Health psychology [[electronic resource] /] / volume editors, Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, and Pamela A. Geller ; editor-in-chief, Irving B. Weiner

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (706 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.0019
• Soggetto topico: Clinical health psychology
• Altri autori: NezuArthur M NezuChristine M GellerPamela A WeinerIrving B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Psychology; Contents; Handbook of Psychology Preface; Volume Preface; Contributors; Part I Overview; Chapter 1 Health Psychology: Overview; What is ""Health""?; Policy, Ideology, and Discourse; A Taxonomy for Interventions; Conclusions; References; Part II Causal and Mediating Psychosocial Factors; Chapter 2 Stressful Life Events; Stressful Life Events; Stress and Critical Life Events: Theoretical Perspectives; The Nature of Stressful Life Events and Disasters; Assessment of Stressful Life Events; Research Examples of Stressful Life Events ; Stressful Life Events in the Light of Gender, Culture, Ethnicity, and AgeFuture Directions; References; Chapter 3 Coping and Social Support; Coping; Theories of Coping; The Role of Coping in Health Behaviors and in the Management of Health Risk; Coping and Health Outcomes; Coping and Psychological Adaptation to Disease; Social Aspects of Coping; Challenges, Conclusions, and Future Directions; Social Support; Social Support and Health Outcomes; Social Support and Disease Recovery; Disease Progression and Mortality; Social Support and Psychological Outcomes ; Mechanisms for the Effect of Social Support on Well-BeingConclusions and Directions for Future Research; References; Chapter 4 Psychoneuroimmunology: Mechanisms, Individual Differences, and Interventions; Stress-Immune Bidirectional Pathways; Acute Versus Chronic Stress; Individual Psychological Differences; Social Relationships and Psychoneuroimmunology; Psychological Interventions; Conclusion; References; Part III Diseases and Disorders; Chapter 5 Asthma; Epidemiology and Health-Care Costs Related to Asthma; Evidence Basis for Psychological Theories Applied to Mechanisms Involved in Asthma ; Psychological Factors Associated With AsthmaMedical Treatments for Asthma; Adherence; Psychosocial Factors Associated With Medical Treatments and Outcomes; Psychological Interventions for Asthma; Conclusions, Unanswered Questions, and Future Directions; References; Chapter 6 Understanding and Managing Obesity; Classification of Obesity; Epidemiology of Obesity; Consequences of Obesity; Psychosocial Consequences of Obesity; Economic Costs of Obesity; Contributors to Obesity; Treatment of Obesity; Lifestyle Interventions; Pharmacotherapy; Bariatric Surgery ; Strategies to Improve Long-Term OutcomeStrategies for Maintaining Weight Loss: Findings from Correlational Studies; Strategies for Maintaining Weight Loss: Findings From Randomized Trials; Improving the Management of Obesity; Prevention of Obesity; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Nicotine Dependence; Introduction; Basic Mechanisms of Nicotine Addiction; Evidence for Genetic Influence on Nicotine Dependence Phenotypes in Humans Accumulates; Social, Psychological, and Environmental Risk Factors for Initiation and Maintenance of Tobacco Use ; Recent Developments in the Multidimensional Assessment of Nicotine Dependence
• Sommario/riassunto: Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, an
• Titolo autorizzato: Health psychology
• ISBN: 1-118-28205-1; 1-283-70035-2; 1-118-28677-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808823203321
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