Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness - Suls, Jerry / Wallston, Kenneth A. (eds.)
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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. 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…mehr

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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. 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.
Autorenporträt
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.
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"Clinical Practice gives Health Psychology its heart, but SocialPsychology is the brains behind the operation. With this ingeniouscollection of scholarly papers, Professors Suls and Wallstonprovide us with engagingly written and intellectually powerfulsocial psychological models of health and illness. Their editedvolume has much to offer to students, educators, researchers andpractitioners alike. It is a 'must' read for all those with seriousinterest in the psychological foundations of health." AlexZautra, Arizona State University

"Written by leading experts in the field, the book is acompendium ... 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 itgives of the most significant theoretical and methodologicalcontributions to health and illness. Moreover the volume issuccessful in stimulating further investigation into the relativelyunexplored social psychological contributions. Suls and Wallstonwere able to collect contributions from scholars that reflected notonly new advances in theory but also the more classic theories ...The volume is highly recommended as a significant contribution tounderstandings of health and illness and will serve as a valuableresource for academics and health promotion specialists engaged inhealth related studies and health promotion practice." AnnaMeyer-Weitz, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Psychology In Society,2004, 30, 54-57…mehr