British Journal of Health Psychology

Papers
(The median citation count of British Journal of Health Psychology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Acknowledgement35
Uptake of planning as a self‐regulation strategy: Adolescents’ reasons for (not) planning physical activity in an intervention trial21
Observing physicians acting with different levels of empathy modulates later assessed pain tolerance20
Reasons for using indoor tanning devices: A systematic review of qualitative evidence19
Dyadic reciprocal associations between self‐efficacy and planning predict sedentary behaviour19
Linking measures to mechanisms of action: An expert opinion study18
Using positive imagination to reduce negativity in information processing and hesitant attitudes towards childhood COVID‐19 vaccinations in parents: A randomized controlled trial17
Holding the hope? Therapist and client perspectives on long COVID recovery: A Q‐methodology17
Barriers and enablers to delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study in healthcare professionals16
Perceiving immunity, predicting somatic symptoms: Validation of the ‘Perceived Immunity’ scale and its association with daily health16
Clinicians' implicit and explicit attitudes about the legitimacy of functional neurological disorders correlate with referral decisions15
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Engagement with arts and culture activities in the Danish general population: Longitudinal associations with new onset or persistent depression and mental wellbeing15
Welcoming new life under lockdown: Exploring the experiences of first‐time mothers who gave birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic15
Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence14
“I sort of never felt like I should be worried about it or that I could be worried about it’” an interpretative phenomenological analysis of perceived barriers to disclosure by young people with coeli14
Associations between lifestyle and well‐being in early and late pregnancy in women with overweight or obesity: Secondary analyses of the PEARS RCT14
Testing the content for a targeted age‐relevant intervention to promote cervical screening uptake in women aged 50–64 years14
Risk of severe obesity development: Examining the role of psychological well‐being related measures and sociodemographic factors in two longitudinal UK cohort studies14
Mindfulness‐based interventions for body image dissatisfaction among clinical population: A systematic review and meta‐analysis14
Service users' experiences of, and engagement with, a nationally implemented digital diabetes prevention programme13
The relationships among illness perceptions, dyadic coping and illness management in breast cancer patients and their spouses: A dyadic longitudinal mediation model13
Application of the theoretical framework of acceptability in a surgical setting: Theoretical and methodological insights13
‘Like a ticking time bomb’: A qualitative study exploring the illness experiences of adults with kidney stone disease12
Issue Information12
Development and testing of a digital health acceptability model to explain the intention to use a digital diabetes prevention programme12
An extension of the theory of planned behaviour to predict exclusive breastfeeding among Australian mother–father dyads using structural equation modelling12
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Interoceptive and exteroceptive pregnant bodily experiences and postnatal well‐being: A network analysis12
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Mindfulness improves psychological health and supports health behaviour cognitions: Evidence from a pragmatic RCT of a digital mindfulness‐based intervention11
Development, psychometric assessment, and predictive validity of a breastfeeding subjective norms scale among an Australian prospective cohort of first‐time parents11
Care or sabotage? A reflexive thematic analysis of perceived partner support throughout the bariatric surgery journey11
Procrastination and health: A longitudinal test of the roles of stress and health behaviours11
Financial incentives for bowel cancer screening: Results from a mixed methods study in the United Kingdom10
Exploring weight management beliefs during the menopausal transition (MEWEL project): A qualitative comparative study based on Health Belief Model10
Illness representations and psychological outcomes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia10
A systematic review of the barriers and facilitators to adherence to mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for those with chronic conditions10
Australian women's views concerning non‐medical egg freezing and factors motivating freezing decisions10
Evaluating the Let's Move It intervention programme theory for adolescents' physical activity: Theorized psychosocial mechanisms of behavioural changes10
Correction to “Daily emotional well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic”Lades, L. K., Laffan, K., Daly, M., & Delaney, L. (2020). Daily emotional well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic.10
Addressing the psychology of weight loss and maintenance: A feasibility study of the Skills for weight loss and Maintenance weight management programme9
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Are commonly used lab‐based measures of food value and choice predictive of self‐reported real‐world snacking? An ecological momentary assessment study9
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The impact of age‐relevant and generic infographics on knowledge, attitudes and intention to attend cervical screening: A randomized controlled trial9
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Understanding the experiences of older adult participants and individuals involved in the delivery of a physical activity programme based on participatory approaches: A qualitative analysis8
Why do most people on dialysis not accept psychological care to increase perceptions of control in life?8
Can current post‐traumatic growth models capture the lived experience of life with a fluctuating chronic illness? Towards a new model8
‘It's satisfying but destructive’: A qualitative study on the experience of bedtime procrastination in new career starters8
Parents experiences of having an infant with early onset group B streptococcus infection8
School‐based yoga and mindfulness interventions for young adolescents: A qualitative study in a disadvantaged area8
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‘I'm a failure again, I can't do it’: Attitudes towards, and experiences of, exercise participation in adults with class III obesity7
Living with type 1 diabetes mellitus in emerging adulthood: A qualitative study7
Explaining the age‐moderation effects in the relation between immediate benefits and physical activity: A mediated moderation analysis7
Understanding the barriers and facilitators to using self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections and blood‐borne viruses: Thematic analyses for intervention optimization7
Learning to cope with the reality of endometriosis: A mixed‐methods analysis of psychological therapy in women with endometriosis7
Trait responsiveness to verbal suggestions predicts nocebo responding: A meta‐analysis7
Targeting persistent fatigue with tailored versus generic self‐management strategies in adolescents and young adults with a fatigue syndrome or rheumatic condition: A randomized crossover trial6
South Asian women's experiences of maternity care in the United Kingdom: A systematic review and thematic synthesis6
Illness risk representations underlying women's breast cancer risk appraisals: A theory‐informed qualitative analysis6
Treatment choice in the presence of conflicting information: The role of physician likeability in the choice of non‐proven therapies against conventional treatment6
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Attributes and influencing factors of hope levels in breast cancer patients: A latent profile analysis6
Message framing's limited efficacy in counteracting parental hesitancy towards human papillomavirus vaccination for female adolescents: Insights from a randomized trial6
Investigating the impact of ‘dark nudges’ on drinking intentions: A between groups, randomized and online experimental study6
How the COVID‐19 crisis affected the well‐being of nurses working in paediatric critical care: A qualitative study6
Acceptability of acceptance and commitment therapy for medication‐decision‐making and quality of life in women with breast cancer: A qualitative process evaluation6
Resilience and distress among young adults with chronic health conditions: A longitudinal study6
Physiotherapy informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic low back pain: A mixed‐methods treatment fidelity evaluation6
Editorial Acknowledgement5
Mutual communication intervention for colorectal cancer patient–spousal caregiver dyads: A randomized controlled trial5
Blood transfusion in haematology: A qualitative exploration of patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perceptions5
Issue Information5
Influence of stress‐specific interventions on biomarker levels and cognitive function in cancer patients: Systematic review and meta‐analysis5
Greater negative affect reduction expectancies moderate the interactive relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and distress tolerance in predicting loss‐of‐control eating5
Thriving when living with chronic pain: A qualitative evidence synthesis of individuals' experiences5
Pre‐disability resilience and well‐being following the onset of functional impairments5
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of lived experiences and psychological processes in internalized weight stigma5
Factors associated with wearing a facemask in shops in England following removal of a legal requirement to do so during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
Expecting the best or fearing the worst: Discrepancies between self‐rated health and frailty in an ageing Irish population4
Adapted motivational interviewing for brief healthcare consultations: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of treatment fidelity in real‐world evaluations of behaviour change counselling4
Unconscious associations between stressor type and ability to cope: An experimental approach using ancient and modern sources of stress4
Investigating the effect of awareness‐raising based on acceptance and commitment therapy on the quality of life of women living with HPV (human papilloma virus)4
To drink or not to drink: When drinking intentions predict alcohol consumption and consequences4
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Do metacognitive beliefs predict rumination and psychological distress independently of illness representations in adults with diabetes mellitus? A prospective mediation study4
Implementation of a national programme to train and support healthcare professionals in brief behavioural interventions: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework4
How to debunk misinformation? An experimental online study investigating text structures and headline formats4
Birth expectations, birth experiences and childbirth‐related post‐traumatic stress symptoms in mothers and birth companions: Dyadic investigation using response surface analysis4
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Accessing specialist support to stop smoking in pregnancy: A qualitative study exploring engagement with UK‐based stop smoking services4
Issue Information4
The effects of social interactions on momentary stress and mood during COVID‐19 lockdowns3
Editorial acknowledgement3
Explaining the self‐regulatory role of affect in identity theory: The role of self‐compassion3
A qualitative exploration of the prospective acceptability of the MiDerm app; a complex digital intervention for adults living with skin conditions3
Finding kindness: A randomized controlled trial of an online self‐compassion intervention for weight management (SC4WM)3
Attitudes and perceptions of cancer patients and healthcare providers towards prehabilitation: A thematic synthesis3
Efficacy of an appearance‐based and a health‐based sun protection intervention on summer vacationers' behaviours, PRISME cluster randomized crossover trial, France3
Distributive justice criteria and social categorization processes predict healthcare allocation bias3
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Influence of illness representations on coping strategies and psychosocial outcomes of infertility: Systematic review and meta‐analysis3
Personalized interventions for behaviour change: A scoping review of just‐in‐time adaptive interventions3
Do I care for you more when you really need help? An experimental test of the effect of clinical urgency on compassion in health care3
Mental imagery‐based self‐regulation: Effects on physical activity behaviour and its cognitive and affective precursors over time3
Reducing touching eyes, nose and mouth (‘T‐zone’) to reduce the spread of infectious disease: A prospective study of motivational, volitional and non‐reflective predictors3
An experimental test of integrating imagery with approach bias modification for alcohol: A cautionary tale3
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Reducing information avoidance: The effectiveness of humour, cute animals and coping messages3
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Treatment‐related decisional conflict in pre‐dialysis chronic kidney disease patients in Singapore: Prevalence and determinants3
Can smartphone‐based response inhibition training elicit sustained changes in appetite, preference, and cravings for energy‐dense foods? A free‐living randomized controlled trial3
Investigating the utility of the COM‐B and TM model to explain changes in eating behaviour during pregnancy: A longitudinal cohort study3
Sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity and health‐related quality of life in children and adolescents: A systematic review3
Identifying behaviour change techniques within randomized trials of interventions promoting deceased organ donation registration2
Life beyond life: Perceptions of post‐mortem organ donation and consent to donate—A focus group study in Italy2
Mechanisms and outcomes of a very low intensity intervention to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight/obesity, embedded in the National Child Measurement Programme2
Influencing medication taking behaviors using automated two‐way digital communication: A narrative synthesis systematic review informed by the Behavior Change Wheel2
What's different about digital? A qualitative interview study exploring experiences of adapting in‐person behaviour change interventions for digital delivery2
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Women's experiences and views of routine assessment for anxiety in pregnancy and after birth: A qualitative study2
A qualitative process evaluation using the behaviour change wheel approach: Did a whole genome sequence report form (SRF) used to reduce nosocomial SARS‐CoV‐2 within UK2
Plan pursuit in the context of daily fruit and vegetable consumption: The importance of cue detection and the execution of the planned behaviour for overall behaviour change2
A network analysis to explore illness perceptions in Black adults with type 2 diabetes2
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Am I more stressed because I'm aware of being a woman? The impact of gender identity salience on women's cardiovascular responses to stress2
The role of psychological flexibility in relation to health outcomes in people in remission from cancer2
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Closing the intention‐behaviour gap in physical activity: The moderating effect of individual differences in the valuation of physical effort2
Intervention fidelity assessment: A sub‐study of the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)2
Editorial: Updates from the new editors‐in‐chief2
Impact of childhood psoriasis on children and parents during transition to adolescence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis2
Identifying targets for interventions to support public use of face coverings2
Development of fidelity of delivery and enactment measures for interventions in communication disorders2
A randomized controlled trial of self‐help cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in adults with pulmonary hypertension2
Evidence that implementation intentions reduce self‐harm in the community2
A randomized feasibility trial evaluating the “My Changed Body” writing activity for people with endometriosis2
‘Just keep taking them, keep hoping they’ll work’: A qualitative study of adhering to medications for multimorbidity2
The vaccination divide: Exploring moral reasoning associated with intergroup antipathy between vaccinated and unvaccinated people1
Psychological interventions decrease unintended pregnancies: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials1
‘A blessing and a burden’: Exploring posttraumatic growth in doctors with acquired invisible disability—An interpretative phenomenological analysis1
A longitudinal analysis of Australian women's fruit and vegetable consumption and depressive symptoms1
Climate anxiety and its association with health behaviours and generalized anxiety: An intensive longitudinal study1
What do older adults think about when formulating implementation intentions for physical activity? Evidence from a qualitative study1
Can sweet food‐specific inhibitory control training via a mobile application improve eating behavior in children with obesity?1
Associations between empirically proportionate and disproportionate fears of cancer recurrence and anxiety and depression in uveal melanoma survivors: Five‐year prospective study1
The dynamic relationship between subjective social status and health: Evidence from a Chinese cohort study1
Minimal couple intervention to improve psychobiological stress resilience1
The presence of attentional and interpretation biases in patients with severe MS‐related fatigue1
Individual outcomes after tailored versus generic self‐management strategies for persistent fatigue in youth with a fatigue syndrome or rheumatic condition: A multiple single‐case study1
Disruption and adaptation in response to the coronavirus pandemic – Assets as contextual moderators of enactment of health behaviours1
Debunking nutrition myths: An experimental test of the ‘truth sandwich’ text format1
‘It's not my greengrocer, it's someone from the medical profession’: A qualitative study regarding acceptability of deceptive and open‐label placebo prescribing in France1
What makes implementation intentions (in)effective for physical activity among older adults?1
Development of a group‐based behaviour change intervention for people with severe obesity informed by the social identity approach to health1
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Self‐compassion and psychological distress in chronic illness: A meta‐analysis1
Using the behaviour change wheel approach to optimize self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses1
Editorial acknowledgement1
Exploring othering and perceived harmful drinking contexts among risky drinkers: An arts‐based focus group study1
Dual decision‐making routes for COVID‐19 and influenza vaccines uptake in parents: A mixed‐methods study1
“I have travelled along on my own”—Experiences of seeking help for serious non‐COVID health problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study1
How conceptualizing obesity as a disease affects beliefs about weight, and associated weight stigma and clinical decision‐making in health care1
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Staying ‘Covid‐safe’: Proposals for embedding behaviours that protect against Covid‐19 transmission in the UK1
Outlining an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach to treatment non‐adherence1
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the development and maintenance of gluten‐related distress and unhelpful eating and lifestyle patterns in coeliac disease1
‘We just need to find space for them to practice so that we can help to make a stronger society’: Perceived barriers and facilitators to employing health psychologists in UK public health and clinical1
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