Overview

Most health research to date has been pursued within the confines of scientific disciplines that are guided by their own targeted questions and research strategies. Although useful, such inquiries are inherently limited in advancing understanding the interplay of wide-ranging factors that shape human health. The Oxford Handbook of Integrative Health Science embraces an integrative approach that seeks to put together sociodemographic factors (age, gender, race, socioeconomic status) known to contour rates of morbidity and mortality with psychosocial factors (emotion, cognition, personality, well-being, social connections), behavioral factors (health practices) and stress exposures (caregiving responsibilities, divorce, discrimination) also known to influence health. A further overarching theme is to explicate the biological pathways through which these various effects occur. The biopsychosocial leitmotif that inspires this approach demands new kinds of studies wherein wide-ranging assessments across different domains are assembled on large population samples. The MIDUS (Midlife in the U.S.) national longitudinal study exemplifies such an integrative study, and all findings presented in this collection draw on MIDUS. The way the study evolved, via collaboration of scientists working across disciplinary lines, and its enthusiastic reception from the scientific community are all part of the larger story told. Embedded within such tales are important advances in the identification of key protective or vulnerability factors: these pave the way for practice and policy initiatives seeking to improve the nation's health.

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Author:   Carol D. Ryff (Hilldale Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison) ,  Robert F. Krueger (Hathaway Distinguished Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   1.156kg
ISBN:  

9780190676384

ISBN 10:   0190676388
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   19 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: Setting the Stage Chapter 1 Approaching Human Health as an Integrative Challenge: Introduction and Overview Carol D. Ryff and Robert F. Krueger Chapter 2 Behind The Scenes in Integrative Health Science: Understanding and Negotiating Data Management Challenges Barry T. Radler and Gayle D. Love Chapter 3 The Roles of Twin Studies and Modern Genomic Technologies in Integrative Health Science Robert F. Krueger and Susan C. South PART II: Early Experience, Life Course Pathways, and Adult Health Chapter 4 Early Life Adversity and Adult Health Cynthia S. Levine, Gregory E. Miller, Margie E. Lachman, Teresa E. Seeman, and Edith Chen Chapter 5 Gender, Early Life Adversity and Adult Health Chioun Lee, Carol D. Ryff, and Christopher L. Cole Chapter 6 Cumulative Stress and Health Natalie Slopen, Celena Meyer, and David R. Williams Chapter 7 Determinants and Implications of Subjective Age Across Adulthood and Old Age Yannick Stephan, Angelina R. Sutin, and Antonio Terracciano PART III: Work and Family Roles, Daily Life, and Adult Health Chapter 8 Promoting Healthy Practices in the Work Place: Making Worker's Health a Priority Before It Becomes a Problem Kasey E. Longley, Amy M. Smith, and Joseph G. Grzywacz Chapter 9 Work and Family: Pathways to Health Amy M. Smith, Kasey E. Longley, and Joseph G. Grzywacz Chapter 10 Intimate Partner Relationships and Health Deborah Carr and Dawne M. Mouzon Chapter 11 The Lifelong Health Effects of Parenting a Child with Developmental or Mental Health Problems Jieun Song, Marsha R. Mailick, Jan S. Greenberg, and Jinkuk Hong Chapter 12 Daily Positive Experiences and Health: Biobehavioral Pathways and Resilience to Daily Stress Nancy L. Sin and David M. Almeida Chapter 13 Family as a Naturally Occurring Stressor: Race, Psychosocial Factors, and Daily Health Kelly E. Cichy and Jeong Eun Lee Chapter 14 Social Capital, Altruistic Behaviors, and Health Takeo Fujiwara and Carol D. Ryff PART IV: Interplay of Psychosocial Factors, Biology, and Health Outcomes Chapter 15 Psychosocial Resources and Physiological Dysregulation Joshua F. Wiley, Tara L. Gruenewald, and Teresa E. Seeman Chapter 16 Biopsychosocial Patterning of Multimorbidity and its Consequences Elliott Friedman, Beth LeBreton, Lindsay Fuzzell, and Elizabeth Wehrspann Chapter 17 Psychosocial Life Histories and Biological Pathways to Bone Health Arun S. Karlamangla, Neil Binkley, and Carolyn J. Crandall Chapter 18 Biopsychosocial Pathways to Prediabetes and Diabetes Vera Tsenkova, Deborah Carr, Christopher L. Coe, Arun S. Karlamangla, and Carol D. Ryff Chapter 19 Weight Identity Among Older Adults in the United States: Genetic and Environmental Influences Robbee Wedow, Daniel A. Briley, Susan E. Short, and Jason Boardman Chapter 20 Psychosocial Consequences of Body Weight and Obesity Deborah Carr and Vera Tsenkova PART V: Psychological Factors and Health: Cognition, Personality, Emotion, Well-Being Chapter 21 Cognition at Midlife: Antecedents and Consequents Stefan Agrigoroaei, Stephanie A. Robinson, Matthew L. Hughes, Elizabeth H. Rickenbach, and Margie E. Lachman Chapter 22 Associations Between Personality and Behavior Over the Life Course Nicholas A. Turiano, Patrick L. Hill, Eileen K. Graham, and Daniel K. Mroczek Chapter 23 Personality as a Determinant of Health Behaviors and Chronic Diseases: Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence Markus Jokela Chapter 24 The Road to Positive Health: Behavioral and Biological Pathways Linking Positive Psychological Functioning with Health Outcomes Julia K. Boehm Chapter 25 Distinguishing Between Enduring and Fragile Positive Affect: Implications for Health and Well-Being in Midlife Anthony D. Ong, Nancy L. Sin, and Nilam Ram Chapter 26 The Temporal Dynamics of Emotional Responding: Implications for Well-Being and Health from the MIDUS Neuroscience Project Stacey M. Schaefer, Carien M. van Reekum, Regina Lapate, Aaron S. Heller, Daniel W. Grupe, and Richard J. Davidson Chapter 27 Culture, Emotions, and Health Jiah Yoo and Yuri Miyamoto Chapter 28 Anger, Expression and Health: The Cultural Moderation Hypothesis Jiyoung Park and Shinobu Kitayama PART VI: Integrative Perspectives on Social Inequalities in Health Chapter 29 Personality and Socioeconomic Status Over the Adult Working Years Benjamin P. Chapman and Ari Elliott Chapter 30 Social Inequalities, Psychological Risk and Resilience, and Health Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Christopher L. Coe, and Carol D. Ryff Chapter 31 Socioeconomic Status and Health-Related Biology: Links Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Psychological Factors, and HPA Activity in MIDUS Samuele Zilioli, Ledina Inami, and Richard B. Slatcher Chapter 32 Perceived Discrimination and Health: Integrative Findings Adolfo G. Cuevas and David R. Williams Chapter 33 Disparities in Health Between Black and White Americans: Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Research Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell, David S. Curtis, and Adrienne M. Duke Chapter 34 The Education Gradient in Physiological Dysregulation: A Cross-Country Investigation Dana A. Glei, Noreen Goldman, and Maxine Weinstein Chapter 35 The Great Recession, Inequality, and Health: An Integrative Approach Julie A. Kirsch and Carol D. Ryff

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A comprehensive look at an integrative approach to factors that influence health

Author Information

Carol D. Ryff is Hilldale Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is Principal Investigator of the Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) national longitudinal study, which has become a major forum for integrative health science. Her research centers on the interplay of psychological, social, and biological factors that influence health, including in contexts of life adversity. Robert F. Krueger is Hathaway Distinguished Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his clinical internship at Brown University. Professor Krueger's major interests lie at the intersection of research on aging, health, personality, psychopathology, and behavior genetics.

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