Alexander J. Rothman / Peter Salovey (eds.)

Social Psychology of Health

Key Readings
Herausgeber: Rothman, Alexander J.; Salovey, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The volume also contains an introductory chapter by the editors providing a history of personality and social psychology's interest in health and illness. Together with overviews for each section, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, the volume is a suitable text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on health psychology.

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This volume provides classic and contemporary theory and research in social psychology that sheds light on how people think about health and illness.

Produktdetails

• Key Readings in Social Psychology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 222mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781841690179
• ISBN-10: 1841690171
• Artikelnr.: 22040453

Autorenporträt

Peter Salovey, Alexander J. Rothman

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Mental Models of Health and Illness. D. Meyer
H. Leventhal
M. Guttman
Common-sense Models of Illness: The Example of Hypertension. M. Gerrard
F.X. Gibbons
A.C. Benthin
R.M. Hessling
A Longitudinal Study of the Reciprocal Nature of Risk Behaviors and Risk Cognitions in Adolescents: What You Do Shapes What You Think and Vice Versa. N.D. Weinstein
Testing Four Competing Theories of Health-protective Behavior. Part 2. Health Beliefs and Health Behavior. N.D. Weinstein
A.J. Rothman
S.R. Sutton
Stage Theories of Health Behavior: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. J.O. Prochaska
C.C. DiClemente
J.C. Norcross
In Search of How People Change: Applications to Addictive Behaviors. F.X. Gibbons
M. Gerrard
H. Blanton
D.W. Russell
Reasoned Action and Social Reaction: Willingness and Intention as Independent Predictors of Health Risk. Part 3. Health Information Processing. P.H. Ditto
R.T. Croyle
Understanding the Impact of Risk Factor Test Results: Insights from a Basic Research Program. A. Liberman
S. Chaiken
Defensive Processing of Personally Relevant Health Messages. T.K. MacDonald
G.T. Fong
M.P. Zanna
A.M. Martineau
Alcohol Myopia and Condom Use: Can Alcohol Intoxication be Associated with More Prudent Behavior? Part 4. Social Influence and Health andIllness: Social Comparison and Social Norms. J.V. Wood
S.E. Taylor
R.R. Lichtman
Social Comparison in Adjustment to Breast Cancer. F.X. Gibbons
M. Gerrard
Predicting Young Adults' Health Risk Behavior. D.A. Prentice
D.T. Miller
Pluralistic Ignorance and Alcohol Use on Campus: Some Consequences of Misperceiving the Social Norm. J.A. Kulik
H.I.M. Mahler
P.J. Moore
Social Comparison and Affiliation under Threat: Effects on Recovery from Major Surgery. Part 5. Social Supportand Health and Illness. J.S. House
K.R. Landis
D. Umberson
Social Relationships and Health. S. Cohen
Psychosocial Models of the Role of Social Support in the Etiology of Physical Disease. Part 6. Changing Behavior.N.D. Weinstein
J.E. Lyon
P.M. Sandman
C.L. Cuite
Experimental Evidence for Stages of Health Behavior Change: The Precaution Adoption Process Model Applied to Home Radon Testing. A.J. Rothman
P. Salovey
C. Turvey
S.A. Fishkin
Attributions of Responsibility and Persuasion: Increasing Mammography Utilization among Women over Forty with an Internally Oriented Message. J. Stone
E. Aronson
A.L. Crain
M.P. Winslow
C.B. Fried
Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms. A.J. Rothman
S.C. Martino
B.T. Bedell
J.B. Detweiler
P. Salovey
The Systematic Influence of Gain- and Loss-framed Messages on Interest in and Use of Different Types of Health Behavior. Part 7. Personalityand Health. H.S. Freidman
S. Booth-Kewley
The 'Disease-prone Personality'. T.W. Smith
Hostility and Health: Current Status of a Psychosomatic Hypothesis. M.F. Scheier
K.A. Matthews
J.F. Owens
G.J. Magovern
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R.C. Lefebvre
R.A. Abbott
C.S. Carver
Dispositional Optimism and Recovery from Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The Beneficial Effect on Physical and Psychological Well-being. J.W. Pennebaker
Writing about Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process.