Product Description

Praise for this edition:
"This third edition has now been extensively updated and considerably strengthened in a number of key areas...it provides a clear, comprehensive and up-to-date overview of a wide range of research and theory...it clearly deserves to maintain its place as the number one choice of health psychology textbook."John Weinman, King's College, London

Praise for the previous edition:
"The volume of work undertaken by Ogden for the first edition of her textbook was impressive, and the second edition is even better…As a text aimed at undergraduate psychology students, it is hard to fault." Times Higher Education Supplement (The Textbook Guide)

Health Psychology: A Textbook has made a major contribution to the teaching and study of this rapidly expanding discipline. Maintaining its strong review of theory and research and its details of behaviours such as smoking, exercise, eating and screening, the third edition has been substantially revised to provide increased coverage of the biological aspects of health and illness. This book now provides the most accessible and comprehensive guide to the field.
Many new features have been incorporated into this edition to further aid students and teachers, including:

· Additional, entirely new chapter on stress; now two chapters address this key topic
· Expanded and improved section on psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
· Expanded chapter on pain
· New section on the consequences of coronary heart disease (CHD) and rehabilitation of CHD patients
· New chapter on eating behaviour
· New coverage of problems associated with social cognition models

The new two-colour layout has been designed with students in mind, including clear illustrations, boxed discussion points, and specific research boxes.

New to this edition:
Online Learning Centre (OLC) www.openup.co.uk/ogden with great materials for students and lecturers. Resources include further readings, "Focus on Research" boxes, web links, sample essay questions, chapter overviews, PowerPoint slides and an instructor resource manual. The OLC content enhances the learning experience for students and provides support for lecturers teaching the subject.

Health Psychology: A Textbook is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology and for students of medicine, nursing and allied health courses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #153756 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

About the Author

Jane Ogden is a reader in health psychology at Guy’s, King’s and St.Thomas’ School of Medicine, University of London. She studied for a Ph.D. in eating behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. She then became a lecturer of health psychology at Middlesex University where she set up a health psychology course.

Customer Reviews

Rather theoretical and neglects personality research
An excellent introduction to Health Psychology, but I did find it a bit too theoretical and rather basic at times. There is also relatively little emphasis on personality and health, despite strong evidence for interactions between these. I expected to see coverage of the five factor model and health behaviours/outcomes, and more on heart disease and hostility. But good coverage and excellent set of references for further reading.

Health psychology bible
During my MSc in Health Psychology I found this book excellent at explaining the important health psychology models and some interesting research in key areas of health. I have gone on to use it as a reference book in my PhD. I would recommend this to anyone intereted in health psychology and it is a must have for anyone doing a masters or an undergrad module on health psychology.

engaging
as a student nurse, it was vital to myself that i found a book that tackeled the different elements of psychology within nursing. It can truely be said that this book offers depth and insight to various different issues helping to evaluate and support my studying