{"product_id":"handbook-of-personality-and-health-9780470021347","title":"Handbook of Personality and Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere has been a recent resurgence of interest in personality psychology and its applications. This book is organised in three parts: Personality and Health Outcomes; Mechanisms Relating Personality and Health; Personality Specific Prevention and Intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editor.  \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Who Becomes Sick and Who Stays Healthy, How and Why, and What Can be Done About It (\u003ci\u003eMargarete E. Vollrath\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I Personality and Major Health Outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Personality, Cardiovascular Disease and Public Health (\u003ci\u003eMartha C. Whitian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Role of Personality in Cancer Onset and Survival (\u003ci\u003eAdelita V. Ranchor and Robbert Sanderman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Tiperament and Children’s Unintentional Injuries (\u003ci\u003eDavid C. Schwebel and Benjamin K. Barton\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Personality, Stress, and Coping (\u003ci\u003eNorbert K. Simer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Personality and Well-Being (\u003ci\u003eEspen Røysamb\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II Mediators of the Personality Health Relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Mechanisms Relating Personality and Health (\u003ci\u003eDeborah J. Wiebe and Katherine T. Fortenberry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Personality and Illness Behavior (\u003ci\u003ePaula G. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Physiological Pathways from Personality to Health: The Cardiovascular and Immune Systis (\u003ci\u003eSuzanne C. Segerstrom and Timothy W. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Personality, Relationships, and Health: a Dynamic-Transactional Perspective (\u003ci\u003eFranz J. Neyer and Judith Lehnart\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Personality Types, Personality Traits, and Risky Health Behavior (\u003ci\u003eSvenn Torgersen and Margarete E. Vollrath\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 The Possibilities of Personality Psychology and Persons for the Study of Health (\u003ci\u003eSuzanne C. Ouellette and David M. Frost\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III Targeting Personality: Prevention and Intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 The Prevention and Treatment of Hostility (\u003ci\u003eRedford B. Williams and Virginia P. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Expressive Writing, Psychological Processes, and Personality (\u003ci\u003eAmanda C. Jones and James W. Pennebaker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Media, Sensation Seeking, and Prevention (\u003ci\u003eLewis Donohew\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 The Promotion of Optimism and Health (\u003ci\u003eDerek R. Freres and Jane Gillham\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402258620759,"sku":"9780470021347","price":129.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470021347.jpg?v=1730479861","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-of-personality-and-health-9780470021347","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}