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Social psychological foundations of health and illness
- Title
- Social psychological foundations of health and illness / edited by Jerry Suls and Kenneth A. Wallston.
- Publication
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., ©2003.
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- Description
- xx, 583 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness" is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended discussion of the authors' research programs. Topics discussed include virtually all of the major issues studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology, including disease etiology, prevention, intervention and adaptation to illness. Using a variety of presentational styles, the chapter authors integrate past findings and offer directions for future developments. "Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness" is a vital resource for all those interested in how social factors affect physical health and well-being.
- Series Statement
- Blackwell series in health psychology and behavioral medicine
- Uniform Title
- Blackwell series in health psychology and behavioral medicine.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Healthy life-style across the life-span : the heck with the surgeon general! / Howard S. Friedman -- Exploring the links between risk perceptions and preventive health behavior / Neil D. Weinstein -- Communicating about health : message framing, persuasion and health behavior / Peter Salovey and Duane T. Wegener -- The information-motivation-behavioral skills model : a general social psychological approach to understanding and promoting health behavior / William A. Fisher, Jeffrey D. Fisher, and Jennifer Harman -- A social reaction model of adolescent health risk / Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, and David J. Lane -- Affect, thought and self-protective health behavior : the case of worry and cancer screening / Kevin D. McCaul and Amy B. Mullens -- Social-cognitive factors in health behavior change / Britta Renner and Ralf Schwarzer -- Common sense models of illness : implications for sympton perception and health-related behaviors / René Martin [and others] -- Contributions of social comparison to physical illness and well-being / Jerry Suls -- Interpersonal emotional processes in adjustment to chronic illness / Robert F. DeVellis [and others] -- The social, linguistic, and health consequences of emotional disclosure / James W. Pennebaker -- Affiliation, social support, and biobehavioral responses to stress / Shelley E. Taylor [and others] -- Toward a social psychophysiology of cardiovascular reactivity : interpersonal concepts and methods in the study of stress and coronary disease / Timothy W. Smith, Linda C. Gallo, and John M. Ruiz -- Gender-related traits and health / Vicki S. Helgeson -- Self-regulatory processes and responses to health threats : effects of optimism on well-being / Michael F. Scheier and Charles S. Carver -- The influence of psychological factors on restorative function in health and illness / Ashley W. Smith and Andrew Baum -- Coping and readjustment to rheumatoid arthritis / Craig A. Smith, Kenneth A. Wallston, and Kathleen A. Dwyer -- Daily processes in health and illness / Howard Tennen, Glenn Affleck, and Stephen Armeli -- Scenes from a marriage : examining support, coping, and gender within the context of chronic illness / Tracey A. Revenson.
- ISBN
- 0631225153
- 9780631225157
- LCCN
- 2002153501
- OCLC
- ocm51003951
- 51003951
- SCSB-9709591
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library