Health psychology

• Tác giả: Catherine Ashley Sanderson
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0470129158
• ISBN-13: 978-0470129159
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 616.89 Mental disorders
• Thông tin xuất bản: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2013
• Mô tả vật lý: xxii, 698 p. : , ill. ; , 25 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học ứng dụng
• ID: 97887
• Chủ đề: 1. Clinical health psychology; 2. Health--Psychological aspects; 3. Medicine and psychology; 4. Behavioral Medicine--methods; 5. Attitude to Health; 6. Health Behavior

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Tóm tắt

 "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.