Health Psychology Review

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Psychology Review is 16. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses324
On social health: history, conceptualization, and population patterning78
Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change78
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations61
Experiences of women who self-report Breast Implant Illness (BII): a qualitative evidence synthesis57
The concept of treatment beliefs in children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: a scoping review51
Acceptance and commitment therapy processes and their association with distress in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis43
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting41
Post-traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth among cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review of interventions36
Insights into the complexities of symptom management for hemodialysis patients: a systematic review of qualitative studies34
The effects of retirement on cognitive functioning based on a systematic review of longitudinal studies33
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
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: a compensatory control theory perspective29
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 synthesis28
Psychosocial determinants of alternative protein choices: a meta-review26
Promoting physical activity during retirement age with psychological components: multilevel meta-analysis25
Habit and habitual behaviour24
Old ideas, new directions: re-examining the predictive utility of the hemodynamic profile of the stress response in healthy populations23
Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation20
Why do they care? A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of personal and relational motivations for providing informal care19
What factors are related to engagement with digital mental health interventions (DMHIs)? A meta-analysis of 117 trials19
A scoping review of placebo and nocebo responses and effects: insights for clinical trials and practice19
Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review19
Mindfulness-based psychosocial interventions and psychological wellbeing in cancer survivorship: a meta-analysis17
Gay community involvement and the sexual health behaviours of sexual minority men: a systematic review and directions for future research17
A machine-learning assisted review of the use of habit formation in medication adherence interventions for long-term conditions17
Inhibitory control training to reduce appetitive behaviour: a meta-analytic investigation of effectiveness, potential moderators, and underlying mechanisms of change17
Psychological, social and behavioural factors associated with disease/illness activity and adjustment to Lupus: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
The impact of psychosocial interventions on women with gynaecological cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis16
How and why could smiling influence physical health? A conceptual review16
0.045096158981323