Description
Health Psychology® is the official scientific journal of the Society for Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association). Its mission is to advance the science and practice of evidence-based health psychology and behavioral medicine. It publishes peer-reviewed articles on psychological, biobehavioral, social, and environmental factors in physical health and medical illness, and other issues in health psychology.The journal publishes a wide range of original research reports, including observational, experimental, mechanistic, epidemiological, and psychometric studies; treatment development studies; randomized controlled trials including both prevention and treatment studies; and dissemination and implementation research.
It also publishes systematic reviews and meta-analyses, critical reviews of significant issues in health psychology and behavioral medicine, methodological guidance and tutorials, and advances in research methods.
Health Psychology is open to research across the lifespan, studies of diverse populations in a wide variety of settings, and investigations of the reproducibility or generalizability of research on psychological and behavioral factors in physical health and illness. It publishes empirical work across preclinical, clinical, and public health domains, and across all phases of translational health research.
| Period | 2017 → 2020 |
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| Type of journal | Journal |