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Health psychology is the study of the relationship between behaviour and health including our intentions and norms. However, in order to understand health psychology, we must first understand health. This is not as straightforward as it may at first seem.
1 sty 2000 · Health Psychology is deeply rooted in promising and powerful psychological theories, and it adheres to high methodological standards that make it especially suitable for the advancement of...
1 gru 2022 · Specifically, we describe the ways in which clinical health psychologists partnering with medical providers to address psychological and behavioral factors in health and illness can optimize patient functioning, outcomes, and quality of life; improve healthcare policy; and streamline healthcare costs, above and beyond a traditional medical model.
Health psychologists embrace the biopsychosocial model (Schwartz, 1982) or, more recently, a biopsychosociocultural model of health and illness (Revenson & Gurung, 2019), in which health and disease are conceptualized as having complex multifactorial determinants.
Psychological science has the potential to enhance health outcomes through a better understanding of health promoting and health damaging behaviours. Health psychology and the related field of behavioural medicine focus on the interplay among biological dispositions, behaviour, and social context.
WHY IS HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT? Evolving view of health: “A complete state of physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO) Growing burden of chronic disease and ageing populations. support health behavior change e.g. outcomes/regimen adherence.
Health psychologists study the role of psycho-logy in all areas of health and illness, including: 1. what people think about health and illness; 2. the role of beliefs and behaviours in becom-ing ill; 3. the experience of being ill in terms of adap-tion to illness; 4. contact with health professionals; 5. coping with illness;
