Perceptions of health and illness
Subtitle: current research and applications
By: edited by Keith J. Petrie and John A. Weinman.
Contributors: Petrie, Keith J.; Weinman, John.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
Subjects: Medicine and psychology; Sick -- Psychology; Attitude to Health; Disease -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perceptions of health and illness / John A. Weinman & Keith J. Petrie; title: Illness representations : theoretical foundations / Howard Leventhal, [et. al.]; title: Children's perceptions of health and illness / Christine Eiser & Sheryl J. Kopel; title: Are there differences in perceptions of illness across the lifespan? / Elaine A. Leventhal & Melissa Crouch; title: Measurement of illness perceptions in patients with chronic somatic illnesses : a review / Margreet Scharloo & Adrian Kaptein; title: Representations of medication and treatment : advances in theory and measurement / Robert Horne; title: Representations of disability / Marie Johnston; title: Cognitive representations and preventative health behaviour : a review / Charles Abraham & Paschal Sheeran; title: Illness representations after the human genome project : the perceived role of genes in causing illness / Theresa M. Marteau & Vicky Senior; title: Processing risk factor information : defensive biases in health-related judgments and memory / Robert T. Croyle, Yi-Chun Sun & Marybeth Hart; title: Screening for cancer : illness perceptions and illness worry / Linda D. Cameron; title: Illness representations and the self-management of diabetes / Sarah E. Hampson; title: Self regulation and psycho-educational interventions for rheumatic disease / Theo J. Pimm; title: Illness representations and breast cancer : coping with radiation and chemotherapy / Deanna L. Buick; title: The role of illness cognitions and coping in the aetiology and maintenance of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / Rona Moss-Morris; title: Illness representations and recovery from myocardial infarction / Keith J. Petrie & John A. Weinman; title: Virtual narratives : illness representations in online support groups / Kathryn P. Davison & James W. Pennebaker.