In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology
Volume 7 (2024)
Volume 6 (2023)
Volume 5 (2022)
Volume 4 (2021)
Volume 3 (2020)
Volume 2 (2019)
Volume 1 (2018)
Number of Volumes 7
Number of Issues 22
Number of Articles 161
Number of Contributors 448
Article View 137,857
PDF Download 113,088
View Per Article 856.25
PDF Download Per Article 702.41
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Number of Submissions 414
Rejected Submissions 174
Reject Rate 42
Accepted Submissions 155
Acceptance Rate 37
Time to Accept (Days) 290
Number of Indexing Databases 8
Number of Reviewers 152

 

 Iranian Journal of Health Psychology 

 

 

This journal is publicated under follow iran govermental licence:

1- Ministry of Culture, Publication Session , No: 93/6008.  May 2014

Also

2- Ministry of Science and Research. No: 3/18/313112.  Feb 2019.

Period of publication of this Journal from 1399/08/01; It is quarterly.

iranian journal of health psychology is an open access and peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to the advancement of health psychology.

Papers are subject to a double-blind peer review process to ensure the quality of their underlying research methodology and argument. 

The submitted papers will be published after review as well as the approval of the editorial board. The journal was established by Payame Noor University. The honorable professors and researchers are highly appreciated if they visit this site, register, submit and set up their papers based on authors guidelines. Therefore, visiting in person or calling the journal office are not recommended, so all connections with authors and reviewers are done through the website. The journal provides article download statistics.

“This journal is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws”. 

Open Access Statement:

This journal is a fully access journal which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

Benefits of open access for authors, include:

  • Free access for all users worldwide
  • Authors retain copyright to their work
  • Increased visibility and readership
  • Rapid publication
  • No spatial constraints
  • Articles’ review and publishing charge:

    1. 3,000,000 Rls. For articles’ acceptance
    2. 3,000,000 Rls. For publishing (The total charge includes 6,000,000 Rls. for each article)

Bibliographic Information

Title

iranian journal of health psychology

ISSN

Print:  2783-2686

Online:  2783-2694

Coverage

•​Contextual factors that may contribute to diseases and their prevention.

•​Interfaces among biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors in health

•​Assessment approaches in health

•​Health risk and resilience

•​Child health and adolescent health promotion.

•​Couple and family relationships in health.

•​Lifespan approaches to health, including those related to older adults

•​Evaluation and dissemination of treatment approaches that target the individual, family, group, multicenter, or community level.

•​Ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual, orientation in health.

•​Health disparities.

•​Research methodology, measurement, and statistics in health psychology.

•​Implications of research findings for health-related policy.

•​Advances in health-related theories.

•​Innovations in technology related to health psychology

•​Professional issues in health psychology, including training and supervision.

Language

English; including  Persian abstracts

Start Year

2018

Frequency

Quarterly

Place of Publication

Iran

Publisher

University of Payame Noor

Status

Active

Refereed

Yes

Type of Access

Open Access (OA)

Type of License

CC- BY-NC

Plagiarism Detection Software

iThenticate Gigalib

Type of Publication

Online submission: Free 

Full text access: Open Access

Revenue Sources

Institutional support, Donation

Type of Material

Serial (Periodical)

References

APA Style

 


 Publication of article in this Journal is free.

APSc: Article submission and article processing  in this journal is free.

  We are all aware that plagiarism exists.

 

 

 

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Identification of psychological risk and protective factors of obesity in women

Gita Alipour; Abbas Abolghasemi; Bahman Akbari

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2025

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2025.67091.1302

Abstract
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Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2025

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2025.67569.1308

Abstract
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Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2025

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Abstract
  Objective:This study explored how group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help improve the mental well-being of mothers who have children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).Method:We used a semi-experimental design with pre- and post-tests, including a control group. Thirty ...  Read More

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Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2025

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2025.73915.1395

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Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2025

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2025.73028.1383

Abstract
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A Study on the Effect of Gratitude on Happiness and Well Being
Volume 1, Issue 2 , December 2018, , Pages 65-72

Abstract
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Psychological consequences of patients with coronavirus (COVID- 19): A Qualitative Study
Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2019, , Pages 9-20

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2020.52395.1074

Abstract
  Abstract Objective: Infected persons to Coronavirus experience mental and social consequences because of disease. So the goal of this research is to investigate the mental and social consequences of infected persons. Method: The population in this study was people with new coronavirus (Covid 19) in Bushehr ...  Read More

Prediction of famaily performance of married MS patients based on psychological indexes and mediated by moral foundations and spiritual experience
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 63-78

Abstract
  Objective: The purpose of this study is to create a conceptual empirical model and develop a causal model that is able to explain overall performance of MS patients’ families and provide a scientific and empirical basis to Iranian culture to identify the psychological indexes of hardiness, hope, ...  Read More

Comparison of Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being in Myocardial Infarction Patients and Healthy People
Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2020, , Pages 43-52

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2020.48339.1057

Abstract
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Efficacy of Stress Management Intervention on Psychological, Immune Factors and Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Volume 1, Issue 2 , December 2018, , Pages 33-44

Abstract
  Abstract Background: In this survey, the intervention of cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) on psychological and immune indices and pain in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis is studied. Method: Statistical population of the study consisted of patients who referred to the rheumatology ...  Read More

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