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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.
Stress, Health and Illness
Stress, Health and Illness
Introduction
The view that stress can cause illness has been a part of common folklore for a long time. Patients often cite stress as an important cause of their illness, yet some authorities argue that the link between stress and illness is unproved (Jones & Bright, 2001). Although the association between reported stress, illness, and even mortality is well established, conceptual and methodological problems mean it is difficult to establish whether stress is causal, and the precise mechanisms or processes through which stress impacts on health are not well understood. The first part of this chapter examines the concept of stress, the causes of stress, the main theoretical models that have proved useful in health research, and factors that ...
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