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

Health Psychology

Buch | Hardcover
302 Seiten
2024 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-77382-3 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Health Psychology offers the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Clearly explaining the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, it shows how these relationships provide the foundation for psychological interventions which can change cognition, perception and behavior, thereby improving health.
Now in its third edition, Health Psychology offers the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Clearly explaining the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, and affect core functions such as the immune and cardiovascular systems, it shows how these relationships provide the foundation for psychological interventions which can change cognition, perception and behavior, thereby improving health.

Divided into five parts, the book looks at the biological bases of health and illness, stress and health, coping resources, motivation and behaviour, and applied health psychology. The third edition has been revised to highlight:

• Current research on the biological processes that underpin stress and illness.
• How stress can be best managed at individual, organisational and community levels.
• The ways people’s beliefs and attitudes shape motivation and behaviour.
• How health promotion can effectively change beliefs and attitudes to promote health behavior change.
• The implications of current health psychology research for services.
• How health psychology research can improve healthcare practice.
• Looking at the roles of practitioner health psychologists.

The book is supported by useful in-text features including boxes that highlight key issues, activity boxes and essay questions to engage readers in applying what they have learned from research, and suggestions for further reading to encourage further study.

With its clear structure and ability to eloquently link theory to real-world application, this is the perfect primer for both undergraduates studying health psychology for the first time, and those embarking on postgraduate study in this exciting field.

Charles Abraham is an applied Health Psychologist specialising in translational health research, a registered practising Health Psychologist in the UK and a Professor of Psychology Applied to Health at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Mark Conner is Professor of Applied Social Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. Fiona Jones is formerly a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. Daryl O'Connor is Professor of Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.

Preface

1. Introduction to health psychology

Part 1. Biological Bases of Health and Illness

2. Biopsychosocial Pathways to Health and illness

Part 2. Stress and Health

3. Stress Theory and Research

4. Stress and Health in Context

Part 3. Coping Resources: Social Support and Individual Differences

5. Coping and Social Support

6. Personality and Health

Part 4. Motivation and Behaviour

7. Health Cognitions and Health Behaviours

8. Changing Cognitions to Establish Motivation

9. Changing Behaviour: Intervention Design and Evaluation

Part 5. Applied Health Psychology

10. Working with Clients and Patients

11. Applying Psychology to Improve Health Services

References

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Topics in Applied Psychology
Zusatzinfo 5 Tables, black and white; 28 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 39 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Pflege Fachpflege Neurologie / Psychiatrie
ISBN-10 0-367-77382-1 / 0367773821
ISBN-13 978-0-367-77382-3 / 9780367773823
Zustand Neuware
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