Health Psychology Review

Papers
(The TQCC of Health Psychology Review is 15. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Inhibitory control training to reduce appetitive behaviour: a meta-analytic investigation of effectiveness, potential moderators, and underlying mechanisms of change214
Defining open goals for the promotion of health behaviours: a critical conceptual review122
The concept of treatment beliefs in children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: a scoping review55
Affective touch and regulation of stress responses47
A machine-learning assisted review of the use of habit formation in medication adherence interventions for long-term conditions46
Gay community involvement and the sexual health behaviours of sexual minority men: a systematic review and directions for future research42
Contextualising flexible nonlinear periodization as a person-adaptive behavioral model for exercise maintenance35
How and why could smiling influence physical health? A conceptual review32
Emotion suppression and acute physiological responses to stress in healthy populations: a quantitative review of experimental and correlational investigations32
Coping style and mental health amid the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a culture-moderated meta-analysis of 44 nations30
Physical activity interventions for the promotion of mental health outcomes in at-risk children and adolescents: a systematic review27
Mindfulness-based psychosocial interventions and psychological wellbeing in cancer survivorship: a meta-analysis26
Differences in stress system (re-)activity between single and dual- or multitasking in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis24
Interventions to change purchasing behaviour in supermarkets: a systematic review and intervention content analysis24
Acute effects of outdoor versus indoor exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis23
Does socioeconomic position moderate the associations between the content and delivery features of digital behaviour change interventions for smoking cessation and intervention effectiveness? A system23
Acceptance and commitment therapy processes and their association with distress in cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Efficacy of mental health smartphone apps on stress levels: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials22
Why do people sit? A framework for targeted behavior change20
Ramifications of behavioural complexity for habit conceptualisation, promotion, and measurement19
Psychological, social and behavioural factors associated with disease/illness activity and adjustment to Lupus: a systematic review and meta-analysis18
What sixty years of research says about the effectiveness of patient education on health: a second order meta-analysis18
On social health: history, conceptualization, and population patterning17
Parent-child bonding and attachment during pregnancy and early childhood following congenital heart disease diagnosis16
Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting16
Practical parsimony and complexity in conceptualising habit16
Climate hazards and psychological health among coastal communities in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence15
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