Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being

Papers
(The TQCC of Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being 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 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
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
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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
Positive dementia caregiving in 30 days (PDC30): Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of a self‐guided automated online training program15
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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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
Effect of healthy dietary intention‐behavior (in)consistency on depression and anxiety in the process of behavior change9
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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
Comparing positive reappraisal and mindfulness in relation to daily emotions during COVID‐19: An experience sampling study8
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 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
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
Loneliness and mortality: The moderating effect of positive affect6
The association between sensory processing and stress in the adult population: A systematic review6
Who still suffers? Effects of COVID‐19 stressful experiences on somatic symptoms and anxious mood moderated by diurnal cortisol: A daily diary study6
Can the add‐on placebo effect augment the physical and mental health outcomes of exercise? A meta‐analysis6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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