The Health Psychology Reader

The Health Psychology Reader is designed to complement and support the recent textbook Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice.
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Advancing theory, research and social action to promote positive well-being, increase empowerment, and prevent the development of problems in communities, groups and individuals Society for Community Research and Action, As defined in Reading It could also mean the opposite.

The analysis of how power, economics and social processes influence health, health care, health psychology, and society at large. See Readings 16 and See Readings 15 and Two principal forms exist: HIV is the abbreviation for the human immunodeficiency virus that is believed to be the cause of AIDS , acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The instrument asesses beliefs about the cause of the illness, the symptoms and label, the consequences, duration of illness, and how curable or controllable it might be see Reading Individualism an ideological position that privileges the individual person as a self-contained, autonomous agent.

Over-used and scientifically meaningless as a consequence of being a confounding of dozens of different variables. The mainstream of today may be less emphasised tomorrow, as other approaches become more influential. Narrative approaches to psychology assume that human beings are natural storytellers and that the principal task of the psychologist is to explore these stories. The Body Mass Index BMI is the body weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres; normally in the range of 20 to The onion has a core and four rings: Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion: It has been influential in the field of health promotion.

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It defined health promotion as follows: To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realise aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with environment. Paradigms are resistant to change but eventually may shift. Originally described by the philosopher of science, Thomas Kuhn.

Rogers that information about a health hazard stimulates a cognitive appraisal of the severity and probability of the negative event, and of the effectiveness of the recommended action to prevent it. See Readings 15, 21, 23, Often used in discussions and studies of human health decision-making. See Readings 14 and Originally described by Albert Bandura, an influential social cognitive theorist see Reading 6.

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Approximately equivalent to the lay concept of self-belief or self-confidence if used in reference to performing a defined task. Influential in self-help systems of self-development.


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Normally seen as a resource supporting and maintaining health. Based on an original description by two sociologists, Berger and Luckman. See widening health and wealth gaps and Reading Theory of stress and coping: The theory has generated a mountain of research but little solid information See Readings 7 and Widening health and wealth gaps: CQ Press Your definitive resource for politics, policy and people.

Back Institutional Login Please choose from an option shown below. Need help logging in? Email Please log in from an authenticated institution or log into your member profile to access the email feature. Health Psychology's Development and Context Chapter 1: Matarazzo Revisited Chapter 3: The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine Chapter 4: Theoretical Tensions in Biopsychosocial Medicine Chapter 5: A Challenge to Biomedicine?

Theories in Health Psychology, Chapter 6: Social Foundations of Thought and Action: Unraveling the Mystery of Health: Health Behaviour and Experience Chapter Toward a Unifying Conceptual Framework Chapter Moving Towards Active Living: Cultural Diversity in Causal Attributions for Illness: The Role of the Supernatural Chapter A New Paradigm for Psychosomatics?

From Analysis to Synthesis: Theories of Health Education Chapter Critical Health Psychology Chapter Critical Approaches to Health Psychology Chapter Theorizing Health and Illness: Functionalism, Subjectivity and Reflexivity Chapter Possible Contributions of a Psychology of Liberation: Whither Health and Human Rights? View Copyright Page [Page iv]. Marks First published Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, , this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency.

Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. American Psychological Association Social class, life expectancy and overall mortality.

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Midbank Memorial Fund Quarterly , 43 , 31— The health belief model and personal health behavior. Health Education Monographs , 2 , — Psychology and health promotion. Policies and strategies to promote equity in health. The Health Psychology Reader is designed to complement and support the recent textbook Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice by David F.

The Health Psychology Reader

It can also be used as a stand-alone resource given its didactic nature. The Reader explores key topics within the health psychology field with incisive introductions to each section by the Editor and includes a selection of the most important theoretical and empirical published work.


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