Health Psychology [Hardcover]

Catherine A. Sanderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0471150746 | ISBN-13: 978-0471150749 | Edition: 1

Examines how psychological states influence physical health in a variety of ways including how psychological factors influence engaging in health-promoting behaviors, developing illness and managing illness. This book is organized around fundamental psychological theories and issues.
* A strong emphasis on research, including an entire chapter devoted solely to research methods.
* Strongly and clearly grounded in current theories and research in psychology.
* Inclusion of the most current research and theory in health psychology.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471150746
• ISBN-13: 978-0471150749
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 1.8 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get a new editor!, January 18, 2006

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K. Reiman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Health Psychology (Hardcover)

Although the book does contain good information, it is presented in an extremely repetitive manner. Things are restated two or even three times over. Also, this is the most poorly edited book I have ever read. I find it rather pathetic that a college textbook should have such an abundance of spelling and grammar errors that should have been caught before putting this book into production.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Class Text Purchase, January 10, 2009

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Outlinednchalk (Conway, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Health Psychology (Hardcover)

Purchased book as a required read for a college course. Easy to read and includes many side boxes as examples to the concepts being discussed. Gave four stars because sometimes it went on and on about one concept and skimmed through others that seemed more important to my professor. Overall, good textbook.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs serious editing, April 16, 2006

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David E. Iden "hobodave" (Baltimore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Health Psychology (Hardcover)

This book is informative and fairly easy to read, but it's full of grammar and syntax mistakes.