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Author:   Robbert Sanderman ,  Karen Morgan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.530kg
ISBN:  

9781032330648

ISBN 10:   1032330643
Pages:   706
Publication Date:   29 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Defining Health Psychology 1. History of Health Psychology 2. Health psychology theories and models of behaviour 3. Health Psychology’s Role within the Biopsychosocial Sciences 4. Professionalisation of Health Psychology 5. Future Directions for the Discipline of Health Psychology Section 2: Theories and Methodology 6. How to work with theories of health behaviour change 7. Illness Perceptions and Culture 8. Research Design: Overview and recommendations 9. Measurement in Health Psychology 10. Personality and health Section 3: Health Behavior 11. Defining and specifying health behaviour 12. A behavioural perspective on health 13. Understanding multiple health behaviours 14. The role of health behaviour in obesity 15. Moving from description to explanation Section 4: Interpersonal Relations & Health 16. Interpersonal Relationships and Health 17. Attachment Insecurity Shapes Physiological and Behavioural Responses to Stress 18. An Overview of the Impact of Chronic Medical Illness on Sexuality 19. Caregiving and Relationships 20. Patient-provider relationships Section 5: Chronic Diseases 21. Introduction to Chronic Diseases 22. Coping with Symptoms and Treatments 23. The Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Disease 24. Self-Management and Adherence in the Context of Chronic Diseases 25. The Role of Technology in Chronic Illness Section 6: Interventions 26. Introduction: Theoretical foundations of health psychology 27. Interventions in chronic disease 28. Community-based interventions 29. Health Behaviour Change Interventions 30. Implementation strategies Section 7: Global Health Psychology 31. An Introduction to ‘Global Health Psychology’ 32. What is the state of Health Psychology in the Global South? 33. Challenges Currently Felt in the Global South 34. Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) 35. Collaboration and Research Ethics in Health Psychology Section 8: Current Challenges and Opportunities - The Future of Health Psychology 36. The future of Health Psychology: Challenges and opportunities in the next decades 37. Well-being across the lifespan 38. Health Psychology in the age of digital health 39. Six ways Health Psychology can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation 40. Policy implications

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Robbert Sanderman is Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. His research is focused on psychological and social adaptive processes in patients diagnosed with a chronic somatic disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes, heart failure, and COPD) and eHealth interventions. He has supervised 70 PhD projects, co-edited several handbooks on chronic disease, and co-authored over 450 publications (articles, book chapters, and books). He has been on the boards of numerous societies in the field and is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society. Karen Morgan is a Professor of Health Psychology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is currently the President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin, Malaysia Campus. She has co(authored) over 100 international publications and book chapters, as well as 13 National Reports and policy briefs and is Co-editor in Chief of EHPS journal Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine. She is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society. Her research focuses on ageing, quality of life and population health, in particular the health of vulnerable populations.

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