Psychology & Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Psychology & Health is 2. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Emotional well-being in COVID-19 mass quarantine: the role of personal response and life activity: a 14-day diary study in China61
Broad versus narrow bandwidth measures of experienced automaticity for physical activity56
Positive psychology interventions can improve mental health for chronic pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis27
Experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood in the context of chronic skin conditions: an interpretative phenomenological analysis25
Women and shame: narratives of recovery from alcohol dependence24
Temporal stability of behavior, temporal cue-behavior associations, and physical activity habit strength among mothers with school-aged children23
The voices of youths in COVID-19 times: exploring young people’s emotional representations22
Is bronchial asthma a risk factor for emotional well-being in adolescence? A comparative study22
Breaking the endometriosis silence: a social norm approach to reducing menstrual stigma and policy resistance among young adults22
The subcomponents of affect scale (SAS): validating a widely used affect scale22
Experiences of successful physical activity maintenance among adults with type 2 diabetes: a theory-based qualitative study22
Sleep quality among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 reopening period in China: the interplay of SARS-CoV-2 infection, mental distress, and physical activity21
Developing habit-based health behaviour change interventions: twenty-one questions to guide future research20
How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to interpersonal risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma19
The role of psychosocial risks in burnout, psychosomatic disorders, and job satisfaction: lineal models vs a QCA approach in non-university teachers17
The interplay between cognitive and affective risks in predicting COVID-19 precautions: a longitudinal representative study of Americans17
Depressive symptoms and shorter survival in lung cancer: the role of leukocyte telomere length17
Love and lifestyle: how ‘relational healthism’ structures couples’ talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.16
Positive psychological traits predict future sleep quality and quantity: exploring emotion regulation as a common mediator15
A secondary analysis examining the performance of the State Optimism Measure (SOM) compared to the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) in measuring optimism over time15
Understanding the disconnect between lifestyle advice and patient engagement: a discourse analysis of how expert knowledge is constructed by patients with CHD15
Implementers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators in the implementation setting is associated with physical activity changes among participants of a planning intervention14
Understanding the psychosocial determinants of Italian parents’ intentions not to vaccinate their children: an extended theory of planned behaviour model14
The fear factor: examining the impact of fear on vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs13
A dyadic analysis of anti-fat attitudes and partners’ diet-related influence among gay married men13
Clarifying the importance and moderating roles of temporal self-regulation theory across behaviour types13
Investigating the role of goal motives in predicting bedtime procrastination using a daily diary study design: a registered report12
The CENTS program: promoting healthy eating by addressing perceived barriers12
Repetitive thought, cognition, and systemic inflammation in the midlife in the United States study12
The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: is it the thought that counts?12
The causal associations between interoception, self-regulation, non-purposeful eating behaviors, and weight status in college women: a longitudinal cross-lagged model analysis12
Perceptions of social support and relationships while living with a brain tumour: a qualitative study12
Psychometric properties and diagnostic capacity of the scale of resilience to suicide attempts-1812
We meat again: a field study on the moderating role of location-specific consumer preferences in nudging vegetarian options12
Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives11
The differential impact of Type D personality on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease11
Longitudinal associations between emotional well-being and subjective health from middle adulthood to the beginning of late adulthood11
‘… but I live in hope …’ how the term ‘survivor’ impacts identity and feelings of inclusivity in survivorship services following ovarian cancer treatment11
Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease11
Risk factors for momentary loss of control and subsequent abandonment of self-devised dietary restraint plans in adults with weight-loss goals: a behaviour sequence analysis approach11
Self-affirmation inductions to reduce defensive processing of threatening health risk information10
A novel self-report scale of interoception: the three-domain interoceptive sensations questionnaire (THISQ)10
A grounded theory exploration of programme theory within Waves of Wellness surf therapy intervention9
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis9
Development and validation of the treatmentself-regulation questionnaire assessing healthcare professionals’ motivation for flu vaccination (TSRQ-Flu)9
Assessing sleep problems and daytime functioning: a translation, adaption, and validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for non-clinical application (AIS-NCA)9
Can reflection mitigate COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs and hesitancy?9
Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies9
Trajectories of distress in women with gynaecological cancer treated with curative-intent radiotherapy9
A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: highlighting the roles of enjoyment, emotion and social engagement9
Longitudinal comparison of health locus of control and subjective well-being in older women with breast cancer9
Domain specific association between physical activity and affect in adolescents’ daily lives: an ecological momentary assessment study8
A systematic review of compassion-based interventions for individuals struggling with body weight shame8
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies: the example of the empCARE training to reduce burnout and distress symptoms in health care providers8
Perceived sensitivity to medicines and medication concerns beliefs predict intentional nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy among young people living with HIV8
Psychological network analysis of the relations between beliefs about smoking for smokers with and without a recent quit attempt8
Quantity and specificity of action-plans as predictors of weight loss: analysis of data from the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)8
Coping with Tourette’s syndrome: a meta-ethnography of individual and family perspectives8
Changes over time in self-efficacy to cope with cancer and well-being in women with breast cancer: a cross-cultural study8
Understanding and optimising gratitude interventions: the right methods for the right people at the right time8
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing7
Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors: a differentiated perspective and associations with psychosocial functioning7
Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic7
To be happy and behave in a healthier way. A longitudinal study about gender differences in the older population7
Accuracy-sensitisation promotes the sharing of pro- (but not anti-) vaccine information7
Asymmetrical genetic attributions for the presence and absence of health problems7
Managing children’s asthma: what role do caregivers’ mental representations of trigger and symptom management behaviors play?7
Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age7
Perceived barriers and facilitators to attendance for cervical cancer screening in EU member states: a systematic review and synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework7
Evaluating the sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle parameters, depression, quality of life, cognitive status, physical activity, and Mediterranean diet adherence of older adults in pre- and7
Absolute and comparative risk assessments: evidence for the utility of incorporating internal comparisons into models of risk perception7
The moderating role of trait and state mindfulness between daily sleep and physical pain symptoms: an ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy study6
Generalized self-efficacy and compliance with health behaviours related to COVID-19 in the US6
Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States6
Health professionals interface with cultural conflict in the delivery of type 2 diabetes care6
Establishing open science research priorities in health psychology: a research prioritisation Delphi exercise6
Sense of coherence and health in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study6
Physical and psychosocial factors are crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in endometriosis: a longitudinal analysis6
Interpretative repertoires of long-term weight management: negotiating accountability and explaining success6
Drinker’s own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker’s attitudes towards non-drinkers6
Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study6
Sleep, movement, and dietary behaviours: the mediating role of affect6
‘The coronavirus is a formidable foe’: children’s multimodal articulations of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic experiences in China6
Effect of source on trust of pulse nutrition information and perceived likelihood of following dietary guidance6
Protecting mass-gathering events in a pandemic with testing tracks and transparent information: an experimental study with festival guests6
Perceived risk, illness perception and dispositional optimism related to COVID-19 among oncologic outpatients undergoing in-hospital treatments and healthy controls5
Easier, but not easy: Testing a grounded theory of breastfeeding experiences among women with larger birthweight infants5
A web-based physical activity intervention targeting affect regulation: a randomized feasibility trial5
‘I wanted to share with you some of my healthy habits’: YouTubers’ staging of health-related practices5
When the night is too short. Bedtime procrastination, self-compassion, and sleep in a daily diary study5
Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: a prospective cohort study5
Character strengths sustain mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal analysis5
Affective judgments, environmental determinants, and physical activity in emerging and young adults5
Sociodemographic precursors of explicit and implicit attitudes towards physical activity5
Cohabitation with a smoker and efficacy of cessation programmes: the mediating role of the theory of planned behaviour5
Patient-driven decisions and perceptions of the ‘safest possible choice’: insights from patient-provider conversations about how some breast cancer patients choose contralateral prophylactic mastectom5
Using behavioural science to explore impact and implementation of obstetric anaesthesia training in Tanzania, Nepal and Bangladesh: a qualitative evaluation study with obstetric anaesthesia providers5
Naturalistically observed interpersonal problems and diabetes management in older adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes5
Examining the role of voluntary reciprocal altruism and collectivism interventions in enhancing intentions to donate blood among young non-donors: an experimental study5
Exploring health professionals’ perceptions of how their own diet influences their self-efficacy in providing nutrition care5
Self- and other-efficacy are related to current smoking during a quit attempt: a daily diary study in single-smoking couples5
Promoting empowerment or intensifying reproductive burden? Accounts of preconception health adjustments among women trying to conceive5
Development process, clinical utility, and preliminary psychometric evidence of a new tool for screening psychological distress in renal care settings: the Hemodialysis Distress Thermometer (HD-DT)5
Reasons people avoid colorectal cancer information: a mixed-methods study5
Stability in health behavior patterns in middle adulthood: a 19-year follow-up study5
Perceived mattering in the face of COVID-19: links with emotion regulation and psychological well-being5
Going under Dr. Robot’s knife: the effects of robot anthropomorphism and mortality salience on attitudes toward autonomous robot surgeons4
How are relying on religion and on science to make sense of the world associated with health-related resources and behaviors and well-being?4
Effects of 12-week aerobic exercise with different frequencies on executive function in preschool children: a cluster randomized controlled trial4
Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions: applying the behaviour change wheel to specify multi-levelled tailored intervention content4
The theory of planned behavior and alcohol protective behavioral strategies: a prospective study examining the role of habit and gender invariance4
Effectiveness of client-centred counselling on weight management among Black African women with overweight and obesity in high-income countries: a systematic review4
An investigation of factors encouraging and deterring EC use: a thematic analysis of accounts from UK adults4
Effective health communication depends on the interaction of message source and content: two experiments on adherence to COVID-19 measures in Türkiye4
‘It has been the hardest decision of my life’: a mixed-methods study of pregnant women’s COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy4
Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials4
The mutual determination of self-efficacy to cope with cancer and cancer-related coping over time: a prospective study in women with breast cancer4
A video-based intervention to overcome pregnancy smoking stigma among healthcare students: a randomised controlled trial4
COVID-19-Related anxieties and parenting stress among first-time mothers and fathers in their first year of parenthood4
What does feeling younger or older than one’s chronological age mean to men and women? Qualitative and quantitative findings from the PROTECT study4
Associations of childhood poly-adversity with alcohol problems among undergraduates: adolescent alcohol use trajectories and drinker self-schema4
Individuals’ top values and health behavior engagement: results of a National US Survey4
Targeted communication and race: explicating perceived message relevance4
What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension4
Congruence and goal sharing of health-related goals among newly dating individuals explaining goal importance and commitment4
The effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on health protective behaviours: dyadic approach on self-reports and partner-reports4
Three years on, COVID-19 is still relevant3
Autobiographical memory specificity and objective sleep quality: the role of preschool stress3
Self-compassion and resistance to persuasion3
‘I didn’t feel like I was a doctor’: a qualitative interview study exploring the experiences and representations of healthcare professionals’ capacity to deliver compassionate care and to practice sel3
Psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: the joint contribution of intolerance of uncertainty and cyberchondria3
The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention3
Coping in the Danish general population: psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire3
The joint effect of attachment orientations and empathy on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among oncologists3
Being the supporter: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the role of caregivers in the self-management of type 2 diabetes3
Correction3
An exploration of successful psychosocial adjustment to long-term in-centre haemodialysis3
Categorical interoception: the role of disease context and individual differences in habitual symptom reporting3
Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion3
Expanding the analysis of mechanisms of action in behavioral interventions: cognitive change versus cognitive activation3
Testing Go/No-Go training effects on implicit evaluations of unhealthy and healthy snack foods3
‘Turbulence even in a bubble’: a reflexive thematic analysis with family caregivers of people with dementia in the United Kingdom during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic3
Efficacy of cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials3
Dynamic patterns of COVID stress syndrome among university students during an outbreak: a time-series network analysis3
Sex-specific psychological risk profiles of CVD in the HUNT study: the role of neuroticism and extraversion3
Autonomy support in an exercise intervention with colorectal cancer patients during chemotherapy: a qualitative perspective3
Group-level human values estimated with web search data and archival data explain the geographic variation in COVID-19 severity in the United States3
Caregiving style and quality of life in caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease3
Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth3
Inducing consumers to use calorie information: a multinational investigation3
Subjective memory complaints in young people: the role of resilience3
Pain experiences among women in midlife with existing health conditions: changes across pre-COVID-19, stay-at-home orders, and initial reopening3
Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality3
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study3
Benefit finding moderates the relationship between young carer experiences and mental well-being3
Women’s experiences of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the MyPeBS trial: a qualitative comparative study across two European countries3
“We shouldn’t waste a good crisis”: the lived experience of working on the frontline through the first surge (and beyond) of COVID-19 in the UK and Ireland2
The role of psychological factors in patients’ choices to see their general practitioner or pharmacist for minor conditions2
Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity2
Symptom attribution to a medically unexplained syndrome is associated with greater perceived severity and bothersomeness of symptoms in US military veterans2
On the (in)effectiveness of textual disclosures on expectancies, attitudes, and perceived appropriateness of alcohol2
A latent profile analysis to assess physical, cognitive and emotional symptom clusters in women with breast cancer2
Which cognitive tests are used to examine the acute effect of physical activity on cognition in healthy adults aged 50 and older? - A systematic review2
Deliberate ignorance—a barrier for information interventions targeting reduced meat consumption?2
South Asian Muslim individuals’ lived experiences of Type 2 Diabetes healthcare – ‘I just want someone to actually break it down for me’2
Personality, health behaviours and physical health in young adulthood2
Efficacy of the Tuned In music emotion regulation program in international university students2
Correlates of psychological distress among adults with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Make it a habit: how habit strength, goal importance and self-control predict hand washing behaviour over time during the COVID-19 pandemic2
The development and psychometric examination of the partner investment in health scale2
Social relationships, stress, and treatment adherence perceptions in type 2 diabetes and hypertension: between-person, within-person, and compositional associations2
‘I’d be willing to take that risk for the enjoyment of the time that I have’: a COM-B influenced analysis of older people’s perspectives on their alcohol consumption2
‘Welcome to my world’: a thematic analysis of the lived experiences of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis during the UK COVID-19 lockdown2
I listen to my body now”: a qualitative exploration of positive body image in breast cancer survivors 2
‘It is up to me because I gave him this life’ How the awareness of being permanently and unconditionally responsible shapes the experience of chronic sorrow in parents of disabled children2
A self-determination theory perspective of motivations for cannabis-related harm reduction behaviours: evaluation of an expanded and adapted Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire2
Physical activity planning interventions, body fat and energy-dense food intake in dyads: ripple, spillover, or compensatory effects?2
Stress, eating and weight change in first year students: the moderating role of self-compassion2
‘She thought the same way I that I thought:’ a qualitative study of patient-provider concordance among Gulf War Veterans with Gulf War Illness2
Psychological withdrawal and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study2
Young adult women’s meaning-making of living with type 1 diabetes: towards growth and optimism2
Predicting implicit and explicit exercise identity from descriptive social norms regarding exercise2
Exploring psychological factors associated with breastfeeding in women with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m22
Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees: mediation by post-migration stressors and protective resources?2
Negativity in online news coverage of vaccination rates in Serbia: a content analysis2
A network approach to understanding social distancing behaviour during the first UK lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic2
The value of using motivational theory to understand active transport behaviors: a qualitative study of a community-based E-bike project2
Help-seeking in A&E for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): a mixed methods study of patient experiences of a war on two fronts2
Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence2
Perceived stigmatization and fear of negative evaluation: Two distinct pathways to body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem in burn survivors2
The role of perceived level of threat, reactance proneness, political orientation, and coronavirus salience on health behavior intentions2
Correction2
Development and preliminary validation of the challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF) questionnaire: a 46-item measure of treatment burden for parent/carers of children with CF2
Development and validation of a scale to assess the belief that ‘age causes illness’2
Medication nonadherence: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
A systematic review exploring perceptions of Tourette syndrome and tic disorders using the common-sense model of illness representations2
An existential perspective on interpersonal closeness and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and well-being: experiences of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis2
Parent-child agreement on health-related quality of life: the role of perceived consequences of the child’s chronic illness2
Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel2
Life after meningitis: a qualitative study exploring survivors’ experience of living with sequelae2
Global self-esteem and degree of overweight/obesity: are they linked in the adult population? A systematic review and meta-analysis2
Measuring hopelessness in advanced cancer: a secondary analysis of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness questionnaire (HAI)2
A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity2
Sun protection behavior: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions2
Associations between psychosocial factors and circulating cytokines in breast cancer survivors2
Determinants of routine cervical screening participation in underserved women: a qualitative systematic review2
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