Psychosocial Processes and Health: A Reader

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511759048

Understanding the links between the social environment, emotion, behaviour and illness is a growing theme in medical and health education. The development of the field is reflected in the growth of disciplines such as health psychology, psychosocial epidemiology, and behavioural medicine. The basic literature is however awkwardly dispersed across medical and social science journals. This book makes available within a single volume some of the most important articles that have been published over the past thirty years. The thirty-one articles are grouped round six themes: life stress, social support and health; psychophysiological processes in disease; personality, behaviour patterns and health; health practices and the modification of health risk behaviour; coping with illness and disability; behavioural interventions in medicine. Each is prefaced by a state-of-the-art review of the theme by the editors. These readings will serve as a most valuable resource for psychology and health science teachers and students alike.

‘ … a useful reference for researchers in psychological medicine.’

Source: Adrian Furnham, British Medical Journal

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-x
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Preface
pp xi-xii
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Section 1 - Life stress, social support and health
pp 1-11
- By Andrew Steptoe, St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, Jane Wardle, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
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Unemployment and mortality in the OPCS Longitudinal Study
pp 12-24
- By K. A. Moser, City University, A. J. Fox, City University, D. R. Jones, City University
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Job strain, work place social support, and cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study of a random sample of the Swedish working population
pp 25-42
- By J. V. Johnson, Johns Hopkins University, E. M. Hall, Project Coordinator for this research project.
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Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: a nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents
pp 43-67
- By L. F. Berkman, Yale University, S. L. Syme, Yale University
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Goal frustration and life events in the aetiology of painful gastrointestinal disorder 68
pp 68-81
- By T. K. J. Craig, Bedford Colleg, G. W. Brown, Bedford Colleg
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Psychosocial assets, life crisis and the prognosis of pregnancy
pp 82-98
- By K. B. Nuckolls, University of North Carolina, J. Cassel, University of North Carolina, B. H. Kaplan, University of North Carolina
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Section 2 - Psychophysiological processes in disease
pp 99-111
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Pain mechanisms: a new theory
pp 112-131
- By R. Melzack, McGill University, P. D. Wall, McGill University
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Effects of coping behavior on gastric lesions in rats as a function of the complexity of coping tasks
pp 132-140
- By A. Tsuda, Sophia University, M. Tanaka, Sophia University, T. Nishikawa, Sophia University, H. Hirai, Sophia University
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Social stress and atherosclerosis in normocholesterolemic monkeys
pp 141-146
- By J. R. Kaplan, University of Pittsburg, S. B. Manuck, University of Pittsburg, T. B. Clarkson, University of Pittsburg, F. M. Lusso, University of Pittsburg, D. M. Taub, University of Pittsburg, E. W. Miller, University of Pittsburg
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Mental stress and the induction of silent myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease
pp 147-165
- By A. Rozanski, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, C. N. Bairey, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, D. S. Krantz, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, J. Friedman, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, K. J. Resser, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, M. Morell, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, S. Hilton-Chalfen, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, L. Hestrin, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, J. Bietendorf, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, D. S. Berman, University of California at Los Angeles
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Depressed lymphocyte function after bereavement
pp 166-170
- By R. W. Bartrop, University of New South Wales, E. Luckhurst, University of New South Wales, L. Lazarus, University of New South Wales, L. G. Kiloh, University of New South Wales, R. Penny, University of New South Wales
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Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold
pp 171-188
- By S. Cohen, Carnegie Mellon University, D. A. J. Tyrrell, United Kingdom, A. P. Smith, United Kingdom
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Section 3 - Personality, behaviour patterns and health
pp 189-199
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Coronary heart disease in the Western Collaborative Group Study: final follow-up experience of 81/2 years
pp 200-214
- By R. H. Rosenman, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, R. J. Brand, University of California, C. D. Jenkins, Boston School of Medicine, M. Friedman, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, R. Straus, St. Joseph Hospital, M. Wurm, St. Joseph Hospital
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Anger-coping types, blood pressure, and all-cause mortality: a follow-up in Tecumseh, Michigan (1971-1983)
pp 215-234
- By M. Julius, The University of Michigan, E. Harburg, The University of Michigan, E. M. Cottington, The University of Michigan, E. H. Johnson, The University of Michigan
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Pessimistic explanatory style is a risk factor for physical illness: a thirty-five-year longitudinal study
pp 235-246
- By C. Peterson, University of Pennsylvania, M. E. P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania, G. E. Vaillant, University of Pennsylvania
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Effectiveness of hardiness, exercise and social support as resources against illness
pp 247-260
- By S. C. Ouellette Kobasa, The University of Chicago, S. R. Maddi, The University of Chicago, M. C. Puccetti, The University of Chicago, M. A. Zola, The University of Chicago
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Section 4 - Health practices and the modification of health risk behaviour
pp 261-272
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A multivariate analysis of health-related practices: a nine-year mortality follow-up of the Alameda County Study
pp 273-289
- By D. L. Wingard, University of California, L. F. Berkman, University of California, R. J. Brand, University of California
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The Health Belief Model and participation in programmes for the early detection of breast cancer: a comparative analysis
pp 290-307
- By M. Calnan, University of Kent
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Health promotion and the compression of morbidity 308
pp 308-315
- By J. F. Fries, Stanford University School of Medicine, L. W. Green, Stanford University School of Medicine, S. Levine, Stanford University School of Medicine
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Community education for cardiovascular health
pp 316-324
- By J. W. Farquhar, Stanford University, N. MacCoby, Stanford University, P. D. Wood, Stanford University, J. K. Alexander, Stanford University, H. Breitrose, Stanford University, B. W. Brown, Stanford University, W. L. Haskell, Stanford University, A. L. McAlister, Stanford University, A. J. Meyer, Stanford University, J. D. Nash, Stanford University, M. P. Stern, Stanford University
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Primary prevention of cancer among children: changes in cigarette smoking and diet after six years of intervention
pp 325-336
- By H. J. Walter, Division of Child Health, R. D. Vaughan, Division of Child Health, E. L. Wynder, American Health Foundation
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Section 5 - Coping with illness and disability
pp 337-347
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Active coping processes, coping dispositions, and recovery from surgery
pp 348-368
- By F. Cohen, University of California, R. S. Lazarus, University of California
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The impact of denial and repressive style on information gain and rehabilitation outcomes in myocardial infarction patients
pp 369-385
- By R. E. Shaw, University of California, F. Cohen, University of California, B. Doyle, University of California, J. Palesky, University of California
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