Health psychology : a cultural approach / Regan A.R. Gurung
- Author
- Gurung, Regan A. R.
- Published
- Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Physical Description
- xxii, 570 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Health Psychology: Setting the Stage -- What Is Health? -- Cross-Cultural Definitions of Health -- Common Rubrics for Health -- Why Is Culture Important? -- Dimensions of Culture -- Defining Culture -- Context and Level of Analysis -- Two Major "Cultures" -- Advancing Cultural Competence -- Some Important Warnings -- Health Psychology's Biopsychosocial Approach -- The Evolution of Health Psychology -- What Is Health Psychology? -- Main Areas in Health Psychology -- A Research Primer -- Major Research Designs -- Correlational Studies -- A Note on Statistics -- Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs -- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Designs -- Other Key Terms -- Focus On Current Issues Profile of a Multicultural America -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 2.Cultural Approaches to Health -- Varieties of World Medicine -- Western Biomedicine -- Greek Roots -- Technological Innovations -- Traditional Chinese Medicine -- Sources of Illness -- Treatment -- Ayurveda: Traditional Indian Medicine -- Sources of Illness -- Treatment -- Curanderismo and Spiritualism -- Sources of Illness -- Treatment -- American Indian Medicine -- Sources of Illness -- Treatment -- African American Beliefs -- Are Complementary and Alternative Approaches Valid? -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS Acupuncture -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 3.Essential Physiology -- Biological Development -- The Prenatal Period -- Infancy and Early Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood and Aging -- The Nervous System -- The Central Nervous System -- The Peripheral Nervous System -- The Endocrine System -- Key Components and Mechanics -- The Circulatory System -- Key Components -- The Mechanics of Circulation -- A Biological Primer -- The Digestive System -- Key Components and Mechanics -- A Note on the Renal/Urinary System -- The Physiology of Immunity -- The Process of Defense -- Nonspecific or Natural Immunity -- Acquired Immunity -- Measures of Immune Response -- The Respiratory System -- Key Components and Mechanics -- What About Culture? -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS The Games We Play (Can Have Physiological Implications) -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 4.Stress Across Cultures -- What Is Stress? -- Stress over Time -- Main Theories of Stress -- Cannon's Fight-or-Flight Theory -- Taylor et al.'s Tend-and-Befriend Theory -- Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome -- Lazarus' Cognitive Appraisal Model -- Factors Influencing Our Appraisals -- The Role of Culture in Appraisal -- Stress and Psychopathology: The Diathesis-Stress Model -- Culture as a Critical Stressor -- Perceived Discrimination -- Stress and Genes -- Measuring Stress -- Different Varieties of Stressors -- Relationship Stress -- Work Stress -- Environmental Stress -- Consequences of Stress -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder -- FOCUS ON CURRENT ISSUES Stress Really Can Kill: The Baskerville Effect, Culture, and Stress -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 5.Coping and Social Support -- What Is Coping? -- Moderators versus Mediators -- The Structure of Coping -- What Is the Best Way to Cope? -- Who Copes Well? -- Personality and Coping -- Coping and Culture -- Ethnic Identity -- Acculturation -- Social Support -- Types of Social Support -- Cultural Variables in Social Support -- Theories of Social Support Change -- Common Measures of Coping -- Ways of Coping Questionnaire -- The COPE -- New Developments in Coping Research -- Keys to Coping with Stress -- Relaxation-Based Approaches -- Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches -- FOCUS ON CURRENT ISSUES May God Help You -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 6.Increasing Healthy Behaviors -- What Are Healthy Behaviors? -- The Healthy People Programs -- What Determines Health Behaviors? -- Biological Factors -- Psychological Factors -- Social Factors -- Changing Health Behaviors -- The Importance of Theory -- Key Theories of Health Behavior Change -- Transtheoretical Model -- The Health Belief Model -- Culture and the Health Belief Model -- Theory of Planned Behavior -- Culture and the Theory of Planned Behavior -- Additional Theories of Health Behavior Change -- Comparing the Models and Their Limitations -- Changing Behaviors: Interventions -- Top Ten Prescriptions -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS You Know You Want To...: Reducing Smoking in College -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 7.Living Healthy: Eat Well, Be Active and Smoke-Free, and Minimize Drinking -- Eat Well -- What Should We Be Eating? -- Development of Food Preferences -- Obesity -- Eating Disorders -- Culture and Eating Disorders -- Physical Activity -- Cultural Variations in Physical Activity -- Physical Consequences of Physical Activity -- Psychological Consequences of Physical Activity -- Smoking and Drinking -- Tobacco Use -- Cultural Variations in Smoking -- Why Do People Smoke? -- Psychological Causes of Addiction -- Physiological Consequences of Smoking -- Drinking -- Who Drinks, How Much, and Why? -- Consequences of Alcohol Abuse -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS The Truth about the "Freshman 15" -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 8.Factors Surrounding Illness -- Culture and Illness Behaviors -- The Role of Acculturation -- The Commonsense Model of Illness Behavior -- Recognizing Symptoms -- The Confirmation Bias -- Attributions and Misattributions -- Personality -- Seeking Treatment -- The Role of Culture -- Understanding Delays -- The Hospital Setting -- Staff Relations -- Adherence to Treatment -- Patient-Practitioner Interactions -- Communication -- Cultural Stereotyping -- Cultural Competency -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS When the Spirit Catches You, Cultures Clash -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 9.Pain -- Key Definitions -- Cultural Variations in the Experience of Pain -- Sex Differences -- Ethnic Differences -- Typologies and Biology of Pain -- Measuring Pain -- Basic Pain Measures -- The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) -- The Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) -- The Short Form with 36 Questions (SF-36) -- Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) -- Other Measures -- Theories of Pain -- Early Physiological and Psychological Approaches -- Biopsychological Theories of Pain -- The Gate Control Theory of Pain -- The Psychology of Pain -- Psychological Factors and Pain -- Pain Management Techniques -- Physiological Treatments -- Chemical -- Acupuncture -- Surgery -- Other Physiology-Related Methods -- Psychological Treatments -- Psychological States and Cognitive Styles -- Distraction -- Hypnosis -- General Cognitive Methods -- What You See Matters -- Self-Management of Chronic Pain -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS A Hospital Case Study -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 10.Chronic Illness, Terminal Illness, and Death -- Prevalence Rates of Chronic Illnesses -- Coping with Chronic Illnesses -- Goals of Treatment -- Quality of Life -- Biopsychosocial Components of Adjustment -- Biological Issues -- Psychological Issues -- Psychological Aspects of Coping -- Psychological Responses to Chronic Illness -- Culture and Chronic Illness -- Family and Neighborhoods -- Culture and Ethnicity -- Social Support -- Interventions -- Coping with Terminal Illness -- The Role of Religion -- Death -- Death across the Lifespan -- The Path to Death -- Facilitating Death -- Are There Stages? -- Cultural Variations in Death and Dying -- Sex, Gender, and Death -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS: Hospice -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 11.Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV -- Psychoneuroimmunology -- Behavioral Conditioning and Immunity -- Stress and Immunity -- HIV and AIDS -- The History of AIDS -- The Difference between HIV and AIDS -- Physiological Correlates of HIV/AIDS -- Psychological Correlates of HIV/AIDS -- Psychological Factors Influencing Progression -- Cultural Variations in AIDS -- Women and AIDS -- Ethnicity and AIDS -- Other Cultural Issues -- Health Psychological Models Relating to HIV/AIDS -- Psychological Interventions for Those with HIV -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS Yoga and Coping with Illnesses Such as AIDS -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 12.Culture and Cancer -- Prevalence of Cancer -- What Is Cancer? -- Types of Cancer -- Cultural Variations in the Incidence of Cancer -- Cultural Differences in Beliefs and Knowledge about Cancer -- Developmental Issues in Cancer -- Physiological Correlates of Cancer -- Psychological Correlates of Cancer -- Psychological Factors in Cancer Incidence -- Psychological Responses to Cancer Diagnosis -- Psychological Factors in Cancer Progression and Coping -- Personality -- Social Support -- Finding Meaning -- Cancer, Stress, and Immunity -- Health Behaviors and Cancer -- Tobacco Use -- Diet -- Physical Activity -- Sun Exposure -- Treatment Options -- Surgery -- Chemotherapy -- Radiation Therapy -- Other Treatments -- Behavioral Interventions -- Aiding Prevention: Increasing Screening Behaviors -- Cultural Differences in Screening -- Inhibiting Progression and Helping Patients Cope -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS Increasing Cancer Screening -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 13.Culture and Cardiovascular Disease -- Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases -- What Is Cardiovascular Disease? -- Cultural Variations in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease -- Developmental Issues in Cardiovascular Disease -- Physiological Correlates of Cardiovascular Disease -- Psychological Correlates of Cardiovascular Disease -- Stress -- and Contents note continued: Health Behaviors and Cardiovascular Disease -- Tobacco Use -- Diet -- Physical Activity -- Treatment Options -- Surgery -- Behavioral Interventions -- FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS The Lifestyle Heart Trial -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings -- 14.Controversies and the Future of Health Psychology -- Ongoing and Current Controversies -- How Important Are Health Behaviors Really? -- Who Can Be Called a Medical Psychologist? -- The Issue of Professional Status -- Setting Diagnostic Criteria -- Looking to the Future -- A Greater Focus on Sociocultural Issues -- A Focus on Developmental Issues and the Lifespan -- A Focus on the Evidence -- Fine-Tuning the Biopsychosocial Model -- Technological Innovations -- Tools for the Delivery of Health Care -- Technology's Role in Training Health Psychologists -- Technology and Health Information -- Interventions -- Enhanced Training -- Related Developments -- Biopsychocultural Health Psychology -- Focus On Applications Careers and Graduate Training in Health Psychology -- Summary -- Test Yourself -- Key Terms, Concepts, and People -- Essential Readings.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781285062112
1285062116
9781285062150 (pbk)
1285062159 (pbk)
9781285062129 (loose-leaf)
1285062124 (loose-leaf) - Note
- Previous ed.: 2010.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-532) and indexes.
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