Health Psychology

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-00526-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and encouraging them to question some of the assumptions and values underlying much current research. A comprehensive survey of the discipline is provided, framed within a lifespan approach, and emphasising social-cultural factors such as gender, ethnicity and social-economic status. All major topics are covered, including health behaviours, health promotion, coping strategies, stress, biomedical and biopsychosocial models of health and illness, chronic illnesses, psychoneuroimmunology, disability, pain, and patient-provider communication. Each topic is situated within its social and cultural context and constantly linked back to real-world experience. Chapters include valuable features such as research updates, learning objectives and recommended readings. This book will be an invaluable resource for students of health psychology across a range of disciplines including psychology, anthropology and health studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lyons, Antonia C.

Chamberlain, Kerry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Berufe, Ausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Verkehrspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Locating the field: introducing health psychology; 2. Thinking about health and the body; 3. Choosing lifestyles; 4. Controlling the body; 5. Becoming ill; 6. Comprehending bodily experience; 7. Interacting with health professionals; 8. Treating illness; 9. Being ill; 10. Dying; 11. Relocating the field: critical health psychology; Glossary; References; Author index; Subject index.

Über Autor(innen)

Chamberlain, Kerry
Kerry Chamberlain is Professor of Health Psychology at Massey University. He has published widely in international journals on health and research methods and authored several book chapters. He is co-editor of Qualitative Health Psychology and Exploring Existential Meaning.

Lyons, Antonia C.
Antonia Lyons is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Massey University. She was a founding member of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology and has published numerous articles and book chapters in this field.