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Reframing Health Behavior Change With Behavioral Economics

English · Hardback

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With contributions from experts in experimental and clinical psychology & economics, this book examines the latest behavioral economic research on smoking, drug & alchohol abuse, obesity, gambling, etc. Ideal for psychologists, economists, & policy makers


List of contents

Contents: G.A. Marlatt, Foreword. R.E. Vuchinich, W.K. Bickel, Preface. Part I:Behavioral Economic Concepts and Methods.G.J. Madden, A Behavioral Economics Primer. S.R. Hursh, Behavioral Economic Concepts and Methods for Studying Health Behavior. Part II:Price and Consumption.M.E. Carroll, U.C. Campbell, A Behavioral Economic Analysis of the Reinforcing Effects of Drugs: Transition States of Addiction. F.J. Chaloupka, R.L. Pacula, Economics and Antihealth Behavior: The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse. Part III:Substitutability Relations Between Activities.L. Green, E.B. Fisher, Jr., Economic Substitutability: Some Implications for Health Behavior. H. Rachlin, The Lonely Addict. Part IV:Health Behavior as Intertemporal Choice.A.W. Logue, Self-Control and Health Behavior. C.A. Simpson, R.E. Vuchinich, Temporal Changes in the Value of Objects of Choice: Discounting, Behavior Patterns, and Health Behavior. Part V:Specific Health Behaviors: Help Seeking, Smoking, Eating, Exercise, and Gambling.J.A. Tucker, J.W. Davison, Waiting to See the Doctor: The Role of Time Constraints in the Utilization of Health and Behavioral Health Services. K.A. Perkins, M.E. Hickcox, J.E. Grobe, Behavioral Economics of Tobacco Smoking. L.H. Epstein, B.E. Saelens, Behavioral Economics of Obesity: Food Intake and Energy Expenditure. P.M. Ghezzi, C.A. Lyons, M.R. Dixon, Gambling in Socioeconomic Perspective. Part VI:The Cultural Context of Health Behavior.W.K. Bickel, L.A. Marsch, The Tyranny of Small Decisions: Origins, Outcomes, and Proposed Solutions.

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Warren K. Bickel (Edited by) ,  Rudy E. Vuchinich (Edited by)

Summary

With contributions from experts in experimental and clinical psychology & economics, this book examines the latest behavioral economic research on smoking, drug & alchohol abuse, obesity, gambling,etc. Ideal for psychologists, economists,& policy makers

Product details

Assisted by Warren K. Bickel (Editor), Bickel Warren K. (Editor), Rudy E. Vuchinich (Editor), Vuchinich Rudy E. (Editor)
Publisher Taylor and Francis
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.02.2000
 
EAN 9780805827330
ISBN 978-0-8058-2733-0
No. of pages 442
Weight 839 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology
Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works

Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism

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