Health Psychology Review

Papers
(The H4-Index of Health Psychology Review is 19. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
On social health: history, conceptualization, and population patterning275
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations66
The concept of treatment beliefs in children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: a scoping review66
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses58
Acceptance and commitment therapy processes and their association with distress in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis53
Experiences of women who self-report Breast Implant Illness (BII): a qualitative evidence synthesis51
Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change50
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting39
Insights into the complexities of symptom management for hemodialysis patients: a systematic review of qualitative studies38
Post-traumatic stress symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth among cancer survivors: a systematic scoping review of interventions32
The effects of retirement on cognitive functioning based on a systematic review of longitudinal studies31
Barriers and enablers to maintaining self-management behaviours after attending a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis29
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: a compensatory control theory perspective28
Psychosocial determinants of alternative protein choices: a meta-review26
Identifying the active ingredients of training interventions for healthcare professionals to promote and support increased levels of physical activity in adults with heart failure: a systematic review26
Habit and habitual behaviour25
Promoting physical activity during retirement age with psychological components: multilevel meta-analysis24
Attractor landscapes: a unifying conceptual model for understanding behaviour change across scales of observation23
Old ideas, new directions: re-examining the predictive utility of the hemodynamic profile of the stress response in healthy populations23
Efficacy of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms induced by traumatic medical events: a systematic review19
What factors are related to engagement with digital mental health interventions (DMHIs)? A meta-analysis of 117 trials19
A scoping review of placebo and nocebo responses and effects: insights for clinical trials and practice19
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