Health Psychology

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Routledge, Apr 14, 2016 - Psychology - 296 pages

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.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Series preface
Biological bases of health and illness
Stress theory and research
Stress and health in context
Coping and social support
Personality and health
Health cognitions and health behaviours
Changing behaviour
Relating to patients
Future directions roles and competencies
Index
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Health Psychology
Charles Abraham,Mark Conner,Fiona Jones,Daryl O'Connor
Limited preview - 2016
Health Psychology
Rory O'Connor
No preview available - 2017
Health Psychology
Charles Abraham,Mark Conner,Fiona Jones,Daryl O'Connor
No preview available - 2015
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About the author (2016)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleHealth Psychology
Topics in Applied Psychology
AuthorsCharles Abraham, Mark Conner, Fiona Jones, Daryl O'Connor
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherRoutledge, 2016
ISBN1317690516, 9781317690511
Length296 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Medical / General
Medical / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health
Psychology / General
Psychology / Movements / General
Psychology / Social Psychology
  
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