Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended discussion of the authors' research programs.

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• Includes state-of-the-art descriptions of new findings and theories concerning social aspects of physical health and illness.
  
• Discusses virtually all of the major topics studied in the contemporary field of social-health psychology.
  
• Contains chapters written by leading figures in the field that discuss their own research within the context of classic efforts.

About the Author
Jerry Suls is Professor of Psychology at the University of Iowa. He has published more than 130 articles and chapters on social psychology and health psychology and is the author or editor of numerous books, including Psychological Perspectives on Self and Identity (edited with Abraham Tesser and Richard B. Felson, 2000) and Handbook of Social Comparison (edited with Ladd Wheeler, 2000). Kenneth A. Wallston is Professor of Psychology in Nursing at Vanderbilt University. He has published extensively on perceived control and health as well as on adaptation to rheumatoid arthritis. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and has been the editor of the newsletter The Health Psychologist since 1993.

Reviews
"Clinical Practice gives Health Psychology its heart, but Social Psychology is the brains behind the operation. With this ingenious collection of scholarly papers, Professors Suls and Wallston provide us with engagingly written and intellectually powerful social psychological models of health and illness. Their edited volume has much to offer to students, educators, researchers and practitioners alike. It is a 'must' read for all those with serious interest in the psychological foundations of health." Alex Zautra, Arizona State University

"Written by leading experts in the field, the book is a compendium ... of the leading research in the field." R. L. Jones, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, Choice, January 2004

"The particular value of this volume lies in the overview it gives of the most significant theoretical and methodological contributions to health and illness. Moreover the volume is successful in stimulating further investigation into the relatively unexplored social psychological contributions. Suls and Wallston were able to collect contributions from scholars that reflected not only new advances in theory but also the more classic theories ... The volume is highly recommended as a significant contribution to understandings of health and illness and will serve as a valuable resource for academics and health promotion specialists engaged in health related studies and health promotion practice." Anna Meyer-Weitz, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Psychology In Society, 2004, 30, 54-57

Book Information
ISBN 9780631225157
Author Jerry Suls
Format Hardback
Page Count 608
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1198g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 183mm * 38mm