Health psychology
by Sanderson, Catherine Ashley
"The 2nd Edition of Catherine Sanderson's Health Psychology targets the mainstream health psychology market and offers a broad appeal through its narrative that is both challenging for psychology majors and accessible to non-majors. This book provides current and relevant information while providing a foundation in scientific research and critical and analytical thinking. The book emphasizes practical and real-world issues. Additionally, this text includes a focus on current ethical issues in h…
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- Full title :Health psychology / Catherine A. Sanderson.
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"The 2nd Edition of Catherine Sanderson's Health Psychology targets the mainstream health psychology market and offers a broad appeal through its narrative that is both challenging for psychology majors and accessible to non-majors. This book provides current and relevant information while providing a foundation in scientific research and critical and analytical thinking. The book emphasizes practical and real-world issues. Additionally, this text includes a focus on current ethical issues in health; expanded coverage of international health; increased emphasis on critical thinking and analysis; coverage of specific topics such as complementary and alternative medicine, accidents as a cause of death, and the role of ethnicity and gender in influencing health behavior; an emphasis on practical information; and updated coverage of all material which is particularly important in the field of health psychology given the dramatic advances in knowledge about the factors that influence physical well-being during the last five years"--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2013.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxii, 698 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780470129159, 0470129158
- oclc:ocn767825005
- LC Classification:R726.7
- Dewey Decimal:616.89
Table of Contents
168What Is the Link Between Social Support and Health? 169Psychological Well-Being 169Physical Well-Being 170Focus on Research -- The Effe.
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