The ''British Journal of Health Psychology'' is a quarterly

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ed scientific journal covering

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. It was established in 1996, when it was split off from the existing '' British Journal of Clinical Psychology''. It is published by

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on behalf of the British Psychological Society. The

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are Madelynne Arden ( Sheffield Hallam University) and Joseph Chilcot ( King's College London). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2018

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of 2.472, ranking it 45th out of 130 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical".

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* Health psychology journals Wiley-Blackwell academic journals British Psychological Society academic journals Publications established in 1996 English-language journals Quarterly journals {{Psychology-journal-stub