Patrick Heaven

Adolescent Health (eBook, ePUB)

The Role of Individual Differences

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explores how individual differences contribute to health and illness across a wide range of cultures and socio-economic bacgrounds. Blends latest research findings with practical suggestions on how to improve health care for adolescents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134820290
• Artikelnr.: 42684144

Autorenporträt

Patrick C. L. Heaven is Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His previous publications include Contemporary Adolescence: A Social Psychological Approach (1994); Adolescence: An Australian Perspective (1990, edited by Heaven and Callan) and Life Span Development (1992, edited).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables. Foreword by Dr C. Peterson. Preface. Chapter 1. General Introduction: Introduction
Definitions of Health
Conceptions of illness and health among adolescents
Adolescence: a period of health risk
Summary Chapter 2. Health Education: Introduction
Adolescent injury and disease
Health education strategies
Adolescent health services
Models of health behaviour
Summary Chapter 3. Stress and Coping: Introduction
The Nature of Stress
Stress during the adolescent years
Types of stressors
Causes and correlates of adolescent stress
Coping with stress
Summary Chapter 4. Body Image and Eating Behaviours: Introduction
Controlling ones weight
Self-perceptions of body image
Eating disorders
The treatment of eating disorders
Summary Chapter 5. Sex and AIDS: Introduction
Sexual development
Attitudes to sex
Sexual behaviours and condoms
Predicting condom use
Summary Chapter 6. Substance abuse: Alcohol
Cigarettes and Other Drugs: Introduction
Patterns of substance abuse
Syndrome of problem behaviour
Theoretical perspectives
Summary Chapter 7. Mental Health: Schizophrenia
Depression and Suicide: Introduction
Schizophrenia
Depression
Suicide
Summary Chapter 8. Lifestyle
Exercise and Diet: Introduction
The concept of lifestyle
Exercise and fitness
Diet and health
Attitudes to food and nutrition
Psychological predictors of a healthy lifestyle
Changing lifestyle
Summary Chapter 9. Concluding Comments: Introduction
Empowerment
Improving Health services for adolescents.