A thorough and authoritative record of the best available assessment tools in health psychology.
Assessment in Health Psychology presents and discusses the best and most appropriate assessment methods and instruments for all specific areas that are central for health psychologists. It also describes the conceptual and methodological bases for assessment in health psychology, as well as the most important current issues and recent progress in methods. A unique feature of this book, which brings together leading authorities on health psychology assessment, is its emphasis on the bidirectional link between theory and practice.
Assessment in Health Psychology is addressed to masters and doctoral students in health psychology, to all those who teach health psychology, to researchers from other disciplines, including clinical psychology, health promotion, and public health, as well as to health policy makers and other healthcare practitioners. This latest volume in the series Psychological Assessment Science and Practice provides a thorough and authoritative record of the best available assessment tools and methods in health psychology, making it an invaluable resource both for students and academics as well as for practitioners in their daily work.
Author(s): Yael Benyamini, Marie Johnston, Evangelos C. Karademas
Series: Psychological Assessment Science and Practice
Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 346
Assessment in Health Psychology
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part II: Domains Assessed
Chapter 2: Social Cognitions in Health Behaviour
Chapter 3: Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancies
Chapter 4: Illness Representations
Chapter 5: Health Behavior
Chapter 6: Patient–Physician Communication and Patient Satisfaction
Chapter 7: Adherence to Medical Advice
Chapter 8: Stress and Stressors
Chapter 9: Coping
Chapter 10: Social Support
Chapter 11: Pain and Pain Behavior
Chapter 12: Health Outcomes: Functional Status
Chapter 13: Self-Rated Health
Chapter 14: Quality of Life
Chapter 15: Psychological Adjustment
Chapter 16: Neuropsychological Assessment
Chapter 17: Biological and Physiological Measures in Health Psychology
Part III: Assessment Methods and Issues
Chapter 18: Ecological Momentary Assessment
Chapter 19: Reporting Behaviour Change Interventions and Techniques
Chapter 20: Cultural Adaptation of Measures
Chapter 21: Assessment in Children
Chapter 22: Qualitative Assessment
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 23: Assessment: Moving Beyond Association to Explanation and Intervention
Chapter 24: Measurement Issues in Health Psychology
Contributors
Subject Index
