Emotional expression and health : advances in theory, assessment and clinical applications / edited by Ivan Nyklíček, Lydia Temoshok and Ad Vingerhoets.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nyklíček, Ivan.

Temoshok, Lydia.

Vingerhoets, Ad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine and psychology.

Emotions--Health aspects.

Emotions.

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

xix, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

Emotional Expression and Health looks at the role emotional expression and inhibition may play in staying healthy or falling ill. This unique approach will be of interest to all those in the fields of health and medical psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine, as well as professionals working with patients in whom emotional expression or inhibition may play a role in a disease's etiology, course, or prognosis.

Contents:

Lying and self-deception in health and disease / Charles V. Ford

The social sharing of emotion : illusory and real benefits of talking about emotional experiences / Bernard Rimé, Gwénola Herbette and Susanna Corsini

Theoretical mechanisms involved in disclosure : from inhibition to self-regulation / Melanie A. Greenberg and Stephen J. Lepore

Emotion suppression and cardiovascular disease : is hiding feelings bad for your heart? / Iris B. Mauss and James J. Gross

The Reality Escape Model : the intricate relation between alexithymia, dissociation, and anesthesia in victims of child sexual abuse / Peter Paul Moormann, Bob Bermond and Francine Albach

Worry, perseverative thinking and health / Jos F. Brosschot and Julian F. Thayer

Different concepts or different words? concepts related to non-expression of negative emotions / Bert Garssen and Margot Remie

Alexithymia : 25 years of theory and research / Graeme J. Taylor

Emotional intelligence and physical health / Alison Woolery and Peter Salovey

The repressive coping style and avoidance of negative affect / Lynn B. Myers and Nazanin Derakshan.

Psychological mindedness : a new index to assess a major emotion-focused coping style / Johan Denollet and Ivan Nyklíček

The Stanford Emotional Self-efficacy Scale - cancer : reliability, validity, and generalizability / Janine Giese-Davis ... [et al.]

Attachment representation and affect regulation : current findings of attachment research and their relevance for psychosomatic medicine / Carl Eduard Scheidt and Elisabeth Waller

Children's conception of the emotion process : consequences for emotion regulation / Hedy Stegge ... [et al.]

Emotional information processing in boys with disruptive behavior disorders / Bram Orobio de Castro, Willem Koops and Mark Meerum Terwogt

Crying, catharsis, and health / Suzanne Stougie, Ad Vingerhoets and Randolph R. Cornelius

Femininity, masculinity and the riddle of crying / Agneta H. Fischer ... [et al.]

The heart of the actor : let it all out or keep a healthy distance? / Elly A. Konijn

Non-expression of emotion and self among members of socially stigmatized groups : implications for physical and mental health / Janel D. Sexton and James W. Pennebaker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1583918434

OCLC:

52814649