Health Psychology

Revisiting the Classic Studies

Mark Tarrant, Martin S. Hagger, Mark Tarrant, Martin S. Hagger

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781529771879, 9781529771886
• eBook ISBN: 9781529613650
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Health Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies reflects and expands upon 13 of the most innovative contributions to the field from researchers such as Friedman and Rosenman, Marmot, Kiecolt-Glaser, and Ajzen. This book will familiarise you with the classic studies, spanning a period from the 1950s to 2010s, and show you how they continue to apply to the world today.

Revisiting the Classic Studies is a series of texts that introduces readers to the studies in psychology that changed the way we think about core topics in the discipline today.  It provokes students to ask more interesting and challenging questions about the field by encouraging a deeper level of engagement both with the details of the studies themselves and with the nature of their contribution. Edited by leading scholars in their field and written by researchers at the cutting edge of these developments, the chapters in each text provide details of the original works and their theoretical and empirical impact, and then discuss the ways in which thinking and research have advanced in the years since the studies were conducted.

Mark Tarrant is Professor at the University of Plymouth
Martin S. Hagger is Professor at the University of California, Merced and Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro) at University of Jyväskylä.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Editorial Board
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• 1 Introduction: Health Psychology Revisiting the Classics
• 2 Models of Health Behaviour: Revisiting Ajzen (1998) Ajzen, I. (1998). Models of human social behavior and their application to health. Psychology and Health, 13, 735–739.
• 3 Control Theory: Revisiting Carver and Scheier (1982) Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1982). Control-theory: A useful conceptual framework for personality-social, clinical, and health psychology. Psychological Bulletin, 92, 111–135.
• 4 The Ecological Approach: Revisiting Sallis, Cervero, Ascher, Henderson, Kraft, and Kerr (2006) Sallis, J. F., Cervero, R. B., Ascher, W., Henderson, K. A., Kraft, M. K., & Kerr, J. (2006). An ecological approach to creating active living communities. Annual Review of Public Health, 27, 297–322.
• 5 Stress and Health: Revisiting Cohen, Tyrrell, and Smith (1991) Cohen, S., Tyrrell, D. A. J., & Smith, A. P. (1991). Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 606–612.
• 6 Psychoneuroimmunology: Revisiting Kiecolt-Glaser, Marucha, Malarkey, Mercado, and Glaser (1995) Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Marucha, P. T., Malarkey, W. B., Mercado, A. M., & Glaser, R. (1995). Slowing of wound healing by psychological stress. The Lancet, 346, 1194–1196.
• 7 Personality and Health: Revisiting Friedman and Rosenman (1959) Friedman, M., & Rosenman, R. H. (1959). Association of specific overt behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings: Blood cholesterol level, blood clotting time, incidence of arcus senilis, and clinical coronary artery disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, 169, 1286–1296.
• 8 Health Inequalities: Revisiting Marmot, Rose, Shipley, and Hamilton (1978) Marmot, M. G., Rose, G., Shipley, M., & Hamilton, P. J. S. (1978). Employment grade and coronary heart disease in British civil servants. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 32, 244–249.
• 9 Social Networks and Health: Revisiting Berkman and Syme (1979) Berkman, L. F., & Syme, S. L. (1979). Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: A nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents. American Journal of Epidemiology, 109, 186–204.
• 10 Fear Appeals and Illness Perceptions: Revisiting Leventhal, Singer, and Jones (1965) Leventhal, H., Singer, R., & Jones, S. (1965). Effects of fear and specificity of recommendation upon attitudes and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 20–29.
• 11 Placebo Effects: Revisiting Kirsch (1985) Kirsch, I. (1985). Response expectancy as a determinant of experience and behavior. American Psychologist, 40, 1189–1202.
• 12 Behaviour Change: Revisiting Michie et al. (2013) Michie, S., Richardson, M., Johnston, M., Abraham, C., Francis, J., Hardeman, W., Eccles, M. P., Cane, J., & Wood, C. E. (2013). The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: Building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 46, 81–95.
• 13 Psychotherapeutic Interventions: Revisiting Pennebaker, Kiecolt-Glaser, and Glaser (1988) Pennebaker, J. W., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Glaser, R. (1988). Disclosure of traumas and immune function: Health implications for psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 239–245.
• 14 Positive Psychology: Revisiting Seligman, Steen, Park, and Peterson (2005) Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005). Positive psychology progress: Empirical validation of interventions. American Psychologist, 60, 410–421.
• Index