Affective Determinants of Health Behavior

David M. Williams is an Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and the Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Brown University School of Public Health. He studies the interplay between affective and cognitive factors in determining health-related behavior, and the application of this knowledge to the design of health behavior interventions. He has over 70 publications in these areas of research and has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health since 2004.Ryan E. Rhodes is a Professor in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, the Director of the Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, and the Associate Director of the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria. His primary area of research is the psychology of physical activity and sedentary behavior. He has held over 90 grants for this research and has contributed over 275 publications as well as 20 book chapters and an undergraduate textbook. Dr. Rhodes is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He is also a College Member of the Royal Society of Canada.Mark T. Conner is a Professor of Applied Social Psychology at the University of Leeds. He is one of the most highly cited experts on health behavior in the world. His work focuses on understanding, predicting and changing health behaviors. His work includes a number of important empirical studies and reviews of the determinants of health behaviors and intervention studies to change health behaviors in different groups.

"I have no doubt that this will be the landmark, essential reference work on this topic and will have a significant effect on future research." -- Marie Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Health Psychology, University of Aberdeen"This new volume is a tour de force in addressing the multipronged, complex, and palpable effect of affective experiences on an array of health behaviors." -- William Klein, Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute

• Preface Chapter 1 Overview of Affective Determinants of Health BehaviorDavid M. Williams, Ryan E. Rhodes, and Mark T. Conner Chapter 2 Affect in the Process of Action Control of Health Protective BehaviorsRyan E. Rhodes and Samantha M. Gray Chapter 3 Affect, Dual-processing, Developmental Psychopathology, and Health BehaviorsReinout W. Wiers, Kristen G. Anderson, Bram Van Bockstaele, Elske Salemink, and Bernhard Hommel Chapter 4 Affective Dynamics in Temporal Self-regulation Theory: Social Forces Meet Neurobiological ProcessesPeter A. Hall, Geoffrey T. Fong, and Cassandra J. Lowe Chapter 5 Affect in the Context of Self-Determination TheoryMartin S. Hagger and Cleo Protogerou Chapter 6 Self-Regulation of Affect-Health Behavior RelationsPaschal Sheeran, Thomas L. Webb, Peter M. Gollwitzer, and Gabriele Oettingen Chapter 7 Experiential Attitude and Anticipated AffectMark T. Conner Chapter 8 The Behavioral Affective Associations ModelMarc T. Kiviniemi and Lynne Klasko-Foster Chapter 9 Perceived Satisfaction with Health Behavior ChangeAustin S. Baldwin and Margarita Sala Chapter 10 Psychological Hedonism, Hedonic Motivation, and Health-Related BehaviorDavid M. Williams Chapter 11 Affect as a Potential Determinant of Physical Activity and Exercise: Critical Appraisal of an Emerging Research FieldPanteleimon Ekkekakis, Zachary Zenko, Matthew A. Ladwig, and Mark E. Hartman Chapter 12 "Stressed Spelled Backwards is Desserts": Affective Determinants of Eating BehaviorDenise de Ridder and Catharine Evers Chapter 13 Affective Determinants of SmokingDanielle E. McCarthy, Jessica W. Cook, Teresa M. Leyro, Haruka Minami, and Krysten W. Bold Chapter 14 The Role of Negative Affect in the Course of Substance Use DisordersElizabeth D. Reese, Jennifer Y. Yi, Ryan P. Bell, and Stacey B. Daughters Chapter 15 Feeling Hot Hot Hot: Affective Determinants of Sexual BehaviorNatasha S. Hansen, Arielle S. Gillman, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, and Angela D. Bryan Chapter 16 Affect and Tanning BehaviorsAshley K. Day and Elliot J. Coups Chapter 17 Emotions and Pro-sociality: Lessons for DonationEamonn Ferguson and Barbara Masser Chapter 18 Affect and Clinical Decision MakingJane Heyhoe and Rebecca Lawton Chapter 19 Emotions, Delay, and Avoidance in Cancer Screening: Roles for Fear, Embarrassment, and DisgustNathan S. Consedine, Lisa M. Reynolds, and Charmaine Borg Chapter 20 Decision Making in Cancer Prevention and Control: Insights from Affective ScienceErin M. Ellis and Rebecca A. Ferrer Chapter 21 Affective Determinants of Health Behavior: Common Themes, Future Directions, and Implications for Health Behavior ChangeRyan E. Rhodes, David M. Williams, and Mark T. Conner