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Handbook of Behavioral Medicine

Methods and Applications

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. A. Steptoe

    1. St Georges Hospital Medical School, Dept. Psychology, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Provides an up-to-date survey of methods and applications across the broad range of behavioral medicine research and practice
  • Published in association with the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, which provided a distinguished, international editorial board
  • Reflects the diversity and excitement of behavioral medicine in the new millenium
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (65 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Health Behaviors: Processes and Measures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors

      • Verity J. Cleland, Kylie Ball, David Crawford
      Pages 3-17

    3. Cognitive Determinants of Health Behavior

      • Mark Conner
      Pages 19-30

    4. Assessment of Physical Activity in Research and Clinical Practice

      • Lephuong Ong, James A. Blumenthal
      Pages 31-48

    5. Dietary Assessment in Behavioral Medicine

      • Marian L. Neuhouser
      Pages 49-58

    6. Assessment of Sexual Behavior

      • Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon, Seth C. Kalichman, Michael P. Carey
      Pages 59-72

    7. By Force of Habit

      • Bas Verplanken
      Pages 73-82

    8. Adherence to Medical Advice: Processes and Measurement

      • Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, Martin P. Houze, Cameron Kramer, Faith Luyster, Maura McCall
      Pages 83-95

  3. Psychological Processes and Measures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Ecological Validity for Patient Reported Outcomes

      • Arthur A. Stone, Saul S. Shiffman
      Pages 99-112

    3. Item Response Theory and Its Application to Measurement in Behavioral Medicine

      • Mee-Ae Kim-O, Susan E. Embretson
      Pages 113-123

    4. Applications of Neurocognitive Assessment in Behavioral Medicine

      • Shari R. Waldstein, Carrington Rice Wendell, Megan M. Hosey
      Pages 125-136

    5. Lay Representations of Illness and Treatment: A Framework for Action

      • Howard Leventhal, Jessica Y. Breland, Pablo A. Mora, Elaine A. Leventhal
      Pages 137-154

    6. Conceptualization, Measurement, and Analysis of Negative Affective Risk Factors

      • Timothy W. Smith
      Pages 155-168

    7. Hostility and Health

      • John C. Barefoot, Redford B. Williams
      Pages 169-183

    8. Positive Well-Being and Health

      • Andrew Steptoe
      Pages 185-195

    9. Coping and Health

      • Charles S. Carver, Sara Vargas
      Pages 197-208

  4. Social and Interpersonal Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Experimental Approaches to Social Interaction for the Behavioral Medicine Toolbox

      • Jerry Suls, M. Bryant Howren
      Pages 211-223
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Keywords

About this book

Behavioral medicine emerged in the 1970s as the interdisciplinary field concerned with the integration of behavioral, psychosocial, and biomedical science knowledge relevant to the understanding of health and illness, and the application of this knowledge to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.  Recent years have witnessed an enormous diversification of behavioral medicine, with new sciences (such as genetics, life course epidemiology) and new technologies (such as neuroimaging) coming into play. This book brings together such new developments by providing an up-to-date compendium of methods and applications drawn from the broad range of behavioral medicine research and practice. The book is divided into 10 sections that address key fields in behavioral medicine. Each section begins with one or two methodological or conceptual chapters, followed by contributions that address substantive topics within that field. Major health problems such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, HIV/AIDs, and obesity are explored from multiple perspectives. The aim is to present behavioral medicine as an integrative discipline, involving diverse methodologies and paradigms that converge on health and well being.

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“This book is squarely targeted at anyone involved in the delivery of behavioral medicine services, which includes both experienced practitioners and students of related disciplines. … The editors and contributing authors have admirably assembled a definitive reference in behavioral medicine that is far more comprehensive than anything on the market today. It would be difficult to justify one’s existence as a behavioral medicine specialist without this in one’s professional library.” (Christopher J. Graver, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • St Georges Hospital Medical School, Dept. Psychology, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    A. Steptoe

About the editor

Andrew Steptoe is professor of psychology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He has worked in behavioral medicine throughout his professional life and is a Past-President of both the International Society of Behavioral Medicine and the Society for Psychosomatic Research. He is a member of Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He was founding co-editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology. He is author and editor of 16 books including Health Care and Human Behaviour (1984), Stress, Personal Control and Health (1989), Psychosocial Processes and Health (1994) and Depression and Physical Illness (2006). He has published more than 400 journal articles and book chapters.

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