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{"title":"Life satisfaction moderates the impact of daily stressors on well-being and health.","authors":"William J Chopik, Laura Rosella, John Helliwell, Koichiro Shiba, Eric S Kim","doi":"10.1037/hea0001538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Higher life satisfaction is associated with reduced risk of age-related morbidities and premature mortality. However, the degree to which life satisfaction moderates the physical and mental health-related outcomes of daily stressors remains understudied. In this study, we evaluated whether higher life satisfaction moderated the association between the experience of daily stressors and reports of positive affect, negative affect, and physical symptoms.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used data from a substudy of the Midlife in the United States Study (<i>n</i> = 2,022; conducted 2004-2009). Participants reported their life satisfaction and daily diary entries on stress, positive/negative affect, and physical symptoms. We used multilevel modeling to assess whether life satisfaction moderated stress-related variations in affect and physical symptoms when participants reported a particularly high number of stressors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Higher life satisfaction was associated with lower negative affect and fewer physical symptoms among participants who reported more frequent stressors (i.e., between-subjects). We did not observe associations with positive affect. Life satisfaction also moderated the impact of stressors within individuals, such that people reported higher negative affect and physical symptoms on days with more stressors but this association was reduced among those higher in life satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings from this study advance our understanding of how life satisfaction might confer benefits for mental and physical health, primarily through moderating the effect of stress on poorer outcomes. We discuss the findings in the context of the mechanisms linking psychological well-being to physical health in the context of stress across the lifespan. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144651273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Z-curve analysis of studies involving moderation published in leading health psychology journals.","authors":"Lindsey Fremling, Caroline Strauel, Emma Bognar","doi":"10.1037/hea0001534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To use a recently developed methodology, z-curve analysis, to estimate the likelihood of replication success for recently published studies in three leading health psychology journals with high impact factors that involved some form of a moderation analysis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Utilizing a z-curve analysis, we estimated the replicability, false positives, publication bias, and \"file drawer ratio\" of 124 independent tests of moderation with significant results published in recent issues of three leading journals in the field of health psychology. z-curve analyses were conducted for all the journals combined and each journal separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The distribution of z scores derived from all 124 studies indicated that the estimation of the expected replication rate and false positive ratio were 46.0% and 8.3%, respectively. The estimated file drawer ratio was 1.6, indicating that for every statistically significant interaction reported, nearly two nonsignificant interactions go unreported. In comparing the three journals, <i>Health Psychology</i> had the best overall results (expected replication rate = 52.3%, Soric false discovery rate = 4.8%, file drawer ration = 0.9). Of the 124 studies examined, 23 conducted power analyses to determine sample size, seven preregistered hypotheses, and three conducted a replication analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results suggest a need for change regarding both the methodological practices used and the publication processes in place to improve the validity and efficacy of research regarding moderation effects in behavioral medicine-this includes preregistering hypotheses, using formalized methods to determine sample size, and utilizing attention checks. Journals can encourage or require these practices and foster acceptance of nonsignificant results to limit publication biases. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144651285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Narratives, emotions, and slogans: Community co-designed campaigns to recruit black blood donors from the general U.K. population.","authors":"Eamonn Ferguson, Erin Dawe-Lane, Richard Mills, Krystal Oteng-Attakora, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Angela M Wood, Barbara Masser, Abiola Okubanjo","doi":"10.1037/hea0001525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Blood is an essential medicine, and to deliver effective health care, blood services need to attract donors who represent the diverse demographics of health care users. At present, there is a substantial shortfall of Black donors. We report how a novel community-based co-designed arts-based approach to encourage Black donors generalizes to the wider U.K.</p><p><strong>Population: </strong></p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The co-design process involved four stages: (a) needs identification (n = 42 Black people) to identify where, when and with whom Black people discussed blood donation; (b) workshops to co-design arts-based interventions (<i>n</i> = 12: Black people-professional actors/artists and lay people); (c) test and refinement of the narratives (<i>n</i> = 1); and (d) evaluation using an online experiment to provide a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the co-designed narratives relative to a slogan-based campaign in terms of affect (mediator) and two outcomes (willingness to donate and encourage others to donate; <i>n</i> = 826: 345 Black people, 481 White people).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four script narratives were produced: (a) comedy-challenging misconceptions; (b) reciprocity-donating for mutual benefit; (c) donor-recipient-linking donors and recipients; and (d) sliding doors-reversing a timeline to provide a positive outcome. All four narratives were evaluated positively. For White people, the slogan-based campaign enhanced both outcomes via positive affect. For Black people, the donor-recipient narrative enhanced both outcomes via positive affect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>All communities positively rated the co-designed arts-based approaches and showed specific benefits for encouraging Black donors. Blood services should consider using co-designed arts-based approaches. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Need for closure moderates the relationship between social circle's and own influenza vaccination behavior in a two-wave survey of U.S. adults.","authors":"John D Dimoff, Andillon Del Pesco, Gina M DiLuzio, Daniel Perkins, Ahrianna Keefe, Francesca N Folio","doi":"10.1037/hea0001467","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social norms predict flu vaccination uptake. Social norms are also a shared reality phenomenon that may have epistemic underpinnings, although this possibility has not yet been tested. We examined whether the relationship between perceived social circle vaccine coverage and own vaccination behavior depends on one's need for closure (NFC), or discomfort with uncertainty.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We recruited a national sample of 300 participants to complete a pair of brief online surveys, the first of which was administered in September 2021 (Wave 1) and the second of which was administered in November 2021 (Wave 2). Participants estimated their social circle's vaccination behavior for the 2020-2021 flu season and reported their own vaccination behavior for the 2021-2022 flu season. Participants also completed a measure of dispositional NFC, along with other measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Social circle vaccine coverage reported at Wave 1 predicted participants' vaccination behavior reported at Wave 2, and this relationship was moderated by the NFC. As hypothesized, participants with a high NFC were more likely to adhere to their social circles' vaccination norms, as compared to participants with a moderate or low NFC. Additional analyses were conducted to explore other relevant associations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings suggest that people's perception of their social circle's vaccination history interacts with their own desire for certainty in the process they use to make vaccination decisions. This raises the possibility that interventions should promote positive social norms and induce epistemic motivations in tandem to promote vaccine uptake. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"734-743"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A pilot study examining differential relationships between inflammation and emotion dysregulation across young and middle adulthood.","authors":"Megan E Renna, Phillip E Spaeth, Kylee F Behringer, Joanne Qinaʻau, Michal Clayton, Douglas S Mennin","doi":"10.1037/hea0001457","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Emotion dysregulation disrupts normal biological function by increasing inflammation, thus putting people at risk for long-term health issues. These risks are amplified through aging, and accelerated biological aging poses a significant threat to longevity. This pilot study examined several emotion regulation skills, as well as emotion dysregulation broadly, and their relationship with inflammation among physically healthy adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Community members (<i>N</i> = 79, _<i>M</i>age = 30.88, <i>SD</i> = 11.4) completed a laboratory visit where they had their blood drawn to test for inflammation (interleukin-6 [IL-6] and tumor necrosis factor-alpha). They also completed self-report questionnaires assessing mindfulness, emotion dysregulation, and rumination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All models adjusted for body mass index, medication use, gender, and race. Among middle-aged participants, greater mindfulness was related to lower IL-6 (<i>b</i> = -0.01, <i>SE</i> = 0.002, <i>p</i> = .03). Conversely, greater rumination corresponded to higher IL-6 (<i>b</i> = 0.03, <i>SE</i> = 0.02, <i>p</i> = .03). Emotion dysregulation was related to higher IL-6 (<i>b</i> = 0.004, <i>SE</i> = 0.002, <i>p</i> = .02). Across each of these models, the simple slopes for the younger participants were not significant (<i>p</i>s > .29), highlighting that relationships between emotion regulation and inflammation were only robust for middle-aged, but not young adult, participants. Age did not moderate the relationship between emotion regulation and tumor necrosis factor-alpha.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These data highlight how emotion regulation strategies, both adaptive and maladaptive, might influence inflammation. Given how inflammation increases with age, using these strategies may be protective against accelerated biological aging and promote greater overall wellness throughout adulthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":"44 7","pages":"708-714"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing Helicobacter pylori prevention through fear appeals in health public service announcements: Two randomized experiments.","authors":"Xiaodong Yang, Shuo Li, Jinhui Li","doi":"10.1037/hea0001452","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Given the high prevalence of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection and the established effectiveness of <i>H. pylori</i> prevention in reducing gastric cancer risk, efforts generally focus on promoting <i>H. pylori</i> screening and risk-reducing dining customs. This study aimed to identify effective fear appeal public service announcements (PSAs) capable of promoting intentions for <i>H. pylori</i> prevention.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The participants in our experiments were recruited from an online survey platform in China. Experiment 1 employed a 2 (self-oriented threat: present vs. absent) × 2 (other-oriented threat: present vs. absent) × 2 (personal efficacy: present vs. absent) design to assess <i>H. pylori</i> screening intentions. A total of 312 participants were randomly assigned to eight conditions. Experiment 2 utilized a 2 (self-oriented threat: present vs. absent) × 2 (other-oriented threat: present vs. absent) × 2 (efficacy types: personal vs. collective) design to evaluate intentions to use separate serving chopsticks as the risk-reducing dining custom, with 293 participants randomly assigned to eight conditions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Experiment 1, positive effects were observed for self-oriented threat, other-oriented threat, and personal efficacy in fear appeal PSAs on <i>H. pylori</i> screening intention. The three-way interaction effect revealed that the effects of fear appeal PSAs on <i>H. pylori</i> screening intentions depended on the presence of other-oriented threat. In Experiment 2, fear appeal PSAs with a collective efficacy message elicited higher intentions to use separate serving chopsticks than PSAs with a self-efficacy message.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Fear appeal PSAs aimed at promoting <i>H. pylori</i> prevention could highlight other-oriented threat and collective efficacy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":"44 7","pages":"686-695"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trajectories of depressive symptoms and influencing factors among breast cancer patients: A longitudinal study.","authors":"Shiyi Chen, Minghong Tang, Zhihui Gu, Li Liu, Hui Wu, Mengyao Li","doi":"10.1037/hea0001480","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Breast cancer patients suffer from depressive symptoms during treatments and may show different trajectories of depressive symptoms. The health ecology model provides an integrated perspective for explaining the factors influencing depressive symptoms. This study aimed to (a) analyze the trajectories of depressive symptoms that may occur in breast cancer patients and (b) explore their influencing factors by the health ecology model.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 236 participants (<i>Mdn</i>_age = 55 years) finally completed three valid surveys. The patients answered a personal information sheet, the Self-rating Depression Scale, the Family Environment Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form. Data were collected after surgery, 3 months after surgery, and 6 months after surgery. Latent Growth Mixture Modeling was used to identify distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms in patients. Influencing factors of trajectory memberships were identified using multinomial logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three distinct trajectory groups (\"slowly rising\"; <i>n</i> = 210, 89%, \"persistently low\"; <i>n</i> = 13, 5.5%, and \"fluctuating\"; <i>n</i> = 13, 5.5%) were revealed for depressive symptoms. Life satisfaction, family environment, and fear of progression were associated with an increasing trend of depressive symptoms, and family environment was associated with a fluctuating trend.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings demonstrated the diversity of depressive symptoms changes, along with the impact of factors in psychological behaviors layer and interpersonal networks layer. It helps to identify breast cancer patients at higher risk of increasing or fluctuating depressive symptoms, thereby allowing for relevant psychological interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"677-685"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143671782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Time frame and perceived stress in the intention-planning-physical activity link.","authors":"Yue Xu, Olivia Choy","doi":"10.1037/hea0001461","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aims to investigate the influence of time frame and perceived stress on the relationship between intention, planning, and physical activity (PA) within the health action process approach framework.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Following a baseline assessment of 177 participants (64.4% female, <i>M</i>_age = 21.1 years), which measured perceived stress from the previous week and intentions to do PA, action planning, and coping planning for the following week, a 21-day daily survey was conducted, recording participants' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels each day and their daily intention to do PA, as well as daily action and coping planning for the next day. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze the daily dynamics in the intention-planning-MVPA link, and mediation was used to analyze how predictors influenced MVPA levels over 1 week after the baseline assessment. Moderated mediation models were tested to examine the moderating role of perceived stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study found that action planning had a more immediate impact on daily MVPA while coping planning played a more significant role in mediating the relationship between intention and MVPA on a weekly basis. Perceived stress did not significantly moderate the intention-planning-behavior link in either time frame.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that planning strategies may be tailored to specific time frames, with action planning having a larger impact on daily intentions while coping planning better supports weekly intentions. This research contributes to our understanding of health behavior and offers insights for interventions to promote PA. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":"44 7","pages":"715-724"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the social undermining of dietary and physical activity behaviors: A systematic scoping review.","authors":"Kellie B Scotti, Hannah A Lavoie, Hannah Bryson, Megan A McVay","doi":"10.1037/hea0001456","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social undermining of dietary and physical activity behavior may impact one's ability to lose or maintain weight. This review aims to identify how social undermining of dietary and physical activity behavior has been conceptualized and measured in the existing literature, and what is known about its effects on weight management.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Studies were retrieved from three electronic databases and were included if they focused on examining the social undermining of dietary and physical activity behavior in adults. Two coders independently evaluated the eligibility criteria of each study and extracted data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-three studies were identified. Populations included individuals enrolled in weight loss programs (<i>k</i> = 11) and non-treatment-seeking populations (<i>k</i> = 22). Many study participants were White, but 11 studies sampled non-White populations exclusively. Multiple measures have been used to assess the social undermining of dietary and physical activity behavior, many having limited evidence of reliability and validity. Although studies on prevalence are limited, undermining has been reported to occur in 28% of individuals, and family has been identified as a primary source of undermining. Studies aiming to link undermining with actual eating and physical activity behaviors and weight outcomes are limited, and these links have been supported in some studies. Few studies examined the undermining intentionality, defined undermining, or tested individual characteristics associated with undermining.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future research should seek to improve the measurement of undermining and use a variety of additional research methods to move the field toward better understanding and ability to address social undermining of weight behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"665-676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144043215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using specification curve analysis to explore prospective associations between dimensions of positive psychological well-being and cardiometabolic disease.","authors":"Rachel J Burns, Geneviève C Forget, Kimia Fardfini-Ruginets","doi":"10.1037/hea0001459","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Literature suggests that higher positive psychological well-being (PPWB) is associated with reduced risk of cardiometabolic disease. However, PPWB is multidimensional. Most models do not distinguish between dimensions of PPWB in relation to cardiometabolic disease. This study demonstrated how specification curve analysis can be used to explore if the association between PPWB and incident cardiometabolic disease is influenced by the dimension of PPWB, cardiometabolic disease, and covariates under investigation.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data came from the Midlife in the United States study (<i>n</i> = 2,895). Nine dimensions of PPWB and covariates were measured at baseline (2004-2005) and five cardiometabolic diseases were self-reported at follow-up (2013-2014). One hundred eighty model specifications, each containing one dimension of PPWB, one cardiometabolic disease, and one set of covariates, were generated. Standardized odds ratios from corresponding logistic regression models, in which PPWB predicted incident cardiometabolic disease, were then plotted on a specification curve.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median standardized odds ratio across models was 0.94. PPWB was inversely associated with incident cardiometabolic disease in 18% of models. Significant associations depended upon the dimension of PPWB, the outcome, and covariates.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Researcher decisions about the dimension of PPWB, cardiometabolic disease outcome, and covariates under investigation appear to be consequential. Specification curve analysis can be used to develop an evidence base that starts to distinguish between dimensions of PPWB in relation to cardiometabolic disease. Thinking carefully about if and how specific dimensions of PPWB are associated with particular health outcomes is an avenue for theory refinement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":"44 7","pages":"696-707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}