Social psychology and health
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Bibliographic Information
Social psychology and health
（Mapping social psychology）
Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., 1995
Note
Originally published: Buckingham, Eng. : Open University Press, 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-274) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book discusses major topics of health psychology from a social psychological perspective. This approach reflects the significant changes which have taken place in conceptions of health and illness during recent decades and the move away from purely biomedical models of illness. In line with this broadening perspective, (which social psychological theory and research has much to offer) this book addresses two major factors detrimental to health and well-being: health impairing behaviours; and stressful life events.
Table of Contents
- Changing conceptions of health and illness
- Determinants of health behaviour: a social psychological analysis
- Beyond persuasion: the modification of health behaviour
- Behaviour and health: excessive appetites
- Behaviour and health: self-protection
- Stress and health
- Moderators of the stress-health relationship
- The role of social psychology in health.
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