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Taylor, Shelley E

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ISBN 10: 0073219460 ISBN 13: 9780073219462

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005

Riassunto

The sixth edition of this trusted text continues to set the standard for the Health Psychology market. One of the foremost researchers in health psychology, author Shelley Taylor incorporates the latest research findings in the field; the result is a text that conveys the increasing sophistication and complexity of the connection between the mind and the body, in an accessible and exciting manner. The flexible organization and emphasis on many relevant areas of psychology make Health Psychology appropriate for courses in Health Psychology, Health and Human Behavior, and allied health and pre-med/pharmacy programs.

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L'autore:

Shelley E. Taylor is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Yale University. After a visiting professorship at Yale and assistant and associate professorships at Harvard University, she joined the faculty of UCLA in 1979. Her research interests are in health psychology, especially the factors that promote long-term psychological adjustment, and in social cognition. In the former capacity, she is the codirector of the Health Psychology program at UCLA. Professor Taylor is the recipient of a number of awards, most notably the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychology Award, a 10-year Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, and an Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award in Health Psychology. She is the author of more than 200 publications in journals and books and is also the author of Social Cognition, Positive Illusions, and The Tending Instinct.

Contenuti:

PART ONE: Introduction to Health Psychology

CHAPTER 1: What is Health Psychology?

CHAPTER 2: The Systems of the Body

PART TWO: Health Behavior and Primary Prevention

CHAPTER 3: Health Behaviors

CHAPTER 4: Health-Enhancing Behaviors

CHAPTER 5: Health-Compromising Behaviors

PART THREE: Stress and Coping

CHAPTER 6: Stress

CHAPTER 7: Moderators of the Stress Experience

PART FOUR: The Patient in the Treatment Setting

CHAPTER 8: Using Health Services

CHAPTER 9: Patient-Provider Relations

CHAPTER 10: Pain and its Management

PART FIVE: Management of Chronic and Terminal Illness

CHAPTER 11: Management of Chronic Illness

CHAPTER 12: Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness

CHAPTER 13: Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, and Diabetes

CHAPTER 14: Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Cancer, and Arthritis

PART SIX: Toward the Future

CHAPTER 15: Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0073219460
• ISBN 13: 9780073219462
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 6