Stroebe, Wolfgang.

Social psychology and health / Wolfgang Stroebe. - 2nd edition - Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, c2000. - x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Mapping social psychology series . - Mapping social psychology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1.Changing conceptions of health and illness
2.Determinants of health behaviour: a social psychological analysis
3.Beyond persuasion: the modification of health behaviour
4.Behaviour and health: excessive appetites
5.Behaviour and health: self-protection
6.Stress and health
7.Moderators of the stress-health relationship
8.The role of social psychology in health promotion

0335199224 (hb) 0335199216 (pb) 9780335199211


Clinical health psychology.
Social psychology.

BF 121 S919s 2000