Health Psychology : a Textbook

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INDEX abdominal pain 297 Abkhazians 17 absenteeism 228, 263 abstinence 107, 108, 117, 124–9, 163, 320 sexual 195 violation effec ...

change 366 of health professionals 216– 17 parental 139 role in predicting exercise 177 to addiction 104– 6 to eating 150 to smo ...

breast self-examination (BSE) 26, 30, 35, 40, 41, 213, 217, 220 breathing difficulties 343 British Diabetic Association 213 bron ...

cognitive change 163 cognitive closure 216 cognitive control 278 cognitive dissonance 159, 319–22, 325 theory of placebo effect ...

cued attributions 372 cues to action 24, 25, 26 cultural differences 17 cure 50, 52 cure/control 53, 54, 71, 72 cycle helmet use ...

emotional representations 52 emotional support 58, 78, 157, 266, 271 emotion-focused coping 56, 65, 66 employment status 275 emp ...

general adaptation syndrome (GAS) model 233– 5 general effect model (of stress-eating relationship) 255– 6 general harm 52 Gener ...

HPA activation, see hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenocortical activation human immuno-deficiency virus 329 humoral mediated immunit ...

job stress 234, 253, 255, 265–6, 376; see also job strain jogging 177, 180, 361 Johnston’s chronic/acute model 257 joint trauma ...

models 13, 24 monitors 244 monogamy 194, 195 mood 90–1, 172– 4 moral model of addiction 104 moral norms 38 moral panics 207 morb ...

cognitive factors 285, 287–90, 292 – 8 definition 286 dimensions 303 management 8, 285, 343 meaning 201, 293, 296 measurement 28 ...

psychosocial factors 290, 317, 318, 336 psychosomatic medicine 3, 4 public health interventions 120– 2 punch biopsy 264 punishme ...

screening behaviour 22, 25, 26, 340 breast 218 cervical 218 SCT, see social cognition theory seat belts 14 secondary appraisal 2 ...