The Impact of Psychosocial Factors on Health Behaviors
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 893
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the impact of psychosocial factors; implicit attitudes; reinforcement sensitivity; health behaviors; adaptation of a comprehensive model of health status; psychological measurement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There has been a lot of research investigating the prediction of psychological factors for health behaviors, including smoking, drinking, physical activity, diet, risky sexual behavior, and health-seeking behavior in clinical health psychology. The goal of these research studies must be to contribute to improving the health status in various populations by changing the psychological factors and thus health behaviors in a timely manner. However, this transition has not been very smooth since the relationship between psychological factors and health behavior or health behavior change is very complicated. For example, it is hard to decide or select specific psychological factors among many others to explain health behavior; the prediction of psychological factors is different in various health behaviors; psychological factors and health behavior are not a single factor or behavior (e.g., quit attempts vs. cessation maintenance as quitting smoking), which diversifies variables or measurements for the same factor or behavior; the relationship between psychological factors and health behaviors is different among various ethnic, racial, or social groups; and it is difficult to explain when and how the psychological factors have an impact on health behavior. Therefore, we still need more studies in this area of research. In this Special Issue of Behavioral Sciences, we welcome studies that successfully address these issues or limits, or imply potential solutions in the future, and that significantly expand the current level of understanding of the impact of cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and environmental factors on various health behaviors for improving the health status in populations.
Dr. Hyoung Suk Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- psychological factors
- cognitive factors
- emotional factors
- health behavior
- substance use
- physical activity
- diet
- health seeking behavior
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