《健康心理學(xué)》是一本學(xué)術(shù)期刊，致力于加深對行為原則與身體健康和疾病之間科學(xué)關(guān)系的理解。讀者具有廣泛的背景、興趣和專業(yè)，通常是跨學(xué)科的性質(zhì)。《健康心理學(xué)》的主要論文類型是實(shí)證研究報(bào)告。這些論文對于理解行為和身體健康之間的關(guān)系應(yīng)該具有重要的理論或?qū)嵺`意義。特別歡迎面向廣大選民發(fā)表綜合性論文。適宜提交的主題包括但不限于可能有助于疾病或疾病預(yù)防的環(huán)境、社會心理或社會文化因素的作用；用于診斷、治療或康復(fù)身體障礙患者的行為方法;以及通過改變健康信念、態(tài)度或行為(包括使用專業(yè)服務(wù)的決定)來降低疾病風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的技術(shù)。干預(yù)措施可在個(gè)人、團(tuán)體、多中心或社區(qū)一級使用。

Health Psychology is a scholarly journal devoted to furthering an understanding of scientific relationships between behavioral principles on the one hand and physical health and illness on the other. The readership has a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations, often interdisciplinary in nature. The major type of paper being solicited for Health Psychology is the report of empirical research. Such papers should have significant theoretical or practical import for an understanding of relationships between behavior and physical health. Integrative papers that address themselves to a broad constituency are particularly welcome. Suitable topics for submission include, but are not restricted to, the role of environmental, psychosocial, or sociocultural factors that may contribute to disease or its prevention; behavioral methods used in the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of individuals having physical disorders; and techniques that could reduce disease risk by modifying health beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors including decisions about using professional services. Interventions used may be at the individual, group, multicenter, or community level.