Health Psychology Arena

Food, Morals and Meaning

The Pleasure and Anxiety of Eating

• By John Coveney

Following on from the success of the first edition, John Coveney traces our complex relationship with food and eating and our preoccupation with diet, self-discipline and...

Published May 11th 2006 by Routledge.

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Food, Morals and Meaning

The Pleasure and Anxiety of Eating

• By John Coveney

Published May 9th 2006 by Routledge.

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Patient Treatment Adherence

Concepts, Interventions, and Measurement

• Edited by Hayden B. Bosworth, Eugene Z. Oddone, Morris Weinberger

This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations. It provides a comprehensive source on the conceptualization, interventions,...

Published August 22nd 2005 by Psychology Press.

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The Prevention of Eating Problems and Eating Disorders

Theory, Research, and Practice

• By Michael P. Levine, Linda Smolak

This is the first authored volume to offer a detailed, integrated analysis of the field of eating problems and disorders with theory, research, and practical...

Published August 3rd 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Body Work

The Social Construction of Women's Body Image

• By Sylvia K. Blood

Are scientific 'facts' about body image enough to define conceptions of normality

Reassessing Experimental Psychology from a critical perspective, Sylvia Blood demonstrates how its research into...

Published July 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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An Exploration of the Health Benefits of Factors That Help Us to Thrive

A Special Issue of the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

• Edited by Gail Ironson, Lynda H. Powell

Published June 16th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Understanding Behavior in the Context of Time

Theory, Research, and Application

• Edited by Alan Strathman, Jeff Joireman

Understanding Behavior in the Context of Time reviews the research on temporal orientation and brings together the disparate social behaviors influenced by time perspective. Organized...

Published June 2nd 2005 by Psychology Press.

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The Obesity Epidemic

Science, Morality and Ideology

• By Michael Gard, Jan Wright

Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what this trend actually means? Everybody – including doctors, parents, teachers,...

Published April 26th 2005 by Routledge.

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Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep

A Special Issue of Behavioral Sleep Medicine

• Edited by Mary A. Carskadon

Published February 1st 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Sexual Assault in Context

Teaching College Men About Gender

• By Christopher Kilmartin, Alan D. Berkowitz

Most North American colleges have programs that help students understand the harm done to victims of sexual violence and, if prosecuted, the potential consequences of...

Published November 30th 2004 by Psychology Press.

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