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Overview

Andrew Prestwich is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a strong emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology. Their research also spans several related subfields, including general health professions, applied psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their published work covers a range of topics, notably behavioral health and interventions, mental health research topics, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other themes include motivation and self-concept in sports, sleep and related disorders, health policy implementation science, and evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

Prestwich has contributed to multiple academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Psychology and Health
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Health Psychology Review
  • Health Psychology
  • UNC Libraries

Their collaboration network includes coauthors with whom they have published multiple times, such as:

  • Daryl B. O'Connor
  • Mark Conner
  • Ridda Ali
  • Mark S. Gilthorpe
  • Nikos Ntoumanis

Selected recent papers by Andrew Prestwich demonstrate their involvement in health psychology and behavioral science research. These include:

  • "A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health," 2020, Health Psychology Review
  • "The association between worry and rumination with sleep in non-clinical populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Health Psychology Review
  • "Health effects of psychological interventions for worry and rumination: A meta-analysis," 2021, Health Psychology
  • "Do socio-structural factors moderate the effects of health cognitions on COVID-19 protection behaviours?" 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • "Investigating which behaviour change techniques work for whom in which contexts delivered by what means: Proposal for an international collaboratory of Centres for Understanding Behaviour Change (CUBiC)," 2020, British Journal of Health Psychology

Best Publications

  • Are interventions theory-based? Development of a theory coding scheme.

    Susan Michie;Andrew Prestwich

  • A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health

    Nikos Ntoumanis;Johan Y.Y. Ng;Andrew Prestwich;Eleanor Quested

  • Does theory influence the effectiveness of health behavior interventions? Meta-analysis

    Andrew Prestwich;Falko F. Sniehotta;Craig Whittington;Stephan U. Dombrowski

  • Does monitoring goal progress promote goal attainment? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence.

    Benjamin Harkin;Thomas L. Webb;Betty P. I. Chang;Andrew Prestwich

  • The TIPPME intervention typology for changing environments to change behaviour

    Gareth J. Hollands;Giacomo Bignardi;Marie Johnston;Michael P. Kelly

  • The use of implementation intentions and the decision balance sheet in promoting exercise behaviour

    Andrew Prestwich;Rebecca Lawton;Mark Conner

  • Using aversive images to enhance healthy food choices and implicit attitudes: An experimental test of evaluative conditioning.

    Gareth J. Hollands;Andrew Prestwich;Theresa M. Marteau

  • Using theory to develop and test interventions to promote changes in health behaviour: evidence, issues, and recommendations

    Andrew Prestwich;Thomas L Webb;Mark Conner

  • Can implementation intentions and text messages promote brisk walking? A randomized trial.

    Andrew Prestwich;Marco Perugini;Robert Hurling

  • Interventions to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages or increase water intake: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    E.J. Vargas-Garcia;C.E.L. Evans;A. Prestwich;B.J. Sykes-Muskett

  • How can self-efficacy be increased? Meta-analysis of dietary interventions

    Andrew Prestwich;Ian Kellar;Richard Parker;Siobhan MacRae

  • Relations Between Implicit and Explicit Measures of Attitudes and Measures of Behavior: Evidence of Moderation by Individual Difference Variables

    Mark T. Conner;Marco Perugini;Rick O'Gorman;Karen Ayres

  • Can the effects of implementation intentions on exercise be enhanced using text messages

    AJ Prestwich;M Perugini;R Hurling

  • The IAT as a predictor of food choice: The case of fruits versus snacks

    Juliette Richetin;Marco Perugini;Andrew Prestwich;Rick O'Gorman

  • Dyadic interventions to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour: systematic review and meta-analysis

    R. Carr;A. Prestwich;Dominika Kwasnicka;Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani

  • Randomized controlled trial of collaborative implementation intentions targeting working adults' physical activity.

    Andrew Prestwich;Mark T. Conner;Rebecca J. Lawton;Jane K. Ward

  • Goal desires moderate intention-behaviour relations.

    Andrew Prestwich;Marco Perugini;Robert Hurling

  • The association between worry and rumination with sleep in non-clinical populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    F Clancy;A Prestwich;L Caperon;A Tsipa;A Tsipa

  • Individual and collaborative implementation intentions and the promotion of breast self-examination

    Andrew Prestwich;Mark Conner;Rebecca Lawton;Wendy Bailey

  • Differential relations between two types of contact and implicit and explicit racial attitudes.

    Andrew Prestwich;Jared B. Kenworthy;Michelle Wilson;Natasha Kwan-Tat

  • Do brief online planning interventions increase physical activity amongst university students? A randomised controlled trial

    Silje Skår;Falko F Sniehotta;Gerard J Molloy;Andrew Prestwich

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Conner
Mark Conner University of Leeds
Rebecca Lawton
Rebecca Lawton University of Leeds
Marco Perugini
Marco Perugini University of Milano-Bicocca
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen
Daryl B. O'Connor
Daryl B. O'Connor University of Leeds
Stephen Sutton
Stephen Sutton University of Cambridge
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark

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