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The self-regulation of health and illness behaviour / edited by Linda D. Cameron and Howard Leventhal.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinical health psychology.
- Health behavior.
- Sick--Psychology.
- Sick.
- Self-management (Psychology).
- Control (Psychology).
- Goal (Psychology).
- Feedback (Psychology).
- Health Behavior.
- Feedback, Psychological.
- Goals.
- Self Care--psychology.
- Sick Role.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Behavior.
- Feedback, Psychological.
- Goals.
- Self Care--psychology.
- Sick Role.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Summary:
- Over the past two decades, self-regulation theory has emerged to offer a whole new perspective on human behaviour. With its focus on the ways in which individuals direct and monitor their activities and emotions in order to attain their goals, it provides a dynamic framework for understanding the complexities of behaviour in response to emotionally provocative events such as illness and stressful experiences. This book brings together a group of leading researchers in the field to present an integrative and up-to-date account of the latest developments in the self-regulation of health and illness behaviour. Particular attention is given to the implications of the research for designing effective health interventions, and a final section is devoted to reviewing self-regulation-based interventions for patients with chronic illnesses, the development of effective health messages, and new methods for promoting effective decision-making in the use of genetic testing and cancer screening. This book provides a review of the growing body of research on the self-regulation of health and illness behaviour. It will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and students concerned with the psychology of health.
- Contents:
- 1 Self-regulation, health, and illness: an overview / Linda D. Cameron, Howard Leventhal 1
- Part I Theoretical foundations 15
- 2 Goals and confidence as self-regulatory elements underlying health and illness behavior / Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver 17
- 3 The common-sense model of self-regulation of health and illness / Howard Leventhal, Ian Brissette, Elaine A. Leventhal 42
- 4 Personality and self-regulation in health and disease: toward an integrative perspective / Richard J. Contrada, Elliot J. Coups 66
- Part II Representations of illnesses and health actions 95
- 5 Representations of chronic illness / Adrian A. Kaptein, Margreet Scharloo, Desiree I. Helder, Wim Chr. Kleijn, Inez M. Van Korlaar, Maaike Woertman 97
- 6 Representational beliefs about functional somatic syndromes / Rona Moss-Morris, Wendy Wrapson 119
- 7 Treatment perceptions and self-regulation / Robert Horne 138
- Part III Emotional processes 155
- 8 Anxiety, cognition, and responses to health threats / Linda D. Cameron 157
- 9 Defensive denial, affect, and the self-regulation of health threats / Deborah J. Wiebe, Carolyn Korbel 184
- Part IV The social and cultural context 205
- 10 Carer perceptions of chronic illness / John Weinman, Monique Heijmans, Maria Joao Figueiras 207
- 11 How gender stereotypes influence self-regulation of cardiac health care-seeking and adaptation / Rene Martin, Jerry Suls 220
- 12 Culture and illness representation / Linda Ciofu Baumann 242
- Part V Applications and interventions 255
- 13 Self-regulatory interventions for improving the management of chronic illness / Keith J. Petrie, Elizabeth Broadbent, Geraldine Meechan 257
- 14 Message frames and illness representations: implications for interventions to promote and sustain healthy behavior / Alexander J. Rothman, Kristina M. Kelly, Andrew W. Hertel, Peter Salovey 278
- 15 Self-regulation and decision-making about cancer screening / Ronald E. Myers 297
- 16 Self-regulation and genetic testing: theory, practical considerations, and interventions / Michael A. Diefenbach, Natalie Hamrick 314.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415297001
- 041529701X
- OCLC:
- 50270831
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