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  • Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health?
  • Why do people engage in such behaviour, even if they know about its negative effects?
  • How can people be influenced to change their behaviour?This popular textbook addresses these key questions from a social psychological perspective. Recent research has been added to the new edition including the author's own research into obesity, sexual risk behaviour, and the stressful consequences of losing a marriage partner through death. The epidemiological information and references have been extensively updated.

    By integrating theories and research on automatic behaviour with the more traditional reasoned action approach, the book provides a new answer to the age-old puzzle of health research; why people engage in behaviour which they know will damage their health. The book also:

    • Discusses determinants of health behaviour, based on the most recent research on social cognition
    • Includes a review of research on the h

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      Changing conceptions of health and illness
      Determinants of health behaviour: deliberate and automaticinstigation of action
      Beyond persuasion: the modification of health behaviour
      Behaviour and health: excessive appetites
      Behaviour and health: self-protection
      Stress and health
      Moderators of the stress–health relationship
      The role of social psychology in health promotion

      Glossary
      References
      Author index
      Subject index

    • Social Psychology and Health

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        Publisher: Open University Press
        Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/06/2011
        ISBN13: 9780335238095, 978-0335238095
        ISBN10: 335238092
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
      • Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health?
      • Why do people engage in such behaviour, even if they know about its negative effects?
      • How can people be influenced to change their behaviour?This popular textbook addresses these key questions from a social psychological perspective. Recent research has been added to the new edition including the author's own research into obesity, sexual risk behaviour, and the stressful consequences of losing a marriage partner through death. The epidemiological information and references have been extensively updated.

        By integrating theories and research on automatic behaviour with the more traditional reasoned action approach, the book provides a new answer to the age-old puzzle of health research; why people engage in behaviour which they know will damage their health. The book also:

        • Discusses determinants of health behaviour, based on the most recent research on social cognition
        • Includes a review of research on the h

          Table of Contents
          Preface

          Changing conceptions of health and illness
          Determinants of health behaviour: deliberate and automaticinstigation of action
          Beyond persuasion: the modification of health behaviour
          Behaviour and health: excessive appetites
          Behaviour and health: self-protection
          Stress and health
          Moderators of the stress–health relationship
          The role of social psychology in health promotion

          Glossary
          References
          Author index
          Subject index

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