Cover -- An Introduction to Health Psychology -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of plates -- Preface -- Guided tour -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Part I Being and staying healthy -- What is health? -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- What is health? Changing perspectives -- Individual, cultural and lifespan perspectives on health -- What is health psychology? -- Summary -- Further reading -- Health inequalities -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Health differentials -- Minority status and health -- Gender and health -- Summary -- Further reading -- Health-risk behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- What is health behaviour? -- Unhealthy diet -- Obesity -- Smoking -- Alcohol consumption -- Illicit drug use -- Unprotected sexual behaviour -- Summary -- Further reading -- Health-protective behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Adherence behaviour -- Healthy diet -- Exercise -- Health-screening behaviour -- Immunisation behaviour -- Summary -- Further reading -- Explaining health behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Distal influences on health behaviour -- Sociocognitive models of health behaviour -- Sociocognitive models of behaviour change -- Stage models of behaviour change -- Summary -- Further reading -- Reducing risk of disease - individual approaches -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Promoting individual health -- Screening programmes -- Strategies for changing risk behaviour -- Summary -- Further reading -- Population approaches to public health -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Promoting population health -- Using the mass media -- Environmental influences on health behaviour -- Health promotion programmes -- Using the Web -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part II Becoming ill -- The body in health and illness -- Learning outcomes.

Chapter outline -- The behavioural anatomy of the brain -- The autonomic nervous system -- The immune system -- The digestive system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- Summary -- Further reading -- Symptom perception, interpretation and response -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- How do we become aware of the sensations of illness? -- Symptom perception -- Symptom interpretation -- Planning and taking action: responding to symptoms -- Summary -- Further reading -- The consultation and beyond -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The medical consultation -- Factors that influence the process of consultation -- Moving beyond the consultation -- Summary -- Further reading -- Stress, health and illness: theory -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Concepts of stress -- Types of stress -- Stress as a physiological response -- The stress and illness link -- Summary -- Further reading -- Stress and illness moderators -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Coping defined -- Stress, personality and illness -- Stress and cognitions -- Stress and emotions -- Social support and stress -- Summary -- Further reading -- Managing stress -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Stress theory: a quick review -- Stress management training -- The third wave therapies -- Preventing stress -- Minimising stress in hospital settings -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part III Being ill -- The impact of illness on quality of life -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Illness and quality of life -- Measuring quality of life -- Summary -- Further reading -- The impact of illness on patients and their families -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Illness, emotions and adjustment -- Illness: a family affair -- Caring -- Summary -- Further reading -- Pain -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The experience of pain.

Biological models of pain -- A psychobiological theory of pain -- Future understandings of pain: the neuromatrix -- Helping people to cope with pain -- Summary -- Further reading -- Improving health and quality of life -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Coping with chronic illness -- Reducing distress -- Managing illness -- Preventing disease progression -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part IV Futures -- Futures -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The need for theorydriven practice -- Getting evidence into practice -- Summary -- Further reading -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

An Introduction to Health Psychology, Third edition gives readers a comprehensive and lively introduction to this interesting field.Retaining the highly praised approach of the first and second editions, each chapter outlines and describes the theory and research before moving on to explore applications and intervention practice.  The primary goals of health psychologists are to describe, predict and intervene, and this process is reflected in the book.Useful features are included to support student learning, such as research focus boxes, applications boxes and engaging case studies.Bringing together core topics and current debates, An Introduction to Health Psychology, Third edition is ideal for students on health psychology modules, and for those studying in related fields such as health and social care or nursing.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.