Health Psychology Arena

individual Differences in Posttraumatic Response

Problems With the Adversity-distress Connection

• By Marilyn L. Bowman

This book challenges the assumptions of the event-dominated DSM model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Bowmam examines a series of questions directed at the current mental...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Partnership for Health

Building Relationships Between Women and Health Caregivers

• By Christina S. Beck, Sandra L. Ragan, Athena du Pr‚, Athena du Pre

In the 1960s, feminists voiced their outrage about the health care system in the United States which routinely discriminated against women and, in so doing,...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Health, Coping, and Well-being

Perspectives From Social Comparison Theory

• Edited by Bram P. Buunk, Frederick X. Gibbons, A. Buunk

Over the past decades, the field of health psychology has witnessed a tremendous growth, and social psychologists have contributed substantially to the theoretical foundation of...

Published July 1st 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Chemical Dependency and Compulsive Behaviors

• By Richard W. Esterly, William T. Neely

There is a tremendous concern and interest in the number of chemical dependents with co-existing compulsive behaviors. However, no one has developed a theory that...

Published March 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design in Physical Education and Exercise Science: Current Issues and Trends

A Special Issue of Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

• Edited by Terry M. Wood

This inaugural issue is devoted to exploring measurement, research design, and statistics issues in six subdisciplines of exercise and sport science. Originally presented at the...

Published March 1st 1997 by Psychology Press.

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Material Discourses of Health and Illness

• Edited by Lucy Yardley

Material Discourses of Health and Illness applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in stark contrast to the bio-medical model of health and...

Published February 6th 1997 by Routledge.

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Youth, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• By Anne Mitchell, Susan Moore, Doreen Rosenthal

What has been the impact of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases on the lives of young people? Youth, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases provides a...

Published October 31st 1996 by Routledge.

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Negotiating the Crisis

Drgs and the Transformation of Hospitals

• By Patricia Geist, Monica Hardesty

In 1984 Congress revamped Medicare to save a financially distraught health care system, thus transforming the hospital as an organization. Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) --...

Published October 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Communication and Disenfranchisement

Social Health Issues and Implications

• Edited by Eileen Berlin Ray

This volume and its companion case studies book deal with some of the people, groups, and classes who are living a disenfranchised existence in the...

Published August 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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Case Studies in Communication and Disenfranchisement

Applications To Social Health Issues

• Edited by Eileen Berlin Ray

Published August 1st 1996 by Routledge.

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