The Health Psychology Reader

David F. Marks is a psychologist specializing in Health Psychology, Mental Imagery and Consciousness research.

`This book was an absolute joy to read and offers a comprehensive review of health psychology.... This book should become a classic - necessary reading for students in all branches of health. Nursing students will find it invaluable, but other students - and their teachers - will also find it very useful. SAGE have added a valuable and important text to their already impressive list, and Marks can be complimented on his scholarly organisation of complex topics into an accessible and readable whole. No library should be without it and serious students should invest in a copy of their own′ - Health Matters

• PART ONE: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY′S DEVELOPMENT, DEFINITION AND CONTEXBehavioral Health′s Challenge to Academic, Scientific and Professional Psychology - Joseph D MatarazzoRedefining Health Psychology - Mark McDermottMatarazzo RevisitedThe Need for a New Medical Model - George L EngelA Challenge for BiomedicineTheoretical Tensions in Biopsychosocial Medicine - David ArmstrongThe Rhetoric and Reality of Psychosocial Theories of Health - Jane OgdenA Challenge to BiomedicinePART TWO: THEORIES IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGYSocial Foundations of Thought and Action - Albert BanduraA Social Cognitive TheoryEmotion Narratives - Richard S LazarusA Radical New Research ApproachThe Role of Theory in HIV Prevention - Martin FishbeinUnravelling the Mystery of Health - Aaron AntonovskyHow People Manage Stress and Stay WellSome Observations on Health and Socio-Economic Status - Douglas Carroll, George Davey Smith and Paul BennettPART THREE: HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AND EXPERIENCEContext and Coping - Rudolf H MoosToward a Unifying Conceptual FrameworkAn Ecological Approach to the Obesity Pandemic - Garry Egger and Boyd SwinburnMoving towards Active Living - Susan DrewUnderstanding the Contextual Nature of Barriers to Physical ActivityConditional Versus Unconditional Risk Behaviour Estimates in Models of AIDS-related Risk Behaviour - Frank W van der Velde, Christa Hoojkaas and Joop van der PligtHealth and Romance - Paul Flowers et al Understanding Unprotected Sex in Relationships Between Gay MenPART FOUR: HEALTH BELIEFS, EXPLANATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND PROMOTIONCultural Diversity in Causal Attributions for Illness - Hope Landrine and Elizabeth A KlonoffThe Role of the SupernaturalIllness Perceptions - John Weinman and Keith J PetrieA New Paradigm for Psychosomatics?Consumer/Provider Communication Research - Gary L KrepsA Personal Plea to Address Issues of Ecological Validity, Relational Development, Message Diversity and Situational ConstraintsFrom Analysis to Synthesis - Jeff French and Lee AdamsTheories of Health EducationA New Evidence Framework for Health Promotion - Gordon MacdonaldPART FIVE: CRITICAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGYCritical Approaches to Health Psychology - Wendy Stainton-RogersTheorizing Health and Illness - Henderikus J StamFunctionalism, Subjectivity and ReflexivityA Discourse-Dynamic Approach to the Study of Subjectivity in Health Psychology - Carla WilligHealth Psychology, Embodiment and the Question of Vulnerability - Alan RadleyPossible Contributions of a Psychology of Liberation - M Brinton LykesWhither Health and Human Rights?