Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is a peer reviewed open access journal of research and practice in psychosocial, behavioral, and biomedical health. It is the official journal of the European Health Psychology Society, an organization focused on helping individuals, families, and societies to better cope with life challenges related to illness and health, by promoting rigorous science, precise interventions, and close collaborations. The organization is based in Europe but has worldwide membership, and is engaged in interchange of information related to health psychology with other associations throughout the world. The journal seeks to help build capacity and provide access to health psychology research, particularly in areas where the discipline is in it's infancy.
The primary focus of the journal is to provide access to essential new research for those involved in the study, teaching, or application of behavioral, psychological, social, and biological aspects of health and illness.
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine publishes international, interdisciplinary research with diverse methodological approaches on the following topics:
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Narratives, experiences, and discourses of health and illness
- Treatment processes and recovery
- Health cognitions and behaviors at population and individual levels
- Psychosocial and behavioral prevention interventions
- Psychosocial determinants and consequences of behavior
- Social and cultural contexts of health and illness
- Health, illness, and medicine
- Application of advanced information and communication technology
The journal publishes original research articles (Quantitative - 3,500 to 5,000 words, Qualitative - up to 8,000 words); brief reports (pilot acceptability and feasibility studies, up to 2,000 words); protocols/registered reports; methods, data notes, intervention developments; reviews, meta-analyses and meta-regression analyses (no word limits), psychometric studies, methodological issues, and submissions for a special issue or series.
Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine operates a double anonymized peer review policy with a minimum of two peer reviewers for every article.
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