Health Psychology Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Health Psychology Review is 5. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis92
Physical activity and subjective well-being in healthy individuals: a meta-analytic review88
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting72
Stress and eating behaviours in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis64
The common sense model of illness self-regulation: a conceptual review and proposed extended model57
Impact of health warning labels on selection and consumption of food and alcohol products: systematic review with meta-analysis41
Factors influencing health behaviour change during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-synthesis35
Emotional response to testing positive for human papillomavirus at cervical cancer screening: a mixed method systematic review with meta-analysis33
Meditation interventions efficiently reduce cortisol levels of at-risk samples: a meta-analysis30
The (over)use of SMART goals for physical activity promotion: A narrative review and critique19
The gender context of pain19
The relationship between sleep quality and quality of life in aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis18
A scoping review of research on the determinants of adherence to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic18
Understanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies of five key health behaviours18
Fear of progression in chronic illnesses other than cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of a transdiagnostic construct18
Enhancing the translation of health behaviour change research into practice: a selective conceptual review of the synergy between implementation science and health psychology17
Participants’ enactment of behavior change techniques: a call for increased focus on what people do to manage their motivation and behavior17
Ramifications of behavioural complexity for habit conceptualisation, promotion, and measurement17
Promoting colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of interventions to increase uptake15
White Paper: Open Digital Health – accelerating transparent and scalable health promotion and treatment15
Cultural and societal motivations for being informal caregivers: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis14
Characteristics of smartphone-based dietary assessment tools: a systematic review13
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of reactivity to digital in-the-moment measurement of health behaviour13
A meta-analysis of loneliness and use of primary health care13
A new perspective on dyadic regulation in chronic illness: the dyadic regulation connectivity model12
Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions12
Blunted cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress and prospective health: a systematic review12
What sixty years of research says about the effectiveness of patient education on health: a second order meta-analysis12
Parent-child bonding and attachment during pregnancy and early childhood following congenital heart disease diagnosis11
The role of emotions and injunctive norms in breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
Setting performance and learning goals is useful for active and inactive individuals, if goals are personalized and flexible: commentary on Swann et al. (2020)9
The impact of viral epidemics and pandemics on acute mental health service use: an integrative review9
Analysis of dynamic psychological processes to understand and promote physical activity behaviour using intensive longitudinal methods: a primer9
A conceptual model of alcohol use and adherence to antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and theoretical implications for mechanisms of action9
Promoting scientific integrity through open science in health psychology: results of the Synergy Expert Meeting of the European health psychology society8
Interventions to change purchasing behaviour in supermarkets: a systematic review and intervention content analysis8
Decision-making about genetic health information among family dyads: a systematic literature review8
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 framewor7
Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care7
Targeting automatic processes to reduce unhealthy behaviours: a process framework6
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: a compensatory control theory perspective6
The mode of delivery and content of communication strategies used in mandatory and non-mandatory biosimilar transitions: a systematic review with meta-analysis6
The effect of choice interventions on retention-related, behavioural and mood outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis6
Differences in stress system (re-)activity between single and dual- or multitasking in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
The effects of patients’ expectations on surgery outcome in total hip and knee arthroplasty: a prognostic factor meta-analysis6
Training diabetes healthcare practitioners in motivational interviewing: a systematic review6
Habit and habitual behaviour5
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations5
Glassware design and drinking behaviours: a review of impact and mechanisms using a new typology of drinking behaviours5
A machine-learning assisted review of the use of habit formation in medication adherence interventions for long-term conditions5
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