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9780205579587

Current Directions in Health Psychology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205579587

  • ISBN10:

    0205579582

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-01-01
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

This new and exciting reader includes over 20 articles that have been carefully selected for the undergraduate audience, and taken from the very accessibleCurrent Directions in Psychological Sciencejournal. These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspectivefrom a reliable sourceabout todayrs"s most current and pressing issues in health psychology.

Table of Contents

Psychosocial and Environmental Antecedents of Disease
Psychological Stress, Immunity and Upper Respiratory Infections
Depression and Mortality in the Elderly
Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Humor, Laughter, and Physical Health
Is Caregiving a Risk Factor for Illness?
Employee Control and Occupational Stress
Ethnicity-Related Sources of Stress and Their Effects on Well-Being
Why Socioeconomic Status Affects the Health of Children: A Psychological Perspective
How do Psychosocial and Environmental Characteristics Get Inside the Body to Influence Health?
The Psychobiology of Stress
The Role of Psychosocial Processes in Explaining the Gradient between Socioeconomic Status and Health
Social Support, Physiological Processes, and Health
Animal Models Reveal the "Psych" in the Psychosomatics of Peptic Ulcers
Psychoneuroimmunology
Environmental and Behavioral Influences on Gene Activity
Psychosocial Adaptation to Medical Illness
Health Stresses and Depressive Symptomatology in the Elderly: A Control-Process Approach
Psychological Adjustment to Breast Cancer
Another Side to Caregiving: Negative Reactions to Being Helped
Illness and Satisfaction With Medical Care
The Immune System as a Sensory System: Implications for Psychology
Psychosocial Approaches to Improve Health and Manage Disease
The Value of Stress-Management Interventions in Life-Threatening Medical Conditions
Patient Adherence With Medical Treatment Regimens: An Interactive Approach
Social-Cognitive Factors in Changing Health-Related
Why Young Men Drive Dangerously: Implications for Injury Prevention
Pain: Biopsychosocial Mechanisms and Management
Are Pets a Healthy Pleasure? The Influence of Pets on Blood Pressure
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