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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christina Lee , R Glynn Owens , Sheila Payne , Sandra HornPublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9780335207060ISBN 10: 0335207065 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 16 March 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsSeries editors' foreword Preface Gender and men's health Health behaviours and health service use Emotional expression Risk taking, violence and criminality Sexuality and men's health Men and their bodies Men and work Men and family Men and ageing The psychology of men's health a gendered perspective References Index.Reviews""Essentially, the book offers a critical review of psychological work in the burgeoning field of men's health. It invites health psychologists to consider alternative theories and methods so that knowledge in this area can be developed is a timely attempt to incorporate feminist social constructionist thinking into health psychology and thus broaden the scope of the discipline."" - Brendan Gough Jnl of Health Psychology 20030601 Essentially, the book offers a critical review of psychological work in the burgeoning field of men's health. It invites health psychologists to consider alternative theories and methods so that knowledge in this area can be developed is a timely attempt to incorporate feminist social constructionist thinking into health psychology and thus broaden the scope of the discipline. - Brendan Gough Jnl of Health Psychology 20030601 Author InformationChristina Lee is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Gender and Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She manages the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and has published extensively on health and gender. Glynn Owens is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His published research encompasses a wide range of health-related areas including sports psychology, cancer, terminal care, radiology, dermatology and eating disorders, as well as work on research methodology and ethics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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