Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness (eBook)

Jerry Suls, Kenneth A. Wallston (Herausgeber)

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2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-75209-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended discussion of the authors' research programs.

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• Includes state-of-the-art descriptions of new findings and theories concerning social aspects of physical health and illness.
  
• Discusses virtually all of the major topics studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology.
  
• Contains chapters written by leading figures in the field that discuss their own research within the context of classic efforts.

Jerry Suls is Professor of Psychology at the University of Iowa. He has published more than 130 articles and chapters on social psychology and health psychology and is the author or editor of numerous books, including Psychological Perspectives on Self and Identity (edited with Abraham Tesser and Richard B. Felson, 2000) and Handbook of Social Comparison (edited with Ladd Wheeler, 2000). Kenneth A. Wallston is Professor of Psychology in Nursing at Vanderbilt University. He has published extensively on perceived control and health as well as on adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and has been the editor of the newsletter The Health Psychologist since 1993.

Inhalt

List of contributors.

Preface.

1. Introduction to Social Psychological Foundations of Healthand Illness: Jerry Suls (University of Iowa) and Kenneth A.Wallston (Vanderbilt University).

Part I: Models of Health/Risk Behavior and BehaviorChange:.

2. Healthy Lifestyle across the Life-Span: The Heck with theSurgeon General: Howard Friedman (University of California,Riverside).

3. Exploring the links between risk perceptions and preventivebehavior: Neil Weinstein (Cook College).

4. Communicating about Health: Message Framing, Persuasion andHealth Behavior: Peter Salovey (Yale University) and Duane Wegener(Purdue University).

5. The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: A GeneralSocial Psychological Approach to Understanding and Promoting HealthBehavior: William A. Fisher (University of Western Ontario),Jeffrey D. Fisher (University of Connecticut), and Jennifer J.Harman (University of Connecticut).

6. A Social Reaction Model of Adolescent Health Risk: FrederickX. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, and David J. Lane (all Iowa StateUniversity).

7. Affect, Thought and Protective Health Behavior: The Case ofWorry and Cancer Screening: Kevin McCaul and Amy Boedicker Mullens(both North Dakota State University).

8. Social-Cognitive Factors in Health Behavior Change: BrittaRenner (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet Greifswald) and RalfSchwarzer (Free University of Berlin).

Part II: Social-Cognitive Processes in Health:.

9. Common Sense Models of Illness: Implications for SymptomPerception and Health-Related Behaviors: René Martin(University of Iowa), Nan Rothrock (University of Iowa), HowardLeventhal (Rutgers University), and Elaine Leventhal (University ofMedicine and Dentistry of New Jersey).

10. Contributions of Social Comparison to Physical Illness andWell-Being: Jerry Suls (University of Iowa).

11. Interpersonal Emotional Processes in Adjustment to ChronicIllness: Robert F. DeVellis, Megan A. Lewis, and Katherine ReganSterba (all University of North Carolina).

12. The Social, Linguistic and Health Consequences of EmotionalDisorder: James Pennebaker (University of Texas at Austin).

13. Affiliation, Social Support and Biobehavioral Responses toHealth: Shelley Taylor (University of California, Los Angeles),Laura Cousino Klein (Pennsylvania State University), Tara L.Gruenewald (University of California, Los Angeles), Regan A.R.Gurung (University of Wisconsin), and Sara Fernandes-Taylor(University of California, Los Angeles).

Part III: Personality and Health:.

14. Toward a Social Psychophysiology of CardiovascularReactivity: Interpersonal Concepts and Methods in the Study ofStress and Coronary Disease: Timothy Smith (University of Utah),Linda Gallo (San Diego State University), and John Ruiz (Universityof Pittsburgh School of Medicine).

15. Gender-Related Traits and Health: Vicki Helgeson (CarnegieMellon University).

16. Self-Regulatory Processes and Responses to Health Threats:Effects of Optimism on Well-Being: Michael Scheier (Carnegie MellonUniversity) and Charles Carver (University of Miami).

Part IV: Adaptation to Stress and Chronic Illness:.

17. The Influence of Psychological Factors on RestorativeFunction in Health and Illness: Ashley W. Smith and Andrew Baum(both University of Pittsburgh).

18. Coping and Adjustment in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Craig A.Smith, Kenneth A. Wallston, and Kathleen A. Dwyer (all VanderbiltUniversity).

19. Daily Processes in Health and Illness: Howard Tennen(University of Connecticut Health Center), Glenn Affleck(University of Connecticut Health Center), and Stephen Armelli(Pace University).

20. Scenes from a Marriage: The Coupling of Support, Coping andGender within the Context of Chronic Illness: Tracey A. Revenson(City University of New York Graduate Center).

Index.

Rezensionen

"Clinical Practice gives Health Psychology its heart, but Social
Psychology is the brains behind the operation. With this ingenious
collection of scholarly papers, Professors Suls and Wallston
provide us with engagingly written and intellectually powerful
social psychological models of health and illness. Their edited
volume has much to offer to students, educators, researchers and
practitioners alike. It is a 'must' read for all those with serious
interest in the psychological foundations of health." Alex
Zautra, Arizona State University

"Written by leading experts in the field, the book is a
compendium ... of the leading research in the field." R. L.
Jones, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center,
Choice, January 2004

"The particular value of this volume lies in the overview it
gives of the most significant theoretical and methodological
contributions to health and illness. Moreover the volume is
successful in stimulating further investigation into the relatively
unexplored social psychological contributions. Suls and Wallston
were able to collect contributions from scholars that reflected not
only new advances in theory but also the more classic theories ...
The volume is highly recommended as a significant contribution to
understandings of health and illness and will serve as a valuable
resource for academics and health promotion specialists engaged in
health related studies and health promotion practice." Anna
Meyer-Weitz, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Psychology In Society,
2004, 30, 54-57

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Reihe/Serie: The Blackwell Series in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
• Reihe/Serie: The Blackwell Series in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: area • Authors • Brief • Classic • Clinical psychology • Current • Developments • discussion • distinguished • Extended • Field • Foundations • Health • Health & Behavioral Clinical Psychology • Klinische Psychologie • Klinische Psychologie / Verhalten • Programs • provide • Psychological • Psychologie • Psychology • Research • Social • socialhealth • Study • Summary • Surveys
• ISBN-10: 0-470-75209-2 / 0470752092
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-75209-8 / 9780470752098