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The SAGE Handbook of Health Psychology represents a landmark work in the field, gathering together in a single volume contributions from an internationally renowned group of scholars. It provides a definitive, one-stop, authoritative guide to the major themes and debates in health psychology, both past and present, and should in time become a classic reference work for a wide, international readership. Its coverage is comprehensive, both traditional and innovative, and reflects the latest in global health psychology research from a wide perspective. This includes the latest work in epidemiology of health and illness, health-related cognitions, chronic illness, interventions in changing health behaviour, research methods in health psychology and biological mechanisms of health and disease. As a result its potential as an authoritative entry point to those new to the discipline as well as those already working inside it is very high. Given its breadth of content and accessibility, the Handbook will be indispensable for advanced students as well as researchers. Expertly organized by editors of international stature, and authored by a similar team of luminaries in the field, this single volume Handbook is an essential purchase for individuals and librarians worldwide.
Applications in Health Psychology: How Effective are Interventions?
Applications in Health Psychology: How Effective are Interventions?
Introduction
As Goethe wrote: ‘Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.’ However, applications imply a body of knowledge, composed of theories or models and/or intervention principles and techniques that can guide these applications. This implies that applications can be approached from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. While a theoretical perspective is more universal and can be a tool as well as an objective, it requires a vast body of research concerning an organized set of hypotheses. In health psychology, these kinds of research findings are frequently absent. There are many successful intervention programs that lack a theoretically sound and effective explanation. Therefore, ...
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