Sanctioning Pregnancy

Harriet Gross is a Lecturer in Psychology at Loughborough University. After working in the book trade, she took a degree in psychology and subsequently became an academic. She is a developmental psychologist, and researches and publishes in the area of the psychology of pregnancy and women’s health.Helen Pattison is a Health Psychologist, and Associate Director of Research in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University. She researches and publishes in the areas of reproductive health, parental health behaviour, self-management of health, risk perception and communication.

"Sanctioning Pregnancy is readable, enjoyable, and eye-opening in its coverage of the stage of the art of pregnancy research. In addition, the content of this book is a valuable example of the process of critical evaluation of a body of literature. As such, it provides its readers with a work that is enlightening, not only by virtue of the content per se, but also for the comprehensive, open-minded, and unbiased method in which that content is presented. ... [Sanctioning Pregnancy] would be useful in teaching the critical thinking process in a wide range of topical areas." – Lynda M. Federoff in Sex Roles"The book's strength lies in its choice of topics: psychology itself is a broad discipline and its diversity is reflected here. Its accessible writing style and interdisciplinary nature means that it has relevance across a variety of disciplines and levels including sociology, psychology, gender studies and midwifery/healthcare." – Abigail Locke, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University.

• Introduction. Cognition and Cognitive Dysfunction. Working and Employment. Dietary Change and Eating. Exercise and Activity. Pregnancy and Risk. Pregnancy Under Surveillance. Concluding Remarks. References/Bibliography. Index.