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" Health psychology : "
Linda Brannon, John A. Updegraff, Jess Feist.
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BL
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844535
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Brannon, Linda,1948-
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Health psychology : : an introduction to behavior and health /\ Linda Brannon, John A. Updegraff, Jess Feist.
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Ninth edition.
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Boston, MA, USA :: Cengage Learning,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xvii, 531 pages :: color illustrations, portraits ;; 27 cm
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1337094641
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: 1337094684
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: 9781337094641
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: 9781337094689
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-486) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Part 1. Foundations of health psychology. Introducing health psychology -- Conducting health research -- Seeking and receiving health care -- Adhering to healthy behavior -- Part 2. Stress, pain, and coping. Defining, measuring, and managing stress -- Understanding stress, Immunity, and disease -- Understanding and managing pain -- Considering alternative approaches -- Part 3. Behavior and chronic disease. Behavioral factors in cardiovascular disease -- Behavioral factors in cancer -- Living with chronic illness -- Part 4. Behavioral health. Smoking tobacco -- Using alcohol and other drugs -- Eating and weight -- Exercising -- Part 5. Looking toward the future. Future challenges.
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A sound, pragmatic understanding of the behaviours that affect health is presented in this study. It explains experimental design and critique studies and their findings and offers an increased emphasis on psychological interventions.
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Health behavior.
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Medicine and psychology.
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Sick-- Psychology.
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Health and Fitness.
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Health and Wellbeing.
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Health behavior.
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Medicine and psychology.
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Sick-- Psychology.
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Health Behavior.
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Attitude to Health.
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Behavioral Medicine.
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616/.0019
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R726.5.B72 2018
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2018 H-182
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W 85
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Feist, Jess
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Updegraff, John A.
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