Health Psychology

Health Psychology [Unabridged] [Hardcover]

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Health Psychology
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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: 10 x 7.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Education & Training
  • #23 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Diseases

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 is honestly the worst textbook I have ever read in my 4 years of college courses. Never have I absolutely hated a textbook so badly. It is boring, repetitive, and so poorly organized. I feel like the author needed to meet a page number quota and just filled the whole book with a bunch of in-text citations (which are mostly outdated). The examples and data contradict one another half the time, and so it's really a hit or miss what you'll be tested on because the professors can just choose which "right or more right" answer they believe is correct. Avoid this book if possible... its torture!

By Afbalko

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