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Foundations of health psychology /
Health psychology is the scientific study of psychological processes related to health and health care. Although the field is only 25 years old, it has burgeoned into a major scientific and clinical discipline. Health psychology has excellent scientific journals, thousands of scientists and practiti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part One: History and Methods: 1. The History and Background of Health Psychology / Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler
- 2. Measurement in Health Psychology Research / Timothy W. Smith
- 3. Designing and Implementing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness / J. Lee Westmaas, Virginia Gil-Rivas and Roxane. C. Silver
- Part Two: Core Concepts of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Health: 4. The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External / Milieu John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson
- 5. Psychoneuroimmunology / Margaret E. Kemeny
- 6. Stress, Coping and Health Charles / S. Carver
- 7. Social Support / Shelley E. Taylor
- 8. Personality, Disease, and Self-healing / Howard S. Friedman
- Part Three: Applications to Health Promotion and Effective Treatment
- 9. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research / Annette L. Stanton & Tracey A. Revenson
- 10. Aging and Health / Karen Rook, Susan Turk Charles and Jutta Heckhausen
- 11. Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health / James W. Pennebaker & Cindy K. Chung
- 12. Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss / Camille Wortman & Kathrin Boerner
- 13. Physician-Patient Communication / Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter
- 14. Uncertainty, Variability and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process / Robert M. Kaplan.