Health Psychology - Charles Abraham, Mark Conner, Fiona Jones, Daryl O'Connor

Health Psychology

Buch | Hardcover
328 Seiten
2016 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-02339-0 (ISBN)
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This fully updated concise introduction guides the reader through the core issues in health psychology research and practice. The integrated and interactive approach, combined with full online support and comprehensive coverage, make the book an ideal companion for courses in health psychology.
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 behaviours, 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 behaviour, 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 behaviour



relating to patients

Extensively revised to include new material on behavioural 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.

Charles Abraham is Professor of Behaviour Change 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.

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

Reihe/Serie Topics in Applied Psychology
Zusatzinfo 6 Tables, black and white; 26 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 725 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Pflege Fachpflege Neurologie / Psychiatrie
ISBN-10 1-138-02339-6 / 1138023396
ISBN-13 978-1-138-02339-0 / 9781138023390
Zustand Neuware
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