Foundations of health psychology
Material type: TextPublication details: Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.Description: xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780333738580
- 610.19 ROB
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List of tables --
List of figures --
List of psychometric tests --
Part 1: History, concepts and methods --
Historical and conceptual basis of health psychology --
Assessing health and quality of life --
Doing research: questions and methods --
Part 2: Psychobiology of health --
Biomedical science and health psychology --
Mental health --
Psychoneuroimmunology --
Part 3: Health and behaviour change --
Modelling change in health behaviour --
Exercise, health and eating --
Health compromising behaviours I: Alcohol use and abuse --
Health compromising behaviours II: Smoking --
Health compromising behaviours III: HIV infection and sexual behaviour --
Health promotion and behavior change --
Part 4: Society and health --
Social class and health --
Gender and health --
Disability, health and illness --
Ethnicity, culture and health --
Social relationships --
Doctors and patients --
Part 5: Managing chronic illness --
Cancer --
Diabetes --
Coronary heart disease --
Psychological factors in degenerative neurological disease --
Issues in palliative care --
Part 6: Deconstructing health psychology --
The future of health psychology.
"Foundations of Health Psychology provides an examination of the field of health psychology, examining the key ideas behind this emerging discipline and its subsequent development.
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