Health psychology
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Health psychology
BPS Blackwell, 2004
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
"Health Psychology" is a textbook providing students with a critical, thought-provoking introduction to this rapidly expanding discipline, covering health, illness and healthcare. It is a textbook giving a critical, thought-provoking introduction to the rapidly expanding discipline of health psychology. It is written by some of the world's leading health psychologists. It is divided into three sections on Health and Illness Behavior, Process and Outcome in Illness, and Health Care Contexts and the Practice of Health Psychology. Each chapter stands alone as an overview of a particular area. At the same time, all of the contributions have been carefully edited to make the book fully cohesive and integrated. It includes an in-depth introduction by the editors to the field of health psychology and the volume as a whole. It is supported by evidence from research studies drawn from around the world.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introductory Overview.1. Health Psychology: Some Introductory Remarks. (Ad Kaptein and John Weinman).Part II: Health and Illness Behaviour.2. Health-Related Behaviour: Prevalence and Links with Disease. (Andrew Steptoe and Jane Wardle).3. Social Cognition Models and Health Behaviour. (John de Wit and Wolfgang Stroebe).4. Illness-Related Cognition and Behaviour. (Linda D. Cameron and Rona Moss-Morris).Part III: Process and Outcome in Illness.5. Stress. (Ad Vingerhoets).6. Coping. (Lynn B. Myers, Stanton P. Newman, and Kazuyo Enomoto).7. Social Support. (Ralf Schwarzer, Nina Knoll and Nina Rieckmann).8. Pain and Symptom Perception. (Suzanne M. Skevington).9. Chronic Illness. (Denise de Ridder).10. Quality of Life. (Hannah McGee).Part IV. Health-care Contexts and the Practice of Health Psychology.11. Communication In Medical Encounters. (J. M. Bensing and P. F. M. Verhaak).12. Hospitalization and Stressful Medical Procedures. (Claus Vogele).13. Primary Prevention. (Brian Oldenburg and Nicola W. Burton).14. Psychological Interventions in Patients with Chronic Disease. (Paul Bennett).15. Worksite Health Promotion. (Stan Maes and Margot van der Doef).16. Professional Practice and Issues in Health Psychology. (Susan Michie).Index.
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