Social psychology and health/ Wolfgang Stroebe.
By: Stroebe, Wolfgang
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BookPublisher: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2000Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0335199216; 9780335199211; 9780335199228.Subject(s): Clinical health psychology | Social psychology | Stress (Psychology) | Social medicine | Health behavior | Health and Wellbeing | Health attitudes | Health, relationships & personal development | Social, group or collective psychology | Illness & addiction: social aspects | Health psychologyDDC classification: 613.019 STR Summary: Much new material has been added to this new edition, based on research done in the last five years. Many of the epidemiological examples and more than a third of the references have been updated.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The second edition of this textbook has been extensively revised. Much new material has been added based on research which has been done in the last five years, in particular drawing on the author's own research into obesity and sexual risk behaviour. Many of the epidemiological examples and more than a third of the references have been updated. It is essentially a new book which make an important contribution to the literature.
Previous ed.: 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Much new material has been added to this new edition, based on research done in the last five years. Many of the epidemiological examples and more than a third of the references have been updated.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Changing conceptions of health and illness
- Determinants of health behaviour a social psychological analysis
- Beyond persuasion the modification of health behaviour
- Behaviour and health excessive appetites
- Behaviour and health self-protection
- Stress and health
- Moderators of the stress-health relationship
- The role of social psychology in health promotion
- References
- Glossary
- Author index
- Subject index