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This volume addresses the central questions of interest in the field of health psychology. The 51 contributions address the cognitive, behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, physiological, social, environmental, social environmental, personality, and developmental factors underlying health and illness processes. Topics include basic processes and causes; crosscutting issues such as stress, disclosure, chronic illness, burnout, overall context, informal caregiving to older adults, women's health promotion, male partner violence, rehabilitation, fertility problems, physical activity, and citizen participation; and applications to the study of diseases like cancer, hypertension, silent ischemia, and HIV. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Special offer! Buy the Handbook of Health Psychology at only $120/£75 (reduced from $275/£172 in August 2009).This comprehensive Handbook, the first in a decade, provides an intensive review, integration, and evaluation of the first quarter-century of health psychology research and intervention. Because of research advances in behavioral, psychological, and social aspects of health, health psychology has created a new way of thinking about health and well-being. Working within biobehavioral and sociocultural frameworks, the 51 chapters address basic theories underlying health-behavior relationships while, at the same time, applying those theories to specific disease conditions and the promotion of health.This book is intended for teachers of undergraduate, graduate or professional courses, students in psychology and other applied health fields, health researchers, and health practitioners.
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