Social psychological foundations of health and illness / edited by Jerry Suls and Kenneth A. Wallston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suls, Jerry M.

Wallston, Kenneth A.

Series:

Blackwell series in health psychology and behavioral medicine ; 2.

The Blackwell series in health psychology and behavioral medicine ; [2]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Clinical health psychology.

Physical Description:

xx, 583 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003.

Summary:

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 authorsrsquo; research programs. Topics discussed include virtually all of the major issues studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology, including disease etiology, prevention, intervention and adaptation to illness. Using a variety of presentational styles, the chapter authors integrate past findings and offer directions for future developments. Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a vital resource for all those interested in how social factors affect physical health and well-being.

Contents:

Part I Models of Health/Risk Behavior and Behavior Change 1

Chapter 1 Healthy Life-style Across the Life-span: The Heck with the Surgeon General! / Howard S. Friedman 3

Chapter 2 Exploring the Links between Risk Perceptions and Preventive Health Behavior / Neil D. Weinstein 22

Chapter 3 Communicating about Health: Message Framing, Persuasion and Health Behavior / Peter Salovey, Duane T. Wegener 54

Chapter 4 The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: A General Social Psychological Approach to Understanding and Promoting Health Behavior / William A. Fisher, Jeffrey D. Fisher, Jennifer Harman 82

Chapter 5 A Social Reaction Model of Adolescent Health Risk / Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, David J. Lane 107

Chapter 6 Affect, Thought and Self-protective Health Behavior: The Case of Worry and Cancer Screening / Kevin D. McCaul, Amy B. Mullens 137

Chapter 7 Social-cognitive Factors in Health Behavior Change / Britta Renner, Ralf Schwarzer 169

Part II Social-cognitive Processes in Health 197

Chapter 8 Common Sense Models of Illness: Implications for Symptom Perception and Health-related Behaviors / Rene Martin, Nan Rothrock, Howard Leventhal, Elaine Leventhal 199

Chapter 9 Contributions of Social Comparison to Physical Illness and Well-being / Jerry Suls 226

Chapter 10 Interpersonal Emotional Processes in Adjustment to Chronic Illness / Robert F. DeVellis, Megan A. Lewis, Katherine Regan Sterba 256

Chapter 11 The Social, Linguistic, and Health Consequences of Emotional Disclosure / James W. Pennebaker 288

Chapter 12 Affiliation, Social Support, and Biobehavioral Responses to Stress / Shelley E. Taylor, Laura C. Klein, Tara L. Gruenewald, Regan A. R. Gurung, Sara Fernandes-Taylor 314

Part III Personality and Health 333

Chapter 13 Toward a Social Psychophysiology of Cardiovascular Reactivity: Interpersonal Concepts and Methods in the Study of Stress and Coronary Disease / Timothy W. Smith, Linda C. Gallo, John M. Ruiz 335

Chapter 14 Gender-related Traits and Health / Vicki S. Helgeson 367

Chapter 15 Self-regulatory Processes and Responses to Health Threats: Effects of Optimism on Well-being / Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver 395

Part IV Adaptation to Stress and Chronic Illness 429

Chapter 16 The Influence of Psychological Factors on Restorative Function in Health and Illness / Ashley W. Smith, Andrew Baum 431

Chapter 17 Coping and Adjustment to Rheumatoid Arthritis / Craig A. Smith, Kenneth A. Wallston, Kathleen A. Dwyer 458

Chapter 18 Daily Processes in Health and Illness / Howard Tennen, Glenn Affleck, Stephen Armeli 495

Chapter 19 Scenes from a Marriage: Examining Support, Coping, and Gender within the Context of Chronic Illness / Tracey A. Revenson 530.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631225153

OCLC:

51003951