Health Psychology Review, 10(1), 1–25. This study explains the role of consistency in habit formation, showing that repeated behaviors over an average of 66 days lead to automaticity.

Most worryingly, and yet not surprisingly, half of parents of 6- to 17-year-olds (51 percent) report their child’s mental health was negatively affected by their pandemic experiences.

In this article, you will meet four mental health professionals who are not just treating patients; they’re adding their unique approaches and authentic voices to the field of psychology in 2025.

Health Psychology The psychology of why video game farming is so satisfying If you hate your 9-5, consider working in a farm simulator game like Stardew Valley.

The decline of religion across the U.S. seems to be associated with negative health effects, write Dr. Phil and Dr. John Whyte of WebMD.

A 2021 study published in Frontiers of Psychology explored the negative side effects of both social media and video game addiction and, to be clear, found all kinds of downsides to each.

GI psychology is a subspecialty of health psychology, notes Dr. Gentile. Health psychologists take a "biopsychosocial" approach to treatment. "They look at how different psychological, ...

But Carla Meijen, a sports-psychology researcher at the University of Amsterdam who edited a 2019 textbook on the psychology of endurance performance, urged me to think more broadly.

Many Ph.D. in psychology programs lead to clinical psychologist licensure, but not everyone in this discipline wants to diagnose and treat mental health. A nonclinical Ph.D. in psychology explores ...

In a new study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, researchers from the Universities of Bath and Southampton have unveiled how just 10 minutes of daily mindfulness practice can ...