Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health
- ISBN-10
- 0495130184
- ISBN-13
- 9780495130185
- Series
- Health Psychology
- Category
- Chronic diseases
- Pages
- 615
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Thomson
- Authors
- Linda Brannon, Jess Feist, Brannon/feist
Description
A sound, pragmatic understanding of the behaviours that affect health is presented in this study. It explains experimental design and critique studies and their findings and offers an increased emphasis on psychological interventions.
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