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.

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.

In their report, published this week in the Journal of Health Psychology, two studies were conducted on over 1,100 people to see if sleep quality had an impact on belief in conspiracy theories.

Poor sleep can make you susceptible to a wide range of physical and mental health issues, including heart disease, high blood pressure, and anxiety.But new research indicates it may also increase ...

Subfields include counseling, clinical, educational, forensic and health psychology. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 92% of psychology majors study general psychology rather ...

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.

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, ...

Gossiping gets a bad rap, but psychology experts say it could actually benefit our mental health. The activity can help "make meaning of our world and situations," according to Thea Gallagher ...

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 ...

New Opportunities for Advancing Dyadic Health Science in Gerontology. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac187. Wilson, S. J., & Novak, J. R. (2022). The implications of being “in it together”: ...