Health psychology

Title Statements

Full title :Health psychology / Charles Abraham, Mark Conner, Fiona Jones & Daryl O'Connor.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:2 [2nd edition]

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317690511, 1317690516
oclc:on1151705667
LC Classification:R726.7
Dewey Decimal:616.001/9

Introduction -- Biological bases of health and illness -- Biopsychosocial pathways to health and illness -- Stress and health -- Stress theory and research -- Stress and health in context -- Coping resources : social support and individual differences -- Coping and social support -- Personality and health -- Motivation and behaviour -- Health cognitions and health behaviours -- Changing motivation -- Changing behaviour -- Relating to patients -- Future directions, roles, and competencies.