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Pathfinder: Health Psychology
Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Videos
Scope: Psychological factors
influence how people stay healthy, why they become ill,
and how they respond to illness and treatment. Health
psychology involves understanding behavior in this
context as well as observing lifestyle factors such as
stress, personality types, and coping skills which
impact physical well-being. The mind/body connection
bears investigation when considering the health aspects
of the individual.
(Colman, Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology) The
purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline
for student research. It is not intended as a
comprehensive listing of all the resources available in
the library, but as a selective sampling of the many
types of materials available on this topic.
Books dealing with health psychology are listed in the
Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following
subject headings:
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Aging—physiological aspects
Mental health
Medicine and psychology
Healing—Psychological aspects
Mind and body
Holistic medicine
Mental healing—psychology
Personality and emotions—Health aspects
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF BF 31.C66 1994 Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology
REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Birren, James E.
Human Aging I: A Biological and Behavioral Study.
Rockville, MD: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare,
1976.
Butler, Gillian.
Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Groopman, Jerome E.
The Anatomy of Hope: How Patients Prevail in the Face of
Illness. New York: Random House, 2004.
Hafen, Brent Q.
Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions,
and Relationships. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.
Moyers, Bill D.
Healing and the Mind. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Whalley, Lawrence J.
The Aging Brain. New York: Columbia University
Press, 2001.
Williams, Redford B.
Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling
Hostility That Can Harm Your Health. New York:
HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE
PUBLICATIONS
American Journal of Health Behavior
British Journal of Health Psychology
Psychology Today
VIDEOS
BF 131.D55x
Discovering Psychology
Updated
02/08/2007
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