Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care	15
Analysis of dynamic psychological processes to understand and promote physical activity behaviour using intensive longitudinal methods: a primer	13

Promoting scientific integrity through open science in health psychology: results of the Synergy Expert Meeting of the European health psychology society	13
The role of emotions and injunctive norms in breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Childhood cancer survivors’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to physical activity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence using the theoretical domains framewor	12
The relationship between expectancy, anxiety, and the nocebo effect: a systematic review and meta-analysis with recommendations for future research	11
Mindfulness enhances cognitive functioning: a meta-analysis of 111 randomized controlled trials	11
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations	11
The impact of viral epidemics and pandemics on acute mental health service use: an integrative review	11
Differences in stress system (re-)activity between single and dual- or multitasking in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
The effects of patients’ expectations on surgery outcome in total hip and knee arthroplasty: a prognostic factor meta-analysis	9
Decision-making about genetic health information among family dyads: a systematic literature review	9
Training diabetes healthcare practitioners in motivational interviewing: a systematic review	9
Interventions to change purchasing behaviour in supermarkets: a systematic review and intervention content analysis	9
Behaviour change techniques and intervention characteristics in digital cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	9
Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change	9
The effect of choice interventions on retention-related, behavioural and mood outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis	8
Experiences of psychological interventions in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review and thematic synthesis	8
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses	8
Targeting automatic processes to reduce unhealthy behaviours: a process framework	7
A machine-learning assisted review of the use of habit formation in medication adherence interventions for long-term conditions	7
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: a compensatory control theory perspective	6
Habits and behavioral complexity – dynamic and distinct constructs	6
Effects of non-pharmacological interventions as vaccine adjuvants in humans: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	6
The mode of delivery and content of communication strategies used in mandatory and non-mandatory biosimilar transitions: a systematic review with meta-analysis	6
Glassware design and drinking behaviours: a review of impact and mechanisms using a new typology of drinking behaviours	6
Habit and habitual behaviour	6
Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation	5
Insulin restriction or omission in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: a meta-synthesis of individuals’ experiences of diabulimia	5
Post-traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth among cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review of interventions	5
Old ideas, new directions: re-examining the predictive utility of the hemodynamic profile of the stress response in healthy populations	4
Informing behaviour change intervention design using systematic review with Bayesian meta-analysis: physical activity in heart failure	4
Global prevalence of smoking among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder and symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Maintenance motives for physical activity among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Mental contrasting with implementation intentions as a technique for media-mediated persuasive health communication	4
Can temporal self-regulation theory and its constructs predict medication adherence? A systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Acceptance and commitment therapy processes and their association with distress in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4