Assessment in Behavioral Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781583912270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 512 str.

A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets; Ad Vingerhoets

Opis

A resource for students, researchers, clinicians and teachers who are involved in education, research or clinical work in which behavioural medicine takes a crucial position.

Spis treści

List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. Preface. List of Contributors. Belar, Park, Psychological Assessment in the Medical Setting. Kasl, Jones, Methodological Considerations in the Study of Psychosocial Influences on Health. Schwartz, Brotman, Jilinskaia, Methodological Considerations for Psychosocial Intervention Studies. Ogden, Theory and Measurement: Conceptualization, Operationalization and the Example of Health Status. Tudiver, Developing Self-Report Measures in Health Care. Wethington, Almeida, Brown, Frank, Kessler, The Assessment of Stressor Exposure. Endler, Johnson, Assessment of Coping with Health Problems. van Sonderen, Sanderman, Social Support: Conceptual Issues and Assessment Strategies. Kaptein, Scharloo, Weinman, Assessment of Illness Perceptions. Martin, Friedman, Assessing Personality to Explore Relations with Health. de Klerk, Measurement of Patient Compliance with Drug Therapy: An Overview. Snel, Twisk, Assessment of Lifestyle. Vlaeyen, Crombez, Multidimensional Assessment of Pain. Alberts, Vercoulen, Bleijenberg, Assessment of Fatigue: The Practical Utility of the Subjective Feeling of Fatigue in Research and Clinical Practice. Furer, König-Zahn, Tax, Health Status Measurement. de Vries, Quality of Life Assessment. Sieber, Kaplan, Assessing the Utility of Behavioral Medicine Interventions: Quantifying Health-Related Quality of Life. Kop, Krantz, Baker, Measures of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Behavioral Research on Cardiovascular Disease. Hawk, Jr., Baum, Endocrine Assessment in Behavioral Medicine. Vedhara, Wang, Fox, Irwin, The Measurement of Stress-Related Immune Dysfunction in Humans: An Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology. Index.

O autorze

Ad Vingerhoets is Professor of Clinical Health Psychology at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.