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Health Psychology
A. D. Kaptein (Editor), John Weinman (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-631-21441-0
Hardcover
440 pages
August 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Part I: Introductory Overview.

1. Health Psychology: Some Introductory Remarks. (Ad Kaptein and John Weinman).

Part II: Health and Illness Behaviour.

2. Health-Related Behaviour: Prevalence and Links with Disease. (Andrew Steptoe and Jane Wardle).

3. Social Cognition Models and Health Behaviour. (John de Wit and Wolfgang Stroebe).

4. Illness-Related Cognition and Behaviour. (Linda D. Cameron and Rona Moss-Morris).

Part III: Process and Outcome in Illness.

5. Stress. (Ad Vingerhoets).

6. Coping. (Lynn B. Myers, Stanton P. Newman, and Kazuyo Enomoto).

7. Social Support. (Ralf Schwarzer, Nina Knoll and Nina Rieckmann).

8. Pain and Symptom Perception. (Suzanne M. Skevington).

9. Chronic Illness. (Denise de Ridder).

10. Quality of Life. (Hannah McGee).

Part IV. Health-care Contexts and the Practice of Health Psychology.

11. Communication In Medical Encounters. (J. M. Bensing and P. F. M. Verhaak).

12. Hospitalization and Stressful Medical Procedures. (Claus Vögele).

13. Primary Prevention. (Brian Oldenburg and Nicola W. Burton).

14. Psychological Interventions in Patients with Chronic Disease. (Paul Bennett).

15. Worksite Health Promotion. (Stan Maes and Margot van der Doef).

16. Professional Practice and Issues in Health Psychology. (Susan Michie).

Index.