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{"title":"Not all cues are equal: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis of context consistency, physical activity and habit strength.","authors":"Lianghao Zhu, Yingying Tao, Bojun Zhou, Haoming Ma, Navin Kaushal, Xinyi Ma, Yi Guo, Rui Zhao, Solomon B Oguntuase, Hui Li, Liancheng Zhang","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70204","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although models on habit formation identify the importance of contextual cues as a prerequisite for physical activity (PA) habit formation, no quantitative synthesis has yet established which cue dimensions matter most for habit strength and PA behaviour. This study primarily examined the relationships of context consistency with PA behaviour and PA habit strength, compared effect sizes across five cue dimensions and explored potential moderators. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted, including a search of six electronic databases. A three level random effects model was employed to account for effect size dependency. A total of 14 independent studies involving 6069 participants were integrated. Context consistency was significantly correlated with both PA behaviour (r = 0.11) and PA habit strength (r = 0.20). Although effect sizes were small, they are consistent with population-level benchmarks in the PA literature. Only temporal consistency and routine consistency were significantly correlated with PA behaviour; consistency of temporal, social, location, routine and mood cues showed significant positive associations with PA habit strength; no studies examined associations involving object cues. PA operationalisation (frequency vs. duration) moderated the consistency-behaviour relationship, with stronger effects when PA was operationalised as frequency rather than duration. Additionally, PA habit strength was found to be significantly positively correlated with PA behaviour, with a medium-to-large effect size. These findings indicate that cue dimensions differentially relate to PA outcomes, with temporal and routine cues emerging as key targets for behaviour-focused interventions, supporting a shift toward cue-specific PA promotion strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70204"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13467471/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148719977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of self-guided mindfulness versus self-compassion application on physiological and psychological outcomes in workers: A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Takumu Kurosawa, Koichiro Adachi, Ryu Takizawa","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70201","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This randomized controlled trial compared 4-week self-guided self-compassion meditation (SCM) and mindfulness meditation (MM) apps among workers in two active arms (n = 201); analyses included intervention initiators with session-level data (SCM n = 86; MM n = 85). Primary daily outcomes were pre-session levels and immediate pre-post changes in HR, heart rate variability by RMSSD, and subjective relaxation; secondary weekly outcomes were PANAS and Affect Grid scores. Repeated-measures ANOVA and linear mixed models examined time and group effects. Daily models showed increased pre-post RMSSD differences and pre-session HR across days in SCM, stronger pre-post HR reduction and increased pre-session HR in MM, and reduced pre-post relaxation differences in both groups, with no group × day interactions. Weekly LMM analyses suggested reduced negative affect in SCM; however, SCM and MM showed broadly comparable effects, with no significant group × time interactions across daily and weekly outcomes. These findings support the value of short-term trajectories and physiological markers and warrant longer follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70201"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13423586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148629127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using the double diamond framework to co-create and evaluate '1TeamActive': A physical activity and well-being intervention for police workers and their families.","authors":"Owen Thomas, Helen Oliver, Tjerk Moll, Katherine Willoughby, Catharine Moss","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70197","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Police work can be stressful, negatively affecting well-being and familial relationships. But, the influence of family-based interventions on such outcomes is unknown. Using co-creation, we employed the 'Double Diamond' framework in four British police forces to develop, deliver and evaluate '1TeamActive' - a physical activity intervention for police workers and their families. Multiple stakeholders (Team Police UK, Sport England, four UK police forces, police workers and families) participated in four longitudinal research phases. In Phase 1, literature reviews 'Discovered' the stress impacts of policing (workers and families) and explored physical activity as a potential mitigator. In Phase 2, stakeholders 'Defined' an initial intervention plan, which was 'Developed' in Phase 3 to produce context-specific delivery. In Phase 4, a 12-week instructor-led physical activity intervention was 'Delivered' and evaluated. One hundred and two police workers and their families completed the intervention. Repeated Measures Multivariate Analysis of Variance (RM-MANOVA) indicated that physical activity, well-being and work-related variables improved significantly from pre- to post-intervention, Pillai's trace = .65, F(8, 59) = 13.71, p < .001. Evaluation interviews indicated participants' perceived positive individual and familial benefits from completing '1TeamActive'. Our findings provide novelty and rigour with respect to intervention development, and the feasibility and acceptability findings support the intervention's potential to improve selected outcomes. Controlled trials are needed to determine efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70197"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13428052/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148648163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prospective multidimensional predictors of poor sleep quality in older adults: A cross-national study.","authors":"Jiale Xu, Yuanxiao Ma","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70207","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Poor sleep quality is highly prevalent among older adults and is associated with a wide range of adverse psychological, cognitive, and physical health outcomes. However, existing evidence has largely been derived from single-country studies, limiting the understanding of whether predictors of poor sleep quality are consistent across different sociocultural contexts. Guided by the biopsychosocial framework, this study aimed to identify shared and context-specific predictors of subsequent poor sleep quality among older adults using data from four nationally representative longitudinal cohorts (Health and Retirement Study [HRS], English Longitudinal Study of Ageing [ELSA], China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study [CHARLS], and Mexican Health and Aging Study [MHAS]). Participants aged ≥60 years with good baseline sleep quality were included, and harmonized predictors across demographic, biological, psychological, and social-behavioral domains were examined using cross-validated least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression within each cohort. Depressive symptoms consistently emerged as the strongest predictor of subsequent poor sleep quality across all cohorts, whereas gender, cognitive function, educational attainment, self-rated health, and comorbidity burden showed varying predictive contributions across populations. These findings highlight the multidimensional nature of sleep quality in later life and suggest that psychological health, particularly depressive symptoms, represents a potential target for early identification and intervention across diverse cultural settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70207"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13477825/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148758306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of dynamic and static norm messages on physical activity behaviours: Evidence from two experimental studies.","authors":"Mark Stevens, Holly Freeman, Clare Newton, Gabrielle Guillermo-Tregoning","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence suggests that dynamic norm messages, which communicate a positive collective change in behaviour over time, are more effective for changing some behaviours than messages that highlight current normative behaviour (i.e. static norm messages). However, it is unclear whether this is true for physical activity behaviours. We sought to advance understanding by testing this in two pre-registered experiments with mixed designs. In Study 1 (N = 105), we assessed the effects of the two types of messages on young adults' performance (distance travelled) and exertion (maximum and average heart rate) during a cycling task. In Study 2 (N = 163), we assessed their effects on older adults' physical activity interest, intentions and self-reported weekly activity. Static norm messages consistently had stronger effects on behaviour than dynamic norm messages, leading to greater improvements in exercise task performance and total weekly physical activity. There was also some evidence that both types of messages boosted physical activity outcomes indirectly via their positive impact on motivation and self-efficacy. Findings suggest that communicating current norms in a way that either provides people with a 'target' to aim for or that speaks to the proportion of others that are outdoing them can be particularly effective for improving physical activity behaviours.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70209"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13487498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148787316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taste, sight, and sound: Multisensory evaluative conditioning shifts attitudes and food choices toward healthy foods.","authors":"Yilin Yang, Chunchun Chen, Yaxiong Li, Jianping Huang","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70205","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Negative attitudes toward healthy foods and positive attitudes toward unhealthy foods significantly undermine healthier choices, and evaluative conditioning (EC) has the potential to reverse such attitudes. EC is a learning procedure in which a neutral stimulus acquires emotional value through repeated pairings with an affectively charged stimulus. This research combined multi-channel physiological measurement instrument and virtual reality in two studies, incorporating actual food tasting into the intervention procedure, to explore whether multisensory EC is a more effective attitude change strategy than unisensory EC to nudge healthy eating. Study 1 (N = 48) compared the effectiveness of single-sensory EC (visual or auditory) versus multisensory EC (using both visual and auditory stimuli) and found that multisensory EC produced a stronger health-nudging effect. Physiological data, including heart rate and skin conductance responses, further supported this finding. To further enhance the efficacy of multisensory EC paradigms, Study 2 (N = 96) also explored the influence of media (2D vs. VR) and food type (healthy vs. unhealthy) on intervention outcomes. Results revealed an asymmetric effect: VR amplified the effects of multisensory EC on attitude-related and consumption-related outcomes for healthy foods, but not for unhealthy foods. Taken together, this research demonstrates the advantages of multisensory EC in nudging healthy eating and provides a low-cost, easy-to-operate strategy with the potential to shift people's negative attitudes toward healthy foods.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":"e70205"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13471037/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148720119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Embedding the sustainable development goals in education for the mental health workforce: A scoping review of pedagogies and practice","authors":"Madeleine Pownall,&nbsp;Ember Corpuz,&nbsp;Richard Harris,&nbsp;Anastasia Ejova,&nbsp;Ziadatul Hikmiah,&nbsp;Ridwan Aji Budi Prasetyo,&nbsp;Anang Sujoko,&nbsp;Ali Mashuri,&nbsp;Dicky C. Pelupessy,&nbsp;Deborah Turnbull,&nbsp;Natasha van Antwerpen","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70192","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70192","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a global framework for addressing interconnected social, economic, and environmental challenges by 2030. This review examines how the SDGs have been incorporated into interdisciplinary degree and professional training programs for the mental health workforce, broadly defined. The review systematically searched and analyzed the literature, resulting in 47 papers eligible for full-text assessment. Studies were examined for pedagogical frameworks, teaching strategies, and programmatic interventions explicitly linking SDGs to mental health workforce education. Pedagogical practices were categorized thematically, and the review identified both the educational philosophies underpinning integration efforts and the practical teaching interventions applied. Data were synthesized to describe trends, highlight gaps, and provide insights into approaches for embedding sustainability content in mental health education. Three overarching pedagogical approaches emerged from the reviewed studies: (1) active and critical learning, emphasizing reflective engagement with SDG-related issues; (2) collaborative learning, fostering interdisciplinary knowledge-sharing and teamwork; and (3) experiential and service learning, enabling applied practice in community and global contexts. While evidence showed innovative integration of SDGs into curricula, significant gaps remained in consistency and scalability. Challenges included limited programmatic coordination, insufficient training for educators, and a lack of frameworks guiding mental health–specific integration. Overall, findings indicate growing but uneven incorporation of SDGs into education for the global mental health workforce. The review shows how the SDGs can be embedded into mental health workforce education through deliberate and structured pedagogical strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13385460/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148534996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gained social identification and sense of shared experience after flood exposure: Psychosocial pathways to post-traumatic symptoms and growth","authors":"Magdalena Skrodzka,&nbsp;Sabina Toruńczyk-Ruiz,&nbsp;Anna Wnuk","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70193","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research provides the first quasi-experimental and longitudinal examination of the Social Identity Model of Traumatic Identity Change among individuals affected by the September 2024 flood in Poland. Advancing the state of the art, we analyzed the emergence of identification with flood-affected people and extended the model by incorporating the sense of shared experience (SSE) within this group. Surveys were completed 3 months <i>(N</i> = 630) and 7 months after the flood <i>(N</i> = 315).</p><p>The results indicated that the severity of flood exposure was linked with higher post-traumatic stress (PTS) and post-traumatic growth (PTG). Repeated trauma strengthened both identification and SSE with those affected by the flood. Over time, SSE remained stable, whereas identification decreased, suggesting that SSE serves as a more enduring psychosocial resource than group identification. SSE predicted the subsequent PTG but not the PTS, highlighting its positive role in adaptive coping, while PTS contributed to later increases in SSE. Multi-group analyses comparing participants from flood-prone areas who were at risk but had not experienced flooding, those with less recent flood exposure, those with recent flood exposure, and those experiencing re-traumatization from both past and recent floods revealed that the pathways linking identification, SSE, and post-traumatic outcomes differed across these groups. These findings demonstrate the differential function of social processes under varying trauma contexts. Overall, this research underscores the importance of considering exposure history in post-disaster interventions and highlights how social identity and shared experience can both support resilience and shape recovery trajectories.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aphw.70193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The ups and downs of psychological states: The role of subject-level variability in affect and motivation as predictors of sedentary behavior in older adults","authors":"Jaclyn P. Maher,&nbsp;Jeffrey D. Labban,&nbsp;Brynn L. Hudgins,&nbsp;Alexander Jochim,&nbsp;Diamond McKelvey,&nbsp;Sarah I. Posidis-Kowalski,&nbsp;Berta Vidal Carnero,&nbsp;Chris Wing,&nbsp;Cooper L. Giese,&nbsp;Laurie Kennedy-Malone","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70177","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70177","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sedentary behavior poses significant risks to older adults yet remains an understudied health risk behavior. Studies typically overlook the importance of subject-level variability in psychological constructs as predictors of sedentary behavior, instead focusing on the role that typical or mean levels of these constructs play in predicting behavior. This study uses ecological momentary assessment and device-based sedentary behavior to determine the role of subject-level variability in psychological constructs as predictors of sedentary behavior in older adults. Findings reveal that subject-level variability in positive affect, but not motivational or self-regulatory constructs, is associated with sedentary behavior (total sedentary behavior: <i>β</i> = −18.136, SE = 8.284, <i>p</i> = .029; bouted sedentary behavior: <i>β</i> = −16.534, SE = 7.814, <i>p</i> = .034). The association between subject-level variability and total sedentary behavior tended to be positive but marginally significant among participants with lower mean levels of positive affect but was negative and significantly different from zero among participants with higher mean levels of positive affect. These findings highlight the importance of considering not only mean levels but also within-person fluctuations in psychological constructs as key predictors of sedentary behavior. Studies of this kind can inform the development of personalized interventions, tailored to patterns of determinants in key constructs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148444219","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":"Music making and wellbeing: A systematic review of methods, musical activities, and outcomes","authors":"Cecilia Steinmacher,&nbsp;Clemens Wöllner","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70191","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70191","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on music making and wellbeing reports positive effects across psychological, physiological, and social dimensions. A closer look, nevertheless, reveals that most of these studies solely focus on group singing and define wellbeing in various and occasionally limited ways. This systematic review aimed at identifying the different research designs of quantitative studies in the field, structuring the musical activities, and summarizing the wellbeing outcomes. A comprehensive literature search in five databases resulted in a total of 50 papers that were included in the current review. Results showed that the majority of studies used quasi-experimental designs with active or passive control conditions. Group and individual singing were most frequently studied. As for psychological wellbeing, studies with positive or no evidence are nearly balanced, with the exception of choral studies in younger and middle-aged adults that predominantly provided positive evidence. Physiological wellbeing was measured mostly in singing activities with mixed results. Social wellbeing was primarily reported for group singing activities, with predominantly positive evidence. Taken together, this review underlines the need for including a wider range of music making activities in research on wellbeing, a careful selection of the respective research designs, and a balanced use of wellbeing measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148417861","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}