Health Psychology PDF

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The eighth edition of Health Psychology highlights health issues that face the college student and his or her family through both accessible research examples and profiles of interventions. Drawing on current, cutting-edge research, the text highlights health issues relevant to the college student’s immediate and global environment such as coping with stress, maintaining physical health, and making decisions about alcohol and smoking. This edition contains clear descriptions of current research into the prevention, treatment, and causes (social, genetic, and biological) of specific health related disorders.

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• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 8 edition (June 13, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078035198
• ISBN-13: 978-0078035197
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 8.3 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Health Psychology PDF

I used this book for an online class and was thankful that we didn't use it for our discussion boards; we only used it for the test portion of class.

To begin with, a majority of the material supported in the text is backed up by research that was conducted in the 90's, even though this is the 8th edition to the book. The chapters overlap, which in principle is fine, but happens way too much and because of this you're practically reading the same argument over and over again with each chapter. The text doesn't make any "groundbreaking" claims (it only reinforces knowledge that anyone has with a few PSYC courses under their belt) and shy's away from controversial health psychology subjects (such as the controversial subject of pain medication). Because of all of these facts, the book is incredibly dry and is a pain to read through if you have to read it. Our professor has acknowledged this as well and is using a different book for the next semester.

By Brett M

This book is excellently written. Health psychology is one of the more medically related sectors of psychology, and for many psychology students this might prove less interesting. But this book is constructed excellently, and I found the writing engaging. It is noteworthy, however, that there is an older version of this book that sometimes sells for less than five dollars on Amazon, and has virtually all of the same content. If you are buying this book for school and don't want to spend $30-75 dollars on it, buy the 7th version instead of the 8th. It doesn't have the updated cover, but content-wise you'd be getting your money's worth.

By Brian Long VINE VOICE