Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

期刊简介：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.

【译文】《健康心理学和行为医学》是一份同行评审的开放获取期刊，内容涉及心理社会、行为和生物医学健康方面的研究和实践。它是欧洲健康心理学会的官方期刊，该组织致力于通过促进严谨的科学、精确的干预和密切合作，帮助个人、家庭和社会更好地应对与疾病和健康相关的生活挑战。该组织总部位于欧洲，但拥有全球会员，并致力于与世界各地的其他协会交换与健康心理学相关的信息。该杂志致力于帮助建设能力并提供健康心理学研究的机会，特别是在该学科还处于起步阶段的领域。该期刊的主要重点是为那些参与健康和疾病的行为、心理、社会和生物学方面的研究、教学或应用的人们提供重要的新研究的机会。健康心理学和行为医学发表国际、跨学科的研究成果，涉及以下主题： 评估和诊断 健康和疾病的叙述、经验和论述 治疗过程和恢复 人群和个人层面的健康认知和行为 社会心理和行为预防干预 社会心理决定因素和行为后果 健康和疾病的社会和文化背景 健康、疾病和医学 先进信息和通信技术的应用 该杂志发表原创研究文章（定量 - 3,500 篇） 5,000 字，定性 - 最多 8,000 字）；简短报告（试点可接受性和可行性研究，最多 2,000 字）；协议/注册报告；方法、数据说明、干预措施进展；评论、荟萃分析和荟萃回归分析（无字数限制）、心理测量研究、方法论问题以及特刊或系列的提交内容。健康心理学和行为医学实行双重匿名同行评审政策，每篇文章至少有两名同行评审员。