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Exploring Health Psychology provides comprehensive yet student-friendly coverage of both traditional topics in the field and important contemporary issues relating to reproductive, sexual, and psychological health. Using an informal, sometimes humorous narrative, the authors engage students of all interest levels, abilities, and learning styles by emphasizing the application of health and wellbeing psychology in their daily lives. Balancing depth and accessibly, each chapter describes the body systems relevant to a particular topic, incorporates up-to-date information and research, and contains relatable examples, real-world applications, compelling discussion and review questions, personal stories and vignettes, a running glossary, and more.
Broad in scope, Exploring Health Psychology examines the interactions between biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in psychological disorders and discusses their psychological and medical treatment. Critical psychological health issues such as anxiety and depression, the health of sexual and gender minorities, and the psychological dangers and pitfalls of the digital age are addressed to meet the needs of today’s students. An array of active learning features based on the SQ4R pedagogy—Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Reflect, and Review—enables students to take an active role in the learning process, develop effective study habits, strengthen critical and scientific thinking, and comprehend, retain, and apply the material.
I. FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY?
1. FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
A History of Health Psychology
The Biopsychosocial Model
Health Psychology in the Global Context
Research Methods in Health Psychology
Becoming a Critical Thinker about Health-Related Information
2. ADHERENCE AND CHANGE
Factors in Health Behavior Change and Adherence to Medical Treatment
The Health Belief Model (HBM)
Social Cognitive Theory
The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)
The Transtheoretical Model (TTM)
3. THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Illness Behavior
Health Disparities
Health Care, U.S.A.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
II. STRESS & COPING
4. STRESS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Stress
The Body’s Response to Stress
Infection and Immunity
5. RESILIENCE AND COPING
Resilience
Problematic Ways of Coping with Stress
Cognitive Appraisal and Coping
Problem-Focused Coping
Emotion-Focused Coping
6. UNDERSTANDING & MANAGING PAIN
Understanding Pain
Psychosocial Factors in Chronic Pain
Treating Chronic Pain
III. HEALTHY BEHAVIOR PATTERNS
7. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, NUTRITION, WEIGHT, AND EATING DISORDERS
The Digestive System and The Hunger Drive
Nutrients: The Stuff of Life
Overweight and Obesity
Theories in Health Psychology and Weight Control
Eating Disorders
8. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SLEEP, VIOLENCE, AND ACCIDENTS
Physical Activity
Sleep
Violence
Accident Prevention
9. SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE
Substance Abuse and Dependence
Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens
Health Psychology and Behavioral Change
10. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
The Reproductive System
Heredity: The Nature of Nature
Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology
Prenatal Development
Postpartum Depression
Menopause
11. SEXUAL HEALTH
Sexual Behavior and Health
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Decision-Making abut Reproductive Options
Sexual Dysfunctions
The Health of Sexual and Gender Minorities
IV. DISORDERS
12. PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
The Healthy Personality
Psychological Disorders
Suicide: A Growing Public Health Crisis
13. CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
The Cardiovascular System
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)—The Nation’s Perennial Leading Cause of Death
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
14. CANCER, OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES, AND END-OF-LIFE ISSUES
Cancer
Diabetes
Arthritis
Asthma
Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
End-of-Life Health Issues
V. LOOKING AHEAD
15. NEW DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
eHealth and Wearables
The Multiple Health Behavior Change Model
Integrated Primary Care
Coda: Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Health Psychology and Your Future
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