Depression is one of the most common comorbidities of many chronic medical diseases
including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurological disorders …

This article reviews the current state of knowledge and promising new directions concerning
the psychology of pandemics. Pandemics are disease outbreaks that spread globally …

Three studies investigated habitual worry about global warming as an example of'eco-
anxiety'. The key question was whether such worrying is constructive (a motivated pro …

Despite its increased recognition as a major health threat, fatty liver disease associated with
metabolic dysfunction remains largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. An international …

Objectives Rates of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infections have rapidly
increased worldwide and reached pandemic proportions. A suite of preventive behaviours …

Objective. The COVID‐19 epidemic has shown a more benign course in Greece possibly
due to the early lockdown measures. Mental health consequences of the lockdown however …

Objective: The health action process approach (HAPA) is a social–cognitive model
specifying motivational and volitional determinants of health behavior. A meta-analysis of …

The common sense model of illness self-regulation outlines the dynamic processes by
which individuals perceive, interpret, and respond to health threats and illness-related …

Rationale The reasoned action approach (RAA) is a social cognitive model that outlines the
determinants of intentional behavior. Primary and meta-analytic studies support RAA …

Use of fear appeals assumes that when people are emotionally confronted with the negative
effects of their behaviour they will change that behaviour. That reasoning is simple and …