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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Acknowledgement39
Using positive imagination to reduce negativity in information processing and hesitant attitudes towards childhood COVID ‐19 vaccinations in parents:29
Perceiving immunity, predicting somatic symptoms: Validation of the ‘Perceived Immunity’ scale and its association with daily health27
Dyadic reciprocal associations between self‐efficacy and planning predict sedentary behaviour25
Linking measures to mechanisms of action: An expert opinion study24
Uptake of planning as a self‐regulation strategy: Adolescents’ reasons for (not) planning physical activity in an intervention trial23
Process evaluation findings contradict RCT results of the IBDBOOST22
Barriers and enablers to delivering opportunistic behaviour change interventions during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study in healthcare pro21
Holding the hope? Therapist and client perspectives on long COVID recovery: A Q‐methodology20
Reasons for using indoor tanning devices: A systematic review of qualitative evidence19
Planning and optimizing a digital self‐management support intervention: Acne Care Online18
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Clinicians' implicit and explicit attitudes about the legitimacy of functional neurological disorders correlate with referral decisions16
Engagement with arts and culture activities in the Danish general population: Longitudinal associations with new onset or persistent depression and mental wellbeing16
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Associations between lifestyle and well‐being in early and late pregnancy in women with overweight or obesity: Secondary analyses of the PEARS RCT15
Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence15
Mindfulness‐based interventions for body image dissatisfaction among clinical population: A systematic review and meta‐analysis15
Feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory outcomes of a virtual cognitive behavioural therapy‐based group intervention for persistent fatigue in endometriosis: The Managing Fatigue in Endometriosis 15
Lung cancer through patients’ lived experiences: A sociocultural perspective15
Risk of severe obesity development: Examining the role of psychological well‐being related measures and sociodemographic factors in two longitudinal UK 14
Application of the theoretical framework of acceptability in a surgical setting: Theoretical and methodological insights14
Measuring processes of change in behavioural interventions: Insights gained from linking mechanisms of action to associated measures13
‘Like a ticking time bomb’: A qualitative study exploring the illness experiences of adults with kidney stone disease13
“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 coeli12
Interoceptive and exteroceptive pregnant bodily experiences and postnatal well‐being: A network analysis12
Understanding healthy eating and physical activity community‐centred behaviour change interventions for underserved populations: A mixed methods rapid review12
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Service users' experiences of, and engagement with, a nationally implemented digital diabetes prevention programme12
The relationships among illness perceptions, dyadic coping and illness management in breast cancer patients and their spouses: A dyadic longitudinal mediation model12
An extension of the theory of planned behaviour to predict exclusive breastfeeding among Australian mother–father dyads using structural equation modelling12
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
Development, psychometric assessment, and predictive validity of a breastfeeding subjective norms scale among an Australian prospective cohort of first‐time parents11
Mindfulness improves psychological health and supports health behaviour cognitions: Evidence from a pragmatic RCT of a digital mindfulness‐based intervention11
Evaluating the Let's Move It intervention programme theory for adolescents' physical activity: Theorized psychosocial mechanisms of behavioural changes10
Exploring weight management beliefs during the menopausal transition ( MEWEL project): A qualit10
Australian women's views concerning non‐medical egg freezing and factors motivating freezing decisions10
A systematic review of the barriers and facilitators to adherence to mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for those with chronic conditions10
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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 analysis10
Correction to “Daily emotional well‐being during the COVID ‐19 pandemic”Lades, L. K., Laffan, K., Daly, M., & Delaney, L. (2020). Daily emotional10
The impact of age‐relevant and generic infographics on knowledge, attitudes and intention to attend cervical screening: A randomized controlled trial9
Are commonly used lab‐based measures of food value and choice predictive of self‐reported real‐world snacking? An ecological momentary assessment study9
Developing a checklist to assess fidelity of training and treatment delivery of 11 for Health, a football‐based health education intervention for youth9
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Can current post‐traumatic growth models capture the lived experience of life with a fluctuating chronic illness? Towards a new model9
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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School‐based yoga and mindfulness interventions for young adolescents: A qualitative study in a disadvantaged area9
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How to make gluten‐free friends: A quasi‐experimental study on the psychosocial benefits of celiac camps9
Learning to cope with the reality of endometriosis: A mixed‐methods analysis of psychological therapy in women with endometriosis8
‘I'm a failure again, I can't do it’: Attitudes towards, and experiences of, exercise participation in adults with class III obesity8
Living with type 1 diabetes mellitus in emerging adulthood: A qualitative study8
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Why do most people on dialysis not accept psychological care to increase perceptions of control in life?8
Explaining the age‐moderation effects in the relation between immediate benefits and physical activity: A mediated moderation analysis8
‘It's satisfying but destructive’: A qualitative study on the experience of bedtime procrastination in new career starters8
Understanding the barriers and facilitators to using self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections and blood‐borne viruses: Thematic analyses for intervention optimization7
Trait responsiveness to verbal suggestions predicts nocebo responding: A meta‐analysis7
Message framing's limited efficacy in counteracting parental hesitancy towards human papillomavirus vaccination for female adolescents: Insights from a randomized trial7
How the COVID ‐19 crisis affected the well‐being of nurses working in paediatric critical care: A qualitative study7
Investigating the impact of ‘dark nudges’ on drinking intentions: A between groups, randomized and online experimental study7
Thriving when living with chronic pain: A qualitative evidence synthesis of individuals' experiences6
Editorial Acknowledgement6
Attributes and influencing factors of hope levels in breast cancer patients: A latent profile analysis6
Resilience and distress among young adults with chronic health conditions: A longitudinal study6
Illness risk representations underlying women's breast cancer risk appraisals: A theory‐informed qualitative analysis6
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
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South Asian women's experiences of maternity care in the United Kingdom: A systematic review and thematic synthesis6
Acceptability of acceptance and commitment therapy for medication‐decision‐making and quality of life in women with breast cancer: A qualitative process evaluation6
Physiotherapy informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic low back pain: A mixed‐methods treatment fidelity evaluation6
Pre‐disability resilience and well‐being following the onset of functional impairments6
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Impact of loneliness on health in healthy populations: A meta‐analysis5
Influence of stress‐specific interventions on biomarker levels and cognitive function in cancer patients: Systematic review and meta‐analysis5
Factors associated with wearing a facemask in shops in England following removal of a legal requirement to do so during the COVID ‐19 pandemic5
Perceptions of patients and health care professionals on postoperative pain management: Key factors influencing persistent opioid use5
Mutual communication intervention for colorectal cancer patient–spousal caregiver dyads: A randomized controlled trial5
Editorial Acknowledgement5
Do metacognitive beliefs predict rumination and psychological distress independently of illness representations in adults with diabetes mellitus? A prospective mediation study5
Blood transfusion in haematology: A qualitative exploration of patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perceptions5
Greater negative affect reduction expectancies moderate the interactive relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and distress tolerance in predicting loss‐of‐control eating5
Editorial: Introducing the special issue on the role of positive psychological factors in health5
Investigating the effect of awareness‐raising based on acceptance and commitment therapy on the quality of life of women living with HPV (human papil5
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of lived experiences and psychological processes in internalized weight stigma5
Unconscious associations between stressor type and ability to cope: An experimental approach using ancient and modern sources of stress5
How to debunk misinformation? An experimental online study investigating text structures and headline formats4
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Sleep, sedentary behaviour, physical activity and health‐related quality of life in children and adolescents: A systematic review4
An experimental test of integrating imagery with approach bias modification for alcohol: A cautionary tale4
Attitudes and perceptions of cancer patients and healthcare providers towards prehabilitation: A thematic synthesis4
Stigma associated with early‐onset type 2 diabetes: A secondary qualitative analysis4
Implementation of a national programme to train and support healthcare professionals in brief behavioural interventions: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework4
Expecting the best or fearing the worst: Discrepancies between self‐rated health and frailty in an ageing Irish population4
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Reducing touching eyes, nose and mouth (‘T‐zone’) to reduce the spread of infectious disease: A prospective study of motivational, volitional and non‐reflective predictors4
Adapted motivational interviewing for brief healthcare consultations: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of treatment fidelity in real‐world evaluations of behaviour change counselling4
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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The effects of social interactions on momentary stress and mood during COVID ‐19 lockdowns4
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Distributive justice criteria and social categorization processes predict healthcare allocation bias4
Finding kindness: A randomized controlled trial of an online self‐compassion intervention for weight management ( SC4WM )3
Editorial acknowledgement3
A network analysis to explore illness perceptions in Black adults with type 2 diabetes3
Can smartphone‐based response inhibition training elicit sustained changes in appetite, preference, and cravings for energy‐dense foods? A free‐living randomized controlled trial3
Explaining the self‐regulatory role of affect in identity theory: The role of self‐compassion3
Reducing information avoidance: The effectiveness of humour, cute animals and coping messages3
A qualitative exploration of the prospective acceptability of the MiDerm app; a complex digital intervention for adults living with skin conditions3
The reciprocal relationships between autonomous motivation, social cognitive beliefs and rehabilitation adherence: A cross‐lagged panel longitudinal study among post‐surgery A3
Identifying targets for interventions to support public use of face coverings3
Impact of childhood psoriasis on children and parents during transition to adolescence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis3
Influence of illness representations on coping strategies and psychosocial outcomes of infertility: Systematic review and meta‐analysis3
Using machine‐assisted topic analysis to expedite thematic analysis of free‐text data: Exemplar investigation of factors influencing health behaviours and wellbeing during the 3
Investigating the utility of the COM‐B and TM model to explain changes in eating behaviour during pregnancy: A longitudinal cohort study3
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Are you afraid of COVID ‐19? Motivation and engagement in infection–prevention behaviour in a UK c3
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 Programme3
Beyond the cross‐section: Rethinking the intention–behaviour gap through a conceptual and methodological lens3
Personalized interventions for behaviour change: A scoping review of just‐in‐time adaptive interventions3
Efficacy of an appearance‐based and a health‐based sun protection intervention on summer vacationers' behaviours, PRISME cluster randomized crossover trial, France3
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
A qualitative process evaluation using the behaviour change wheel approach: Did a whole genome sequence report form ( SRF ) used to reduce nosocomial2
Development of fidelity of delivery and enactment measures for interventions in communication disorders2
Editorial: Updates from the new editors‐in‐chief2
The role of psychological flexibility in relation to health outcomes in people in remission from cancer2
Closing the intention‐behaviour gap in physical activity: The moderating effect of individual differences in the valuation of physical effort2
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
A randomized feasibility trial evaluating the “My Changed Body” writing activity for people with endometriosis2
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A randomized controlled trial of self‐help cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in adults with pulmonary hypertension2
Life beyond life: Perceptions of post‐mortem organ donation and consent to donate—A focus group study in Italy2
Influencing medication taking behaviors using automated two‐way digital communication: A narrative synthesis systematic review informed by the Behavior Change Wheel2
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
Dual decision‐making routes for COVID‐19 and influenza vaccines uptake in parents: A mixed‐methods study2
A longitudinal analysis of Australian women's fruit and vegetable consumption and depressive symptoms2
Editorial acknowledgement2
Evaluating the effectiveness of compassion‐focused therapy on psychological outcomes in medical students: A pilot randomized controlled trial2
Intervention fidelity assessment: A sub‐study of the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS)2
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What's different about digital? A qualitative interview study exploring experiences of adapting in‐person behaviour change interventions for digital delivery2
Evidence that implementation intentions reduce self‐harm in the community2
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Women's experiences and views of routine assessment for anxiety in pregnancy and after birth: A qualitative study2
Disruption and adaptation in response to the coronavirus pandemic – Assets as contextual moderators of enactment of health behaviours2
No evidence of reactivity in accelerometry‐based measurement of physical activity and sleep1
Development of a group‐based behaviour change intervention for people with severe obesity informed by the social identity approach to health1
Community‐based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Programmes for rheumatic conditions: An acceptability and qualitative process evaluation study1
‘Better sleep, better wellbeing’: Qualitative process evaluation of a hybrid, digital cognitive behavioural therapy programme for employees with sleep and emotion regulation problems1
The dynamic relationship between subjective social status and health: Evidence from a Chinese cohort study1
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
Debunking nutrition myths: An experimental test of the ‘truth sandwich’ text format1
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the development and maintenance of gluten‐related distress and unhelpful eating and lifestyle patterns in coeliac disease1
Tell me where you live, and I will predict your exercise levels: How self‐regulatory action control, objective and perceived physical environment jointly explain physical activity time1
What do older adults think about when formulating implementation intentions for physical activity? Evidence from a qualitative study1
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Minimal couple intervention to improve psychobiological stress resilience1
‘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
Associations between empirically proportionate and disproportionate fears of cancer recurrence and anxiety and depression in uveal melanoma survivors: Five‐year prospective study1
Climate anxiety and its association with health behaviours and generalized anxiety: An intensive longitudinal study1
The presence of attentional and interpretation biases in patients with severe MS‐related fatigue1
“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
Identifying the active components through the behaviour change techniques taxonomy in complex interventions for people living with multiple long‐term health conditions: A systematic review1
Cervical screening attendance in young women and people with a cervix: An application of the COM ‐B model1
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
The effects of communicating illness diagnostic and treatment information and C‐reactive protein test results on people's antibiotic expectations1
A questionable version of the Post‐Traumatic growth inventory—Short form in women diagnosed with breast cancer1
Assessing moral injury in health care workers living in secular societies: Introducing the Health care‐Moral Injury Scale (HMIS)1
Profiles of well‐being and their associations with self‐forgiveness, forgiveness of others, and gratitude among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases1
A multi‐centre prospective cohort study investigating the roles of psychological flexibility and self‐compassion in appearance concerns after burn injuries1
Post‐treatment life‐trajectories among people who inject drugs who completed hepatitis C treatment with direct acting antivirals: A thematic analysis1
Using the behaviour change wheel approach to optimize self‐sampling packs for sexually transmitted infection and blood borne viruses1
Exploring othering and perceived harmful drinking contexts among risky drinkers: An arts‐based focus group study1
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‘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
Women's experiences of living with chronic pain: A qualitative meta‐synthesis1
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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The vaccination divide: Exploring moral reasoning associated with intergroup antipathy between vaccinated and unvaccinated people1
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Initial participant perspectives about participating in an online, semi‐supervised, cirrhosis‐specific nutrition and exercise intervention1
A systematic review evaluating metacognitive beliefs in health anxiety and somatic distress1
Trajectories of depressive symptoms in Korean adults with diabetes: Individual differences and associations with life satisfaction and mortality1
Explaining seasonality increases perceived effectiveness of influenza vaccination: An experimental study1
Self‐compassion and psychological distress in chronic illness: A meta‐analysis1
Is compassion fatigue a self‐fulfilling prophecy in health care? A preregistered experimental study of manipulated expectations in doctors and medical trainees1
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