Health psychology : a textbook / Jane Ogden.
Material type: TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2000.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 396p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780335205967 (pbk.) :
- 9780335205974 (hbk.) :
- 0335205968(pbk.) :
- 616.0019 OGD
- R726.7 .O37 2000
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Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-382) and index.
1. An introduction to health psychology -- 2. Health beliefs -- 3. Illness cognitions -- 4.Doctor-patient communicaiton and the role of health professional's health beliefs -- 5.Smoking and alcohol use -- 6. Obesity and eating behaviour -- 7. Exercise -- 8. Sex -- 9.Screening -- 10. Stress -- 11. Pain -- 12. The interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health - the example of placebos -- 13. Psychology throughout the course of illness: the examples of HIV, cancer and coronary heart disease -- 14. Measuring health status -- 15. The assumptions of health psychology.
This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including smoking and alcohol use, exercise, stress and chronic illness. It has been designed specifically with the needs of teachers and students in mind.