The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology, 2e Volume One: Contexts, Theory and Methods in Health Psychology is focused on the foundational contexts, theories, and methods that underpin health psychology today. The Handbook covers diverse perspectives, including socio-political, cultural, and ethical issues, and provides an in-depth exploration of biological health psychology, theories of health-related behavior, and advanced research methodologies. Essential for postgraduate students, researchers, and practitioners, this Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of research and knowledge in health psychology.
Section One: Contexts and Perspectives
Section Two: Theories of Health-Related Behavior
Section Three: Biological Health Psychology: Theories and Approaches
Section Four: Methods and Measurement in Health Psychology
Health Psychology is an important area within psychology as well as having a huge cross-disciplinary application in e.g. health sciences, medicine, nursing, counselling etc. Our previous edition which published in 2004, showed strong sales, and as a fast-moving and evolving discipline, it is now time to update this handbook to keep up with how the discipline has evolved in the last 16 years.
Section One: Contexts and Perspectives
Chapter 1: The History and Development of Health Psychology in the United
Kingdom - Francis Quinn, Val Morrison, Angel Marie Chater
Chapter 2: The History of Health Psychology in the United States - Robert M.
Kaplan, Dawn K. Wilson
Chapter 3: Histories of Health Psychology in Europe - Irina Todorova
Chapter 4: The History and Evolution of Health Psychology in the Asia-Pacific
region - John W Toumbourou, Renati Solomon, Shree Solomon, Afonso Soares,
Simao do Rosario, Hua-Hie Yong, Bosco Rowland
Chapter 5: Socio-Political and Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Psychology -
Shivani Sharma, Emma Caton
Chapter 6: Health and a lifespan perspective on sex, gender, and sexuality
diverse peoples lives - Mathijs Lucassen, George Parker
Chapter 7: The Psychology of Disability and Health: Moving from Health
Disparity to Social Identity - Kathleen R. Bogart
Chapter 8: Ethical considerations in health psychology - Rik Crutzen
Section Two: Theories of Health-Related Behaviour
Chapter 9: Social cognition models - Stephen Sutton
Chapter 10: Stage Theories - Christopher J. Armitage
Chapter 11: Duality Theories - Roland Deutsch, Fritz Strack
Chapter 12; Choice architecture interventions: changing environments to
change health-related behaviours - Gareth J Hollands, Natasha Clarke, James P
Reynolds
Chapter 13: Illness Perceptions - Martin Dempster
Chapter 14: Personality, Individual Differences and Health - Tim Bogg,
Elizabeth Milad, Olivia Godfrey
Chapter 15: Stress and Coping - Andrew Steptoe, Ruth A. Hackett
Chapter 16: Behaviour Change Techniques and Mechanisms of Action - Lauren
Connell Bohlen, Marie Johnston, Susan Michie
Section Three: Biological Health Psychology: Theories and Approaches
Chapter 17: Epidemiology of Health and Well-being - Sofia L. Panasiuk, Levi
D. Stutzman, Felix Cheung
Chapter 18: Biological Determinants Physiology of Health and Illness -
Emily J. Jones, Brianna N. Natale, Anna L. Marsland
Chapter 19: Psychophysiology: Linking brain and bodily processes - J. Richard
Jennings, Peter J. Gianaros
Chapter 20: Psychoneuroimmunology - E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Jensine Paoletti,
Christopher P. Fagundes
Chapter 21: Stress and Illness - Daryl B. OConnor, Stephen Gallagher, Ruth
A. Hackett
Chapter 22: Cognition, Health and Ageing - Laura J. E. Brown, Gemma Stringer,
David P. French
Chapter 23: Health Neuroscience: Understanding the mechanisms of psychosocial
and contextual effects on behavior and health - Leonie Koban
Chapter 24: The Function of Sleep in Promoting Psychological and Brain Health
- Xiaoqing Hu, Peng Li, Shengzi Zeng
Section Four: Methods and Measurement in Health Psychology
Chapter 25: Selecting, Developing, and Analyzing Measures in Health
Psychology - Sarah Depaoli, Ren Liu
Chapter 26: Personalized N-of-1 Trials - Mark J. Butler, Elizabeth A. Vrany,
Stefani DAngelo, Theodoros P. Zanos, Codruta Chiuzan, Karina W. Davidson
Chapter 27: Experimental Designs and Randomized Controlled Trials - Kenneth
E. Freedland
Chapter 28: Evidence synthesis methods: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- Gerard J. Molloy, Eimear C. Morrissey, Jennifer Mc Sharry
Chapter 29: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Jonathan A Smith,
Isabella E Nizza
Chapter 30: Thematic Analysis - Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Gareth
Terry, Lucie Wheeler
Chapter 31: Discursive methodologies and health psychology - Abigail Locke
Chapter 32: Grounded Theory - Andrew Soundy
Chapter 33: Doing narrative analysis: a theoretical and practical guide for
health psychologists - Javier Monforte, Brett Smith
Chapter 34: Qualitative Evidence Synthesis in Health Psychology - Rachel
Shaw, Christian Borg-Xuereb, Amy Burton, William Day, Tiago Moutela,
Katharine Slade
Chapter 35: Mixed method designs in Health Psychology - Richard O. de Visser,
Nina C. Lockwood
Katherine Brown is Professor of Behaviour Change in Health at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, where she established the Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change Laboratory (PHAB Lab) currently comprised of 10 staff and 5 PhD students. She has more than twenty years experience of developing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in public health contexts. She spent eight years of her career working within the public health department of an English local authority alongside leading an academic research team. Her expertise spans a range of public health issues including sexual health, obesity, smoking cessation, breastfeeding, gender-based violence and applications of behaviour change science in public health. She has more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and has secured research funding in excess of £12 million from a number of quality research funders including the European Commission and the UKs National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). She is currently Chief Investigator of one of ten national Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRSTs) funded by NIHR and co-Chief investigator of the NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) funded Halo trial.
Cecilia Cheng is a Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean at the University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on enhancing mental and physical wellness through the lens of personality and social psychology, cyberpsychology and digital health. Her research team investigates an array of pressing societal issues, including information technology disorders and cyberbullying, analyzing how digital interactions shape psychological well-being and influence broader societal dynamics. Her findings have been translated into public education strategies aimed at fostering resilience and coping mechanisms, as well as promoting healthy internet use, ultimately improving mental health. Professor Chengs contributions to the field are further underscored by her significant editorial roles. She has previously served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and currently holds the positions of Senior Editor for Social Science and Medicine (Health Psychology Office) and Associate Editor for Health Psychology Review.
Martin S. Hagger is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Merced, Professor (Behaviour Change) in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Adjunct Professor and Research Consultant in the School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University. His research applies social cognition and motivational theory to predict, understand, and change health behaviours. He has published over 400 articles, chapters, and books, and served as editor of major scholarly peer-reviewed journals. Kyra Hamilton, Ph. D., is Professor in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Australia, and director of the Health and Psychology Innovations research laboratory (HaPI; 2. She is also Docent, Behaviour Change at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland and affiliate member in the Health Sciences Research Institute at the University of California, Merced, USA. Her areas of expertise and innovation are health behaviour motivation, self-regulation, and change. She is particularly interested in understanding the multiple effects of motivational, volitional, and automatic processes on health behaviour and the translation of research findings into policy and practice. She works closely in partnerships with industry, government organisations, and community groups to design community engaged, contextually tailored, and culturally appropriate behavioural interventions. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Psychology and Health and is editorial board member of multiple journals. She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and European Health Psychology Society.
Stephen Sutton is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, and Director of Research and Head of the Behavioural Science Group in the General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit. He is also Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Visiting Professor of Social/Health Psychology at University College London.
He studied social psychology at the London School of Economics and computer science at City University. He received his PhD from the University of London in 1981 for research on the effects of fear appeals. Before moving to Cambridge in 2001, he held posts at the Institute of Psychiatry and University College London. His research programme focuses on the development and evaluation of theory-based behaviour change interventions for smoking cessation, physical activity and medication adherence, using both face-to-face and distance approaches such as electronic monitoring and feedback and tailored text messaging.
