Health Psychology - An Interdisciplinary Approach

Now in its fourth edition, Health Psychology takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to studying health psychology, and offers a comprehensive overview of the subareas within this fascinating subject

Sommario

1. An Interdisciplinary View of Health.
2. Research Methods
3. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change
4. Global, Communicable, and Chronic Disease
5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part I
5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part II
6. Emotional Health and Well-Being
7. Stress and Coping
8. Psychoneuroimmunology
9. Cardiovascular Disease
10. Chronic Pain Management and Arthritis
11. Cancer
12. Health Care Systems and Health Policy: Effects on Health Outcomes
13. The Health Psychologist's Role: Research, Application, and Advocacy

Info autore

Deborah Fish Ragin is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Montclair State University, New Jersey. She served as Assistant Professor on the faculties of Hunter College, City University of New York, and as Associate Research Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now the Icahn School of Medicine) before joining Montclair State. She also served as an American Psychological Association Representative to the United Nations, focusing on the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS.

Riassunto

Now in its fourth edition, Health Psychology takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to studying health psychology, and offers a comprehensive overview of the subareas within this fascinating subject

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Deborah Fish Ragin, Deborah Fish (Montclair State University Ragin, Ragin Deborah Fish
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032292557
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229255-7
• Pagine: 650
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, Health psychology, Psychological methodology, Medical Sociology