The Health Psychology Reader

First Edition

Edited by:

David F Marks - Arles, France

July 2002 | 388 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

The Health Psychology Reader is designed to complement and support the recent textbook Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice by David F. Marks, Michael Murray, Brian Evans and Carla Willig (SAGE, 2000). It can also be used as a stand-alone resource given its didactic nature. The Reader explores key topics within the health psychology field with incisive introductions to each section by the Editor and includes a selection of the most important theoretical and empirical published work.

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PART ONE: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY'S DEVELOPMENT, DEFINITION AND CONTEX

Joseph D Matarazzo

Behavioral Health's Challenge to Academic, Scientific and Professional Psychology

Mark McDermott

Redefining Health Psychology

Matarazzo Revisited

George L Engel

The Need for a New Medical Model

A Challenge for Biomedicine

David Armstrong

Theoretical Tensions in Biopsychosocial Medicine

Jane Ogden

The Rhetoric and Reality of Psychosocial Theories of Health

A Challenge to Biomedicine

PART TWO: THEORIES IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Albert Bandura

Social Foundations of Thought and Action

A Social Cognitive Theory

Richard S Lazarus

Emotion Narratives

A Radical New Research Approach

Martin Fishbein

The Role of Theory in HIV Prevention

Aaron Antonovsky

Unravelling the Mystery of Health

How People Manage Stress and Stay Well

Douglas Carroll, George Davey Smith and Paul Bennett

Some Observations on Health and Socio-Economic Status

PART THREE: HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AND EXPERIENCE

Rudolf H Moos

Context and Coping

Toward a Unifying Conceptual Framework

Garry Egger and Boyd Swinburn

An Ecological Approach to the Obesity Pandemic

Susan Drew

Moving towards Active Living

Understanding the Contextual Nature of Barriers to Physical Activity

Frank W van der Velde, Christa Hoojkaas and Joop van der Pligt

Conditional Versus Unconditional Risk Behaviour Estimates in Models of AIDS-related Risk Behaviour

Paul Flowers et al

Health and Romance

Understanding Unprotected Sex in Relationships Between Gay Men

PART FOUR: HEALTH BELIEFS, EXPLANATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION

Hope Landrine and Elizabeth A Klonoff

Cultural Diversity in Causal Attributions for Illness

The Role of the Supernatural

John Weinman and Keith J Petrie

Illness Perceptions

A New Paradigm for Psychosomatics?

Gary L Kreps

Consumer/Provider Communication Research

A Personal Plea to Address Issues of Ecological Validity, Relational Development, Message Diversity and Situational Constraints

Jeff French and Lee Adams

From Analysis to Synthesis

Theories of Health Education

Gordon Macdonald

A New Evidence Framework for Health Promotion

PART FIVE: CRITICAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Wendy Stainton-Rogers

Critical Approaches to Health Psychology

Henderikus J Stam

Theorizing Health and Illness

Functionalism, Subjectivity and Reflexivity

Carla Willig

A Discourse-Dynamic Approach to the Study of Subjectivity in Health Psychology

Alan Radley

Health Psychology, Embodiment and the Question of Vulnerability

M Brinton Lykes

Possible Contributions of a Psychology of Liberation

Whither Health and Human Rights?

The Health Psychology Reader provides a concise guide to Health Psychology. It is set out in 5 key sections and explores key theories and research in the area. This is a great, stimulating text to health psychology students at all levels.

Miss Gemma Wilson

School of Social Sciences and Law, University of Teesside

April 22, 2012

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This book is clear, informative and easy to read. A good text for students on an M.Sc. Health Psychology module.

Ms Lynda Hyland

School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University Dubai

March 6, 2012

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A great compilation of key readings for psychology students and researchers.

Dr Benjamin Gardner

Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London