Description
This highly acclaimed book will give you a balanced view of health psychology-and help you to draw conclusions!
Providing a solid foundation in research-both historical and contemporary-authors Linda Brannon and Jess Feist provide a sound, pragmatic understanding of the behaviors that affect health. In a straightforward manner, the authors explain experimental design and critique particular studies and their findings. Where there is controversy or a finding that creates doubt or uncertainty, Brannon and Feist clarify.
โข "Would You Believe...?" boxes highlight particularly intriguing findings in health psychology.
โข Case studies relate the chapter's scientific information to real people.
โข A chapter on health promotion, "Staying Healthy," examines issues of injury prevention and control of violence and provides information on mass media campaigns, workplace wellness programs, and community-wide health campaigns. ISBN:9780534343064
