An Introduction to Health Psychology

by Val Morrison, Paul Bennett

An Introduction to Health Psychology, second edition provides a stimulating and thorough introduction to the field, helping you to understand how biology, behavior, and social context influence health and illness. The text builds on the success of the first edition and has been thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest research findings including expanded coverage on topics such as death, dying and loss, ageing and lifespan and positive psychology. Substantially revised chapters include `The Body in Health and Illness' and `Pain'. Chapters include valuable pedagogical features such as `What do YOU think?' boxes, issues boxes, examples of illnesses, new case studies, greater inclusion of cross-cultural issues and policy information, and recommended readings. The text is supported by a companion website which has been significantly extended, and is an invaluable resource which provides you with a useful self-testing facility, flash cards to aid revision and up-to-date weblinks. An Introduction to Health Psychology, second edition is ideal for students taking a module in health psychology or studying in related fields such as health and social care or nursing. Features * Substantially revised chapters on The Body in Health and Illness and Pain
* An extended final chapter on including global comparisons and careers - ideal for students at level three and on postgraduate courses
* More personal case studies, What do YOU think? boxes, issues boxes, and examples of illnesses
* Expanded coverage of topics such as death, dying and loss, ageing and lifespan and greater inclusion of cross-cultural issues and policy information.
* Even greater reference to cutting-edge research material in key reading, references and research focus boxes

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Health

672 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Alex]

🏆 <- this is for me for getting through this whole thing
(pretty good as far as textbooks go tbh)

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend this book as a must have textbook if you are studying Health Psychology. It's very well written. It helped me understand everything that confused me from what I was being taught at university lectures. It's also helpful for exams as it gave me the basic idea of what a theory was all about, what was expected of me to know, what research so far had revealed etc. and then I just went online, found articles and built on that knowledge.

[Tuukka · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read the whole book hastily for an exam. I think the presentation of subject matters was not very engaging, seemed rather superficial to me (oh well this is an introductory textbook so that can be - but in any case i've read better introductory textbooks).

[Geri · Rating 3 out of 5]

сега остава и да си взема изпита.

[Hanna Gruda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jobbig jävla student litteratur men bra formulerad 🌟😤😎

[Sian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cover bukunya asikkk...betapa segitu rentannya menjaga keseimbangan kesehatan...
Buku ini memberi pandangan global yang lengkap tentang psikologi kesehatan, dengan penjelasan yang mudah dipahami. Ini buku teks pertama yang dengan amat-sangat-super-cepat (buat ukuran saya yang biasa membaca buku teks dengan kecepatan keong) bisa saya baca sampai selesai. Kebetulan sekali emang sedang butuh informasi :-)

Terima kasih buat Henndy Ginting yang mengizinkan untuk memfotokopi buku miliknya ini :-)

[Kim Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to follow chapters.

[Antwan Shaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

read it