At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any
other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies …

Two distinct literatures have contributed to a tremendous growth of interest in coping. The
1st consists of descriptive studies that have used coping checklists. This literature is in crisis …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

Presents a look at destructive behavior—from domestic abuse to genocide to war—and
provides a solid framework for remedying these problems. The author illustrates the specific …

Would you like to include more high interest cases in your Abnormal Psychology course?
Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases …

Included 50 between-group studies with control groups and 7 studies with only within-group
data in a meta-analysis of adult anger treatments. Overall, the authors examined 92 …

Background Coping strategy impacts susceptibility to psychosocial stress. The locus
coeruleus (LC) and dorsal raphe (DR) are monoamine nuclei implicated in stress-related …

In addition to widely used endorsement methods, one way to get at people's thoughts is to
have them verbalize while engaged in a task or situation. The articulated thoughts in …

Anger is a daily experience. It is encountered in a number of interpersonal, family and
occupational situations. Research indicates that even" normal" parents worry that they will …

Background & objectives: Evidences suggest that relaxation therapy may improve
psychological outcomes in heart patients. We evaluated the effect of progressive muscular …