Health Psychology - Brossura

Abraham, Charles

Brossura

ISBN 10: 113802340X ISBN 13: 9781138023406

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

Riassunto

The new edition of Health Psychology is the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Throughout the book, the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, and affect core functions such as the immune and cardiovascular systems, are clearly explained. These relationships provide the foundation for psychological interventions which can change cognition, perception and behavior, thereby improving health.

The book is split into five sections, and builds to provide a comprehensive overview of the field:

• the biological basis of health and illness
• stress and health
• coping resources: social support and individual differences
• motivation and behavior
• relating to patients

Extensively revised to include new material on behavioral change, the role of stress, resilience and social support, recovery from work, and the care of people with chronic disease, the book also includes a range of features which highlight key issues, and engage readers in applying what we have learned from research.

This is essential reading for any undergraduates studying this exciting field for the first time, and the perfect primer for those embarking on postgraduate study.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Charles Abraham is Professor of Psychology Applied to Health at the University of Exeter Medical School.

Mark Conner is Professor of Applied Social Psychology at the University of Leeds.

Fiona Jones is Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds.

Daryl O'Connor is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds.

Contenuti

Chapter 1: Introduction to health psychology
Section 1: Biological bases of health and illness
Chapter 2: Biopsychosocial pathways of health and illness
Section 2: Stress and health
Chapter 3: Stress theory and research
Chapter 4: Stress and health in context
Section 3: Coping resources: social support and individual differences
Chapter 5: Coping and social support
Chapter 6: Personality and health
Section 4: Motivation and behaviour
Chapter 7: Health cognition and health behaviours
Chapter 8: Changing motivation
Chapter 9: Changing behaviour
Section 5: Relating to patients
Chapter 10: Relating to patients
Chapter 11: Further directions, roles and competencies

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 113802340X
• ISBN 13: 9781138023406
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 338