Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being

Papers
(The median citation count of Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Enhancing students' well‐being with a unified approach based on contextual behavioural science: A randomised experimental school‐based intervention86
Effects and mechanisms of an online short‐term audio‐based mindfulness program on positive affect: A randomized controlled trial including exploratory moderator analyses64
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Predicting alcohol consumption: Application of an integrated social cognition model of intentions, habits, and cue consistency50
Reducing intrusive memories and promoting posttraumatic growth with Traveler: A randomized controlled study44
Associations of global and specific components of positive psychological well‐being with mortality risk: Findings from two cohort studies42
Effectiveness of an educational program for reducing mental illness stigma targeting family medicine trainees in Tunisia: A quasi‐experimental study41
Why some people do not get vaccinated against COVID‐19: Social‐cognitive determinants of vaccination behavior39
Understanding and overcoming challenges in times of personal or global crisis—Editorial on the Special Issue on Loneliness and Health38
Effectiveness of an online positive psychology intervention among Tunisian healthcare students on mental health and study engagement during the Covid‐19 pandemic31
Effects of physical activity planning interventions on reducing sedentary behavior in parent–child dyads: A randomized controlled trial31
Context effects on healthy food choice under situational modes of consumer thinking: A case study with poke bowls30
Moving well‐being well: Using machine learning to explore the relationship between physical literacy and well‐being in children26
Stability of subjective well‐being during the economic crisis: A four‐wave latent transition analysis in a national sample of Poles26
Exploring occupational well‐being profiles, outcomes, and predictors among Chinese teachers: A mixed‐methods approach using latent profile and decision tree analysis25
Premenopausal and perimenopausal predictors of postmenopausal health and well‐being: Testing a disposition‐belief‐motivation framework23
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The value of believing in free will: A prediction on seeking and experiencing meaning in life21
An integrated dual process model in predicting e‐cigarette use in undergraduate students21
Socio‐demographic factors and mental health trajectories in Australian children and primary carers: Implications for policy and intervention using latent class analysis21
Cognitive‐affective responses to online positive‐psychological interventions: The effects of optimistic, grateful, and self‐compassionate writing20
Navigating life's challenges: A randomized 6‐week online intervention study to enhance resilience in working‐age adults19
Shared social identity and perceived social support among stroke groups during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Relationship with psychosocial health19
Examining self‐affirmation as a tactic for recruiting inactive women into exercise interventions18
Role of received social support in the physical activity of coronary heart patients: The Health Action Process Approach18
A longitudinal study of societal resilience and its predictors during the Israel‐Gaza war17
Isolating the role of researcher observation on reactivity to the measurement of physical activity17
Application of machine learning to discover interactions predictive of dietary lapses17
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Adhering to COVID‐19 health guidelines: Examining demographic and psychological predictors of adherence16
Interventions to reduce loneliness among Chinese older adults: A network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experimental studies16
Positive dementia caregiving in 30 days (PDC30): Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of a self‐guided automated online training program15
Can a web application foster emotional competence in children and adolescents? The case of PandHEMOT®15
Mapping the factors behind ongoing war stress in Ukraine‐based young civilian adults15
Mainstreaming global mental health: Is there potential to embed psychosocial well‐being impact in all global challenges research?15
Efficacy of a theory‐based and setting‐based intervention in promoting strength training among older adults in Hong Kong: A clustered randomized controlled trial15
The benefits of physical literacy for human flourishing: A machine learning–based exploration of adolescents14
Antidote or poison: The relationship between “lying flat” tendency and mental health14
Positive affect longitudinally buffers the negative effect of health anxiety on gastrointestinal symptoms13
Daily relationship satisfaction and markers of health: Findings from a smartphone‐based assessment13
Bidirectional relationship between self‐compassion and psychological richness: A two‐wave longitudinal study13
Coping with a global crisis—Changes in worries about the Russo–Ukrainian War12
Personal willingness to receive a Covid‐19 vaccine and its relationship with intergroup psychology: Evidence from the Philippines and Pakistan12
Psychological well‐being and salivary markers of inflammation: The moderating effect of age12
Effects of a self‐affirmation intervention among Chinese adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A large‐scale randomized controlled trial12
Starting school with purpose: Self‐regulatory strategies of first‐semester university students12
Beyond prevention: Regulating responses to self‐regulation failure to avoid a set‐back effect12
Dramatic effects but fast adaptation: Changes in life satisfaction and different facets of affective well‐being around the death of a partner and death of a child11
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To drink, or to exercise: That is (not) the question! Daily effects of alcohol consumption and exercise on well‐being11
Reciprocal associations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms among Chinese children and adolescents: Between‐ and within‐person effects10
The positive effects of online group singing on psycho‐physiological variables during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A pilot randomized controlled trial10
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Effect of healthy dietary intention‐behavior (in)consistency on depression and anxiety in the process of behavior change9
A psychologically interpretable artificial intelligence framework for the screening of loneliness, depression, and anxiety9
Loneliness predicts physical and mental health‐related quality of life over 9 months among patients with coronary heart disease9
Individual and contextual predictors of young Ukrainian adults' subjective well‐being during the Russian–Ukrainian war9
From anticipation to action: A RCT on mental imagery exercises in daily life as a motivational amplifier for individuals with depressive symptoms9
Using machine learning to explore the predictors of life satisfaction trajectories in older adults9
Supportive care needs and anxious–depressive symptoms in cancer patients: An interaction effect between emotional competence and the COVID‐19 pandemic?9
Positively Pregnant: Development and piloting of a mobile app for social and emotional well‐being in pregnancy9
Comparing positive reappraisal and mindfulness in relation to daily emotions during COVID‐19: An experience sampling study8
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The intersectional effects of motivational and affective factors on managers' performance8
Rooted in routine: Fostering higher order vegetable‐shopping habits using a randomised simple planning intervention8
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Daily stigma and daily emotional well‐being among people living with HIV: Testing a buffering hypothesis of social support during the COVID‐19 pandemic8
Reciprocal association between social support and psychological distress in chronic physical health conditions: A random intercept cross‐lagged panel model8
Threatened by others or by everything? The effects of momentary and trait loneliness on daily appraisals of social company and being alone in young adults8
Didactic and narrative persuasion: An experiment to promote colorectal cancer screening8
Health outcomes among detoxification patients: The role of chronic pain8
Are my wife's recovery activities related to my subsequent recovery activities at work?8
The role of temporal distancing on the sense of meaning in life among individuals experiencing daily stressors8
Social connectedness, emotional regulation, and health behaviors as correlates of distress during lockdown for COVID‐19: A diary study7
The acute effects of nonsleep deep rest on perceptual responses, physical, and cognitive performance in physically active participants7
Habit substitution toward more active commuting7
Intention to maintain and willingness to stop: Applying a dual‐process model to understanding the maintenance of COVID‐19 preventive behaviors7
Does the medium matter? Comparing the effectiveness of videos, podcasts and online articles in nutrition communication7
Sound mind, sound body, or vice versa? Mind–body beliefs shape health behaviors7
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Can the add‐on placebo effect augment the physical and mental health outcomes of exercise? A meta‐analysis6
Can psychological distress account for the associations between COVID‐19 vaccination acceptance and socio‐economic vulnerability?6
Taking advantage of multiple identities to reduce defensiveness to personally threatening health messages6
Meaning in life following service among post‐9/11 military veterans: A latent growth mixture model analysis6
Increasing student well‐being through a positive psychology intervention: changes in salivary cortisol, depression, psychological well‐being, and hope6
Identifying as someone who avoids virus transmission strengthens physical distancing habit‐behaviour relationships: A longitudinal multi‐national study during the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Loneliness and mortality: The moderating effect of positive affect6
The association between sensory processing and stress in the adult population: A systematic review6
Intrinsic motivation as a double‐edged sword: Investigating effects on well‐being and the role of flex place practices as moderator to buffer adverse effects6
Mindful bridge: Brief mindfulness practices alter negative emotion transmission and cooperative performance in parent–adolescent dynamics6
Short‐term effects of a social media‐based intervention on the physical and mental health of remotely working young software professionals: A randomised controlled trial6
Reactance revisited: Consequences of mandatory and scarce vaccination in the case of COVID‐196
Who still suffers? Effects of COVID‐19 stressful experiences on somatic symptoms and anxious mood moderated by diurnal cortisol: A daily diary study6
Longitudinal associations between well‐being, hair cortisol, and self‐reported health5
Returning home: The role of expectations in re‐entry adaptation5
Promoting influenza prevention for older adults using the Health Action Process Approach: A randomized controlled trial5
Do nutrition knowledge, food preferences, and habit strength moderate the association between preference for intuition and deliberation in eating decision‐making and dietary intake?5
Effects of experimental, network‐based social circle norm feedback on studying behavior and alcohol consumption5
The effectiveness of a positive psychological intervention for promoting preschool teachers' well‐being and professional competence: EASP intervention program5
Experiences of parent–adolescent dyads regarding a Facebook‐based intervention to improve overweight/obesity treatment in adolescents: A qualitative study5
The robotic companion's choice encourages sustainable food choices: The moderating role of anthropomorphism5
School principals' mental health and well‐being under threat: A longitudinal analysis of workplace demands, resources, burnout, and well‐being5
The roles of stress mindset and personality in the impact of life stress on emotional well‐being in the context of Covid‐19 confinement: A diary study5
Communicating diagnostic uncertainty reduces expectations of receiving antibiotics: Two online experiments with hypothetical patients4
Unfounded beliefs, distress and powerlessness: A three‐wave longitudinal study4
The potential of Future Event Specificity Training (FEST) to decrease anhedonia and dampening of positive emotions: A randomised controlled trial4
Nondietary psychological app program leads to sustained weight loss due to trained physiological satiety perception4
A virtual reality‐based study of color contrast to encourage more sustainable food choices4
A full‐factorial test of motivational and volitional intervention strategies for promoting exercise habit formation and exercise maintenance among new users of an online exercise class platform4
Psychosocial determinants of handwashing compliance intention among physicians and nurses in Taiwan: A theory‐driven comparison using the Health Belief Model4
A virtuous cycle between meaning in daily life and state mindfulness as well as the unique role of depression among young adults: A diary study4
Social support and family resilience among Chinese people receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A polynomial regression and response surface analysis explaining psychological resilience4
Effects of an intervention targeting social media app use on well‐being outcomes: A randomized controlled trial4
Do beliefs in the malleability of well‐being affect the efficacy of positive psychology interventions? Results of a randomized placebo‐controlled trial4
Social distancing‐induced deceleration can enhance subjective well‐being4
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Associations between affective temperament, perceived stress, and helping among Ukrainians and Poles in the context of the war in Ukraine4
Applying machine learning to understand the role of social–emotional skills on subjective well‐being and physical health4
Interdependence, bonding and support are associated with improved mental wellbeing following an outdoor team challenge4
Exploring the relationship between coping styles and well‐being among Chinese university students: A longitudinal study based on the transactional stress model4
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Positive functioning at work during COVID‐19: Posttraumatic growth, resilience, and emotional exhaustion in Chinese frontline healthcare workers4
The co‐benefits of biodiversity citizen science for well‐being and nature relatedness4
Sing4Health: Randomised controlled trial of the effects of a singing group program on the subjective and social well‐being of older adults4
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Imager—A mobile health mental imagery‐based ecological momentary intervention targeting reward sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial4
A study on acute expectation effects on affective state and intention after a brief full‐body workout in a student sample4
Social axioms and psychological toll: A study of emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses across 35 cultures during the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Effects of social norms and message framing on reducing the stigma of gynecological diseases: A cognitive‐affective‐behavioral model4
Promoting regular parental supervised toothbrushing: An additive intervention design adopting the Health Action Process Approach3
Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing mindfulness‐based programmes into schools: A mixed methods study3
Context matters: Self‐regulation of healthy eating at different eating occasions3
Cross‐lagged analyses between gastrointestinal symptoms, psychological distress, and disability in emerging adults3
A systematic review and a comprehensive approach to PhD students' wellbeing3
Perceptions and expectations of an artificially intelligent physical activity digital assistant — A focus group study3
A 1‐year longitudinal study on experiencing workplace cyberbullying, affective well‐being and work engagement of teachers: The mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal3
Receiving feedback after posting status updates on social networking sites predicts lower loneliness: A mediated moderation model3
The impact and mechanisms of parent–child relationship quality and its changes on adolescent depression: A four‐wave longitudinal study3
University students' adherence and vaccination attitudes during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Focusing on costs and benefits3
Elucidating the effects of organisational practices on innovative work behavior in UAE public sector organisations: The mediating role of employees’ wellbeing3
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Assessing the longevity of attribute framing in attenuating the nocebo effect to brand and generic medication3
One SMS a day keeps the stress away? A just‐in‐time planning intervention to reduce occupational stress among apprentices3
Leveraging technology for pre‐service teachers' well‐being: The effectiveness of a multicomponent positive psychology intervention in pre‐service preschool teachers in Hong Kong3
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The impact of a gratitude intervention on mental well‐being during COVID‐19: A quasi‐experimental study of university students3
Actor–partner association of work–family conflict and parental depressive symptoms during COVID‐19 in China: Does coparenting matter?3
Regular use of acupressure mats reduces perceived stress at subjective but not psychophysiological levels: Insights from a three‐week relaxation training3
App‐based mindfulness training supported eudaimonic wellbeing during the COVID19 pandemic3
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Revealing the practical strategies for promoting Chinese migrant workers' health and well‐being: Organizational empowerment perspective3
Lavender aromatherapy: A systematic review from essential oil quality and administration methods to cognitive enhancing effects3
Latent profiles and transition of child maltreatment and peer victimization among Chinese internal migrant children: Associations with their psychological maladjustment3
Can—and should—automaticity be self‐reported using a single item? A secondary analysis of 16 datasets3
Evaluating comforting messages with the sentiment analysis and social cognition engine3
Habitualness, reward and external constraints: Exploring the underlying influences of daily water intake using the Situated Assessment Method22
The rise of artificial intelligence for cognitive behavioral therapy: A bibliometric overview2
Application of machine learning in predicting health perception through military personnel's sense of empowerment2
Media intervention program for reducing unrealistic optimism bias: The link between unrealistic optimism, well‐being, and health2
Connectedness and well‐being in simulated nature2
Assessing the effectiveness of emotion‐focused online intervention in mitigating compassion fatigue and enhancing compassion satisfaction among helping professionals2
Caregiver social support and child toilet training in rural Odisha, India: What types of support facilitate training and how?2
Social network investment of men: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations with mental health problems2
Democratic Spirit, Emotions, Help, and Hope during the Russian war against Ukraine: Experience from the Czech Republic2
Efficacy of Internet‐based rumination‐focused cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness‐based intervention with guided support in reducing risks of depression and anxiety: A randomized controlled t2
Mechanism of risk perception diffusion in public health emergencies: Based on the dual perspectives of cross‐evolution and emotional difference2
Identity change and the transition to university: Implications for cortisol awakening response, psychological well‐being and academic performance2
Feasibility and potential efficacy of a family‐based intervention on promoting physical activity levels and fundamental movement skills in preschoolers: A cluster randomised controlled trial2
Coping with the long‐term impact of civil strife: A grief‐centered analysis of Tamil Sri Lankan communities affected by ethnopolitical conflict2
The impact of social comparisons of job demands and job control on well‐being2
Regulation of craving training to support healthy food choices under stress: A randomized control trial employing the hierarchical drift‐diffusion model2
The dynamic relationships between well‐being, behavioral restrictions, and health behaviors during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A large‐scale intensive longitudinal network study2
Longitudinal association of stress with mental health in the context of COVID‐19: The mediating role of psychological flexibility and emotional schemas2
Character strengths intervention for nurturing well‐being among Pakistan's university students: A mixed‐method study2
Predicting COVID‐19 and seasonal influenza vaccine uptake: The impact of fear and vasovagal symptoms2
“War in Europe, again? Adversity, coping, and resilience”2
Modeling perceived parental attitudes and mental well‐being in Chinese young LGBTQ+ individuals: Investigation of weekly diary data using dynamic network analysis2
Loneliness and depressive symptoms differ by sexual orientation and gender identity during physical distancing measures in response to COVID‐19 pandemic in Germany2
Nature and well‐being in seven European cities: The moderating effect of connectedness to nature2
Having time to oneself in times of extended togetherness: Solitude experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic2
Traumatic losses permeate daily emotional experiences: roles of daily uplifts and subjective age2
Psychological need fulfillment as a source of resilience: Its protective role in concerns and symptoms of anxiety and depression during the COVID‐19 pandemic2
Subjective well‐being of children with special educational needs: Longitudinal predictors using machine learning2
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Examining the relationship between children's health‐related quality of life and their perception of parental support toward physical activity: A longitudinal study2
Evaluating self‐reported retrospective average daily fruit, vegetable, and egg intake: Trustworthy—Sometimes!2
Physical activity, health, and life satisfaction: Four panel studies demonstrate reciprocal effects2
Daily solitude and well‐being associations in older dyads: Evidence from daily life assessments2
On fostering employee participation in voluntary corporate‐sponsored wellness programs2
Understanding how family demands impair health behaviors in working sole mothers: The role of perceived control over leisure time2
A social emotional learning intervention to reduce psychosocial difficulties among rural children in central China2
Dual processing approach to sedentary behavior and physical activity in the workplace2
Self‐control fluctuates from day to day and is linked to subjective well‐being within and between persons2
The impact of social norms on health‐related belief update2
The antecedents of well‐being in first‐generation migrant children: A systematic review2
Dynamic structure of posttraumatic growth among victims of the 2021 Henan floods: A 6‐month, three‐wave longitudinal study2
Is it a vicious circle and for whom? The reciprocal association between rumination and somatic symptoms and moderation by stress: A daily diary study among Chinese college students2
Increasing vaccinations through an on‐site school‐based education and vaccination program: A city‐wide cluster randomized controlled trial2
Adaptive self‐objectification in the context of breast cancer: A theoretical integration of the terror management health model and research on objectification2
Low access and inadequate treatment in mental health care for asylum seekers and refugees in Germany—A prospective follow‐up study over 12 months and a nationwide cross‐sectional study2
The effectiveness of taught, self‐help mindfulness‐based interventions on Chinese adolescents' well‐being, mental health, prosocial and difficult behavior, and coping strategy2
Effectiveness and equity evaluation of an insurance‐wide telephone‐counseling program for self‐management of chronic diseases: The Health Coach Study2
The complex relationship between greenspace and well‐being in children with and without autism1
Assessing the role of conspiracy beliefs in oncological treatment decisions: An experimental approach1
How does benign/malicious envy impact young women's subjective well‐being in daily life? An investigation of intrapersonal and interpersonal pathway1
Role of self‐esteem in the association between mindset of socioeconomic status and well‐being: A cross‐lagged panel analysis1
AI as your ally: The effects of AI‐assisted venting on negative affect and perceived social support1
On the relevance of considering temporal dynamics in loneliness research1
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Trait reactance as psychological motivation to reject vaccination: Two longitudinal studies and one experimental study1
From mere ‘stability’ to ‘durability’—Revisiting intention dynamics from a self‐regulatory perspective with intensive longitudinal methods1
The perks of being grateful to partners: Expressing gratitude in relationships predicts relational self‐efficacy and life satisfaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic1
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Changes of medical staffs' subjective well‐being in China (2004–2020): A cross‐temporal meta‐analysis1
Exploring the determinants of health‐promoting behaviors among miners: A text mining and meta‐analysis1
Examining the network dynamics of daily movement and dietary behaviors among college students: A diary study1
Assessing the efficacy of a resilience training intervention for long‐term improvements in well‐being and resilience1
The relationship between habit and identity in health behaviors: A systematic review and three‐level meta‐analysis1
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Comparison of wellbeing structures based on survey responses and social media language: A network analysis1
Mindfulness, psychological distress, and somatic symptoms among women engaged in sex work in China1
The role of positive information provision in open‐label placebo effects1
Baseline trait mindfulness moderates the efficacy of mindfulness interventions and active controls: A meta‐analysis of 177 randomised controlled trials1
Changes in identity and habit formation during 3 months of sport and physical activity participation among parents with young children1
Predicting COVID‐19 booster vaccine intentions1
Dual‐earner couples' sharing of work‐related experiences: Effects on relational and personal well‐being1
Evaluation of a meaning in life intervention applied to work: A randomized clinical trial1
Interaction between posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth among adolescents who experience an earthquake: A repeated longitudinal study1
The effects of positive psychology interventions in Arab countries: A systematic review1
Happiness depletes me: Seeking happiness impairs limited resources and self‐regulation1
Mindfulness as a path to fostering time affluence and well‐being1
Consistency of interest mediates the positive relationship between growth mindset and presence of meaning in life among Hong Kong adolescents: A cross‐lagged panel study1
How to convince the vaccine‐hesitant? An ease‐of‐access nudge, but not risk‐related information increased Covid vaccination‐related behaviors in the unvaccinated1
Lay beliefs about the perceived harmfulness of excess weight: Influence of weight status and the cause of weight1
Mindfulness meditation experiences of novice practitioners in an online intervention: Trajectories, predictors, and challenges1
Trajectories of financial distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic and their associations with mental health and substance use outcomes in a cohort of young adults1
Impact of the Heartfulness program on loneliness in high schoolers: Randomized survey study1
Disentangling the relationship between state self‐compassion and state coping self‐efficacy using dynamic structural equation modeling1
Positive changes in daily life? A meta‐analysis of positive psychological ecological momentary interventions1
Social media exposure during COVID‐19 lockdowns could lead to emotional overeating via anxiety: The moderating role of neuroticism1
Loneliness, sleep and daily stress: Evidence of direct and indirect effects1
Can acute exercise be more pleasant? Using audiovisual stimuli: A meta‐analysis1
Food cravings are associated with increased self‐regulation, even in the face of strong instigation habits: A longitudinal study of the transition to plant‐based eating1
The reciprocal interplay of physical activity and health‐related quality of life in children and adolescents: Evidence for both upward and downward spirals1
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