| Description |
xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Key readings in social psychology |
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Key readings in social psychology.
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| Contents |
Social Psychology of Health: Key Readings in Social Psychology: An Overview / Peter Salovey and Alexander J. Rothman -- Common-Sense Models of Illness: The Example of Hypertension / Daniel Meyer, Howard Leventhal and Mary Gutmann -- A Longitudinal Study of the Reciprocal Nature of Risk Behaviors and Cognitions in Adolescents: What You Do Shapes What You Think, and Vice Versa / Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, Alida C. Benthin and Robert M. Hessling -- Testing Four Competing Theories of Health-Protective Behavior / Neil D. Weinstein -- Stage Theories of Health Behavior: Conceptual and Methodological Issues / Neil D. Weinstein, Alexander J. Rothman and Stephen R. Sutton -- In Search of How People Change: Applications to Addictive Behaviors / James O. Prochaska, Carlo C. DiClemente and John C. Norcross -- Reasoned Action and Social Reaction: Willingness and Intention as Independent Predictors of Health Risk / Frederick X. Gibbons, Meg Gerrard, Hart Blanton and Daniel W. Russell -- Understanding the Impact of Risk Factor Test Results: Insights From a Basic Research Program / Peter H. Ditto and Robert T. Croyle -- Defensive Processing of Personally Relevant Health Messages / Akiva Liberman and Shelly Chaiken -- Alcohol Myopia and Condom Use: Can Alcohol Intoxication Be Associated With More Prudent Behavior? / Tara K. MacDonald, Geoffrey T. Fong, Mark P. Zanna and Alanna M. Martineau -- Social Comparison in Adjustment to Breast Cancer / Joanne V. Wood, Shelley E. Taylor and Rosemary R. Lichtman -- Predicting Young Adults' Health Risk Behavior / Frederick X. Gibbons and Meg Gerrard -- Pluralistic Ignorance and Alcohol Use on Campus: Some Consequences of Misperceiving the Social Norm / Deborah A. Prentice and Dale T. Miller -- Social Comparison and Affiliation Under Threat: Effects on Recovery From Major Surgery / James A. Kulik, Heike I. M. Mahler and Philip J. Moore -- Social Relationships and Health / James S. House, Karl R. Landis and Debra Umberson -- Psychosocial Models of the Role of Social Support in the Etiology of Physical Disease / Sheldon Cohen -- Experimental Evidence for Stages of Health Behavior Change: The Precaution Adoption Process Model Applied to Home Radon Testing / Neil D. Weinstein, Judith E. Lyon, Peter M. Sandman and Cara L. Cuite -- Attributions of Responsibility and Persuasion: Increasing Mammography Utilization Among Women Over 40 With an Internally Oriented Message / Alexander J. Rothman, Peter Salovey, Carolyn Turvey and Stephanie A. Fishkin -- Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms / Jeff Stone, Elliot Aronson, A. Lauren Crain, Matthew P. Winslow and Carrie B. Fried -- The Systematic Influence of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages on Interest in and Use of Different Types of Health Behavior / Alexander J. Rothman, Steven C. Martino, Brian T. Bedell, Jerusha B. Detweiler and Peter Salovey -- The "Disease-Prone Personality": A Meta-Analytic View of the Construct / Howard S. Friedman and Stephanie Booth-Kewley -- Hostility and Health: Current Status of a Psychosomatic Hypothesis / Timothy W. Smith -- Dispositonal Optimism and Recovery From Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The Beneficial Effect on Physical and Psychological Well-Being / Michael F. Scheier, Karen A. Matthews, Jane F. Owens, George J. Magovern, Sr., R. CraigLefebvre, R. Anne Abbott and Charles S. Carver -- Writing About Emotional Experiences as a Therapeutic Process / James W. Pennebaker -- App. How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology / Christian H. Jordan and Mark P. Zanna |
| Summary |
"This volume provides classic and contemporary theory and research in social psychology that sheds light on how people think about health and illness as well as their willingness to engage in health-relevant behaviors. People can react to new health information in different ways - with acceptance, defensiveness, or downright ignorance - and this volume turns to research that can help us to understand these varied reactions." "Several sections of the volume consider the utility of classic social psychological theories and perspectives in understanding behavior relevant to health and illness. These include social influence, social comparison, pluralistic ignorance, social support, cognitive dissonance, message framing, and fear communication. A final section concludes with articles considering the broader social environment - including race, gender, and class - and its role in health and illness." |
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"The volume also contains an introductory chapter by the editors providing a history of personality and social psychology's interest in health and illness. Together with overviews for each section, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, the volume is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on health psychology."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Articles previously published in various sources between 1985 and 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Health attitudes.
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Medicine and psychology.
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Social psychology.
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Health Behavior.
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Attitude to Health.
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Psychology, Social.
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Risk-Taking.
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| Genre/Form |
Collected Work.
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| Author |
Salovey, Peter.
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Rothman, Alexander J.
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| LC no. |
2003043109 |
| ISBN |
1841690163 |
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1841690171 paperback |
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