Handbook of Psychology, Health Psychology [Hardcover]

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.Handbook of Psychology Preface xi

Irving B. Weiner

Volume Preface xiii
Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, and Pamela A. Geller

Contributors xv

I OVERVIEW 1

1 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: OVERVIEW 3
David F. Marks

II CAUSAL AND MEDIATING PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS 27

2 STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS 29
Ralf Schwarzer and Aleksandra Luszczynska

3 COPING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 57
Melissa S. Xanthopoulos and Lauren C. Daniel

4 PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY: MECHANISMS, INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, AND INTERVENTIONS 79
Jeffrey R. Stowell, Theodore F. Robles, and Heidi S. Kane

III DISEASES AND DISORDERS 103

5 ASTHMA 105
Karen B. Schmaling

6 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OBESITY 128
Joyce A. Corsica and Michael G. Perri

7 NICOTINE DEPENDENCE 149
Sean P. David, Jennifer B. McClure, and Gary E. Swan

8 ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDlc2