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The social psychology of health : essays and readings

Provides an integrative approach to understanding health psychology focused around social psychological principles. This title includes an overview of the multiple disciplines and perspectives that contribute to theory and research in health psychology and behavioural medicine: psychology, sociology, epidemiology, and public health.
eBook, English, 2004
SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, 2004
1 online resource (xii, 353 pages) : diagrams
9780761928218, 0761928219
855716216
PART I. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH: FOUNDATIONSEssay I-1: Introduction to The Social Psychology of HealthEssay I-2: Health & Illness Seen Through Different LensesOverviews from Various Fields 1. Taylor, S.E. (1990). Health Psychology: The science & the field. 2. Brown, P. (1991). Themes in medical sociology 3. Mullan, F. (2000). Don Quixote, Machiavelli, & Robin Hood: Public health practice, past & present 4. MacDonald, K.L., et al. (1985). Type A botulism from sautéed onions: Clinical & epidemiologic observations.Cause-Effect & Health Status 5. Engel, G.L. (1977). The need for a new medical model: A challenge for biomedicine. 6. Conrad, P. (1975). The discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the medicalization of deviant behavior.Health Outcomes 7. Kaplan, R. M. (1990). Behavior as the central outcome in health care.PART II. HEALTH ATTITUDE CHANGEEssay II: Social Theory, Conforming, & the Change of Health Attitudes & BehaviorsOverview of Change Strategies 8. Marelich, W.D., & Rotheram-Borus, M.J. (1999). From individual to social change: The present & future directions of health interventions.Individual & Group Change Models 9. Larson, E.B., et al. (1982). Do postcard reminders improve influenza vaccination compliance? 10. Wulfert, E., & Wan, C.K. (1993). Condom use: A self-efficacy model. 11. Hausenblas, H.A., Carron, A.V., & Mack, D.E. (1997). Application of the theories of reasoned action & planned behavior to exercise behavior: A meta-analysis. 12. Kelly, J.A., et al. (1991). HIV risk behavior reduction following interventions with key opinion leaders of population: An experimental analysis.Designing Health Behavior Interventions 13. Rothman, A. J., et al.. (1999). The systematic influence of gain- & loss-framed messages on interest in & use of different types of health behavior.PART III. THE HEALTH-CARE SETTINGEssay III: Health Care Settings & Their Social DynamicsThe Patient-Provider Interaction 14. Emerson, J.P. (1970). Behavior in private places: Sustaining definitions of reality in gynecological examinations. 15. Erger, J., et al. (2000). HIV health care provider/patient interaction: Observations of the process of providing antiretroviral treatment.Setting Defining the Illness 16. Rosenhan, D.L. (1973). On being sane in insane places.PART IV. STRESS, COPING, & SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPSEssay IV: The Process of Stress, Coping, & EmpowermentStressful Life Events & the Structure of Coping 17. Rabkin, J.G., & Struening, E.L. (1976). Life events, stress, & illness. 18. Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R.S. (1980). An analysis of coping in a middle-aged community sample.On Social Relationships & Health 19. House, J.S., Landis, K.R., & Umberson, D. (1988). Social relationships & health.Personal Responsibility & the Empowered Patient 20. Langer, E.J., & Rodin, J. (1976). The effects of choice & enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: A field experiment in an institutional setting. 21. Marelich, W.D., et al. (2002). HIV/AIDS patient involvement in antiretroviral treatment decisions.PART V. HEALTH POLICY & FUTURE PATHSEssay V: Health Policy, Future Paths, & ConcernsHealth Policy & Activism 22. Foreman, C.H. (1994). Institutions. 23. Wachter, R.M. (1992). AIDS, activism, & the politics of health.Behavior Change & Ethics 24. Kipnis, D. (1994). Accounting for the use of behavior technologies in social psychology.Looking to the Future of Health 25. Kaplan, R.M. (2000). Two pathways to prevention.Of Future Concern: Bioterrorism, Health, & Social Response 26. Holloway, H.C., et al. (1997). The threat of biological weapons: Prophylaxis & mitigation of psychological & social consequences.
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