Background Dyadic interventions for health behaviour change involving the romantic partner
are promising. However, it often remains unclear how exactly the partner is involved in …

Objectives: Health psychology has contributed significantly to understanding the link
between psychological factors and health and well-being, but it has not often incorporated …

We examined how the experience of high-quality listening (attentive, empathic, and
nonjudgmental) impacts speakers' basic psychological needs and state self-esteem when …

Improved understanding of how normal weight and moderately overweight people manage
their body weight and shape could be used to inform initiatives to prevent and treat obesity …

This study examined the association between diet-and exercise-related social influence and
support among romantic partners, as well as whether these variables were associated with …

Skill transfer is a process where personal cognitive and behavioral abilities are applied to
contexts that are different from the one in which they were originally learned. Literature …

Coaches are recognized as important sources of athlete experiences (eg, learning, sport
satisfaction, relationships with teammates), but little attention has been devoted to how …

Introduction women with a raised BMI are more likely to gain excessive weight in pregnancy
compared to women with a BMI in the normal range. Recent behaviour change interventions …

Confirmation theory is a theoretical framework that forwards that the communication of
acceptance and challenge to recipients promotes prosocial environments that foster positive …

Drawing on the logic of the relational turbulence model, this study examined the ways in
which romantic partners facilitate and interfere with individuals' weight loss goals …