Handbook of personality and health
By: edited by Margarete E. Vollrath
Contributors: Vollrath, Margarete E
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Health behavior -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Personality -- Physiological aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Neuropsychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Personality, cardiovascular disease and public health / Martha C. Whiteman; title: The role of personality in cancer onset and survival / Adelita V. Ranchor and Robbert Sanderman; title: Temperament and children's unintentional injuries / David C. Schwebel and Benjamin K. Barton; title: Personality, stress, and coping / Norbert K. Semmer; title: Personality and well-being / Espen Røysamb; title: Mechanisms relating personality and health / Deborah J. Wiebe and Katherine T. Fortenberry; title: Personality and illness behavior / Paula G. Williams; title: Physiological pathways from personality to health : the cardiovascular and immune systems / Suzanne C. Segerstrom and Timothy W. Smith; title: Personality, relationships, and health : a dynamic-transactional perspective / Franz J. Neyer and Judith Lehnart; title: Personality types, personality traits, and risky health behavior / Svenn Torgersen and Margarete E. Vollrath; title: The possibilities of personality psychology and persons for the study of health / Suzanne C. Ouellette and David M. Frost; title: The prevention and treatment of hostility / Redford B. Williams and Virginia P. Williams; title: Expressive writing, psychological processes, and personality / Amanda C. Jones and James W. Pennebaker; title: Media, sensation seeking, and prevention / Lewis Donohew; title: The promotion of optimism and health / Derek R. Freres and Jane E. Gillham