Handbook of Health Psychology

In contemporary practice health psychology is an independent trend in psychological science, a universally recognized specialization giving rise to master theses and PhD dissertations, as well as to publications in more than a dozen scientific journals in the field. The present tutorial embraces both well-established and modern research models and data. Section 1 is devoted to theoretical and methodological bases of health psychology; section 2 studies destructive psychological factors affecting health; section 3 discusses health psychology approaches with respect to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

For psychology students who specialize in social psychology, clinical psychology, personality psychology, health psychology, as well as for anyone interested in the problems of modern health psychology and methods of changing health-risk behaviors.