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Handbook of Personality and Health
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- Vollrath, Margarete E.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-0-47-002134-7
- Doody Core Title Score:
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Organized in three parts: personality and health outcomes; mechanisms relating personality and health; personality specific prevention and intervention.
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in personality psychology and its applications. The leading causes of death in the Western world are diseases of the heart, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, diabetes and unintentional injuries. Personality is a major predictor of the biological reactions, feelings, thoughts and behaviours that are involved in these causes of death.
The book covers child and adolescence health behavior as well as that of adults, and integrates new developments within personality psychology (such as neurophysiology and temperamental traits) with health psychology and examines major health outcomes such as disease, the mechanisms between these outcomes and personality, and prevention and intervention programmes.
This handbook brings together state-of-the-art research addressing the complex relationship between personality and health. Written by leading international researchers, the book is divided into three sections: section
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in personality psychology and its applications. The leading causes of death in the Western world are diseases of the heart, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, diabetes and unintentional injuries. Personality is a major predictor of the biological reactions, feelings, thoughts and behaviours that are involved in these causes of death.
The book covers child and adolescence health behavior as well as that of adults, and integrates new developments within personality psychology (such as neurophysiology and temperamental traits) with health psychology and examines major health outcomes such as disease, the mechanisms between these outcomes and personality, and prevention and intervention programmes.
This handbook brings together state-of-the-art research addressing the complex relationship between personality and health. Written by leading international researchers, the book is divided into three sections: section
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Vollrath, Margarete E.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-47-002134-7
- Specialty:
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- Psychology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 362
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Doody Core Title Score:
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