emotional representations 52
emotional support 58, 78, 157, 266,
271
emotion-focused coping 56, 65, 66
employment status 275
empowerment 302, 314
encounter reaction 61
endocrinological theories 106
endorphins 172, 315
energy 136, 137
expenditure 359, 361
intake 352, 365
enkaphalin 242
enmeshment 152
enuresis 310
epidemiological data 359
epilepsy 310
epinephrine, see adrenalin
equilibrium 66
erotophilia 191
erotophobia 191– 2
escape theory 158
esteem support 273
ethics 220–4, 302, 345
ethnicity 5, 148, 149, 150, 151, 176,
192, 372, 399
European Organisation for Research
on Treatment of Cancer 385
eustress 234
evaluation 268
evolution, theory of 2
exercise 167–82; see also physical
activity
availability of facilities 174
barriers to 177– 8
benefits of 170–2, 177
definition 168
effect on food intake 361
exercise, childhood 177
factors predicting 174– 81
heart attacks and 253– 4
home-based 175
individualized 175– 6
participation in 169
predicting 179– 81
prescription 175
programmes 175–6, 178– 9
psychological benefits 171– 2
protection against stress 253–4,
256
reduction under stress 255
social benefits 177
exhaustion 234–5, 242, 259, 275
exhilaration 173, 174
expanded norms 38
expectancies 31, 35, 37, 130, 315,
318, 398
expectancy value 37
expectations 94, 145, 217, 307, 313,
315 – 16, 323, 325, 354
experimental design 36, 37, 403
experimenter bias 312, 315, 316
expert judges 375
expert stage (of contraception use)
189
expressive style 262
external control factors 32, 33
externality theory 362
eye patches 30, 40F plan diet 140
Factor VIII 329
Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire
116
faith healing 309–10, 319
false negative/positive results 222–3,
226, 227
familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
228
family, effect on body dissatisfaction
150, 151– 2
Family Heart Study 224, 225
family history 52, 372, 373
family life 295, 388, 389, 394
family structure 140
FA P, see familial adenomatous
polyposis
fat absorption 369
fat cells 357
fat cell theory 358
fatalism 342, 347
fatigue 128, 345
fats, saturated 135
fats, unsaturated 134
fatty deposits 264
fatty foods 134, 135fear 19, 26–30, 38, 83, 128, 215,
255, 286, 288, 290, 292, 295,
304, 332, 333, 344, 398
feedback 176, 205
fenfluramine 369
fever 309
fibre 16, 134, 135, 136, 140, 144
fight/flight response 233, 234, 241
fighting spirit 342, 344, 346, 347
fitness 168, 169, 171, 175
five-component model (of
contraception use) 190
fluoridated water 134
fluoroscopy 222
foamy retroviruses 329
focus groups 9, 140
focused smoking 118
foetal monitoring 221– 2
food cues 141, 142, 362, 365
food diaries 359
food dudes 139
food intake 255, 359, 361– 6
food preferences 137, 138, 141– 3
food scares 140
forbidden food 160, 161
frustration 367
Fun Runs 168, 174
functional impairment 301
functional limitation 300
functional status 385
functioning 303, 384–5, 388–90,
393
funding 174galvanic skin response (GSR) 244
gambling 129
GAS, see general adaptation syndrome
gastric bypass 355, 356, 370
gate control theory of pain (GCT)
287 – 90, 304, 324
gay community 183, 206–7; see also
homosexuals
gay-related immune deficiency
syndrome (GRIDS) 329; see also
AIDS
GCT, see gate control theory of pain
gender 66, 100, 128, 140, 192, 206,
242, 270, 372, 384, 399464 INDEX