Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The use of herbal or traditional medicines has survived the proliferation of modern medicine. The phenomenon has been labeled as the ‘herbal medicines paradox’ (HMP). We study whether such HMP hypothesis ca…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Food insecurity may predict poorer body image, which is associated with increased risk of mental health problems. However, minimal attention has been given to the food insecurity-body image link and to fact…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The study explored how young adults with cancer create a cancer identity across the illness trajectory. Young adults with hematological cancers (n = 53, ages 20–39) completed a semi-structured interview and…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Psychological flexibility has been hypothesized to preserve health in bad times. We examined whether psychological flexibility as assessed with an abbreviated questionnaire, was indicated to preserve mental…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. The study investigated the willingness for vaccine uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic (April–June 2021), and explored the effect of both mindfulness and health education in managing negative affect post-va…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Our goal was to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a sample of U.S. military veterans with type 2 diabetes and elevated diabetes distress (DD). Cross-sectional analyses were conducted. Th…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. To test the mediatory role of kinesiophobia between greenspace and physical activity, we conducted a cross-sectional survey and recruited 801 participants with chronic low back pain. The level of greenspace…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Qualitative research plays a pivotal role in health psychology, offering insights into the intricacies of health-related issues. However, the specificity of qualitative methodology presents challenges in ad…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Based on the vulnerability-stress model and coping theory, this study of 1920 people in Scotland investigated how sex, age, occupational factors, anxiety, depression and maladaptive coping behaviours are as…
Journal of Health Psychology, Ahead of Print. Risky alcohol consumption behaviours remain commonplace, representing a major threat to health and safety, and are especially evidenced by young university students. Consequently, new interventions targetin…