job stress 234, 253, 255, 265–6, 376;
see also job strain
jogging 177, 180, 361
Johnston’s chronic/acute model 257
joint trauma 355
Kaiser Permanente 213
keep fit 169; see also exercise
kidney disease 257
killer T cells 260
King’s Cross Medical Centre 213
Kinsey Report 184
knee replacement 393
knowledge 84– 5
nutritional 144
of patient 90
laboratory research 247– 8
laboratory setting 243
language 92, 263, 264
lapse 125–7, 158, 159
lay beliefs 92, 95
lay referral system 61
lay theories 18, 43, 48; see also lay
beliefs
leaflets 41, 42
learned safety 138
learning 108, 131, 137, 142, 304,
398
theory 8, 105
lectures 42
leeches 309
leisure activities 169, 170, 386, 389
lentiviruses 329
leptin 358
lesions 89
leukaemias 338
level of functioning 57– 8
Leventhal’s self-regulatory model, see
self-regulatory model of illness
cognitions
life events 340, 347, 376
theory 235– 8
life experiences 235– 8
Life Experience Survey 337
life management 378
Life Stressors and Social Resources
Inventory (LISRES) 238
lifestyle 3, 15, 17, 77, 85, 135, 168,
174, 181, 225, 256, 265, 266,
280, 295, 323, 333, 334, 372,
377, 378
light-headedness 129
Likert scale 179, 403
limping 303
Lindemann’s three-stage theory
188 – 9
listeria 140
liver cirrhosis 102
location 62, 169
locus of control 19, 20–4, 43, 65, 85,
143, 193, 217, 219, 293
logical analysis 65
longevity 7, 17, 66, 170, 261, 329,
335 – 6, 339, 343, 347, 372,
383, 393, 394
longevity, psychological factors 344– 5
longitudinal design 252, 272, 403
longshoremen 170
Lourdes 309, 319, 321
luck 52
lumpectomy 342
lung cancer, see cancer, lung
lymph nodes 260, 330, 344
lymphocytes 260
lymphoid organs 260MACS, see Multi Center AIDS Cohort
Study
magazines 206, 208
magnification 293
main effect hypothesis 274
maintenance (of substance abuse) 34,
106, 110–15, 129
maintenance stage 22, 23, 178, 179
maladaptive responses 66, 299, 341
maladaptive thoughts 300
malignant tumours 338
mammograms 26, 212
mammography screening 215, 222
marital conflict 265
marital quality 267
marital status 219, 267
marriage 184, 185, 273, 318
masking hypothesis 157
mastectomy 342Masters and Johnson experiments
184, 185
mastery 64, 65, 67, 68, 241
materialism 152
McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)
303, 387
McMaster Health Index 389
meaning 67, 272, 290, 304
means end analysis 87
measles 14
measurement 51, 399
of health status 383– 95
media 140, 148–9, 152, 195, 204,
220
medical students’ disease 60
medication 5, 52, 68, 70, 77, 82,
300, 323, 324, 337, 379
meditation 68, 342
melancholia 339
memory 95, 96, 102, 257
memory T cells 260
menstruation 59– 60
Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale
346
mental imagery 344
meta analysis 26, 42, 81, 82, 171,
264, 340, 377
metabolic rate theory 357, 358
metastasis 338
methodology 9, 18, 37, 51, 72–3,
79 – 80, 93, 115–16, 124,
142 – 3, 186, 204, 208, 282,
316 – 17, 394, 399
MHI5 56
MHLC, see Multidimensional Health
Locus of Control Scale
MI, see myocardial infarction
migraine 291
mind
relationship with body 2, 4, 5, 96,
130, 248, 250, 282, 304, 325,
348, 380, 394, 398
relationship with illness 3
Minister for Sport 168
mitogens 264
mobility 386, 389
modelling 8, 138, 152, 205; see also
social learningINDEX 467