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The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology
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The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology
Contexts, Theory and Methods in Health Psychology

Second edition
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June 2025 | 600 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

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

 
Section One: Contexts and Perspectives
Francis Quinn, Val Morrison, Angel Marie Chater
Chapter 1: The History and Development of Health Psychology in the United Kingdom
Robert M. Kaplan, Dawn K. Wilson
Chapter 2: The History of Health Psychology in the United States
Irina Todorova
Chapter 3: Histories of Health Psychology in Europe
John W Toumbourou, Renati Solomon, Shree Solomon, Afonso Soares, Simao do Rosario, Hua-Hie Yong, Bosco Rowland
Chapter 4: The History and Evolution of Health Psychology in the Asia-Pacific region
Shivani Sharma, Emma Caton
Chapter 5: Socio-Political and Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Psychology
Mathijs Lucassen, George Parker
Chapter 6: Health and a lifespan perspective on sex, gender, and sexuality diverse people’s lives
Kathleen R. Bogart
Chapter 7: The Psychology of Disability and Health: Moving from Health Disparity to Social Identity
Rik Crutzen
Chapter 8: Ethical considerations in health psychology
 
Section Two: Theories of Health-Related Behaviour
Stephen Sutton
Chapter 9: Social cognition models
Christopher J. Armitage
Chapter 10: Stage Theories
Roland Deutsch, Fritz Strack
Chapter 11: Duality Theories
Gareth J Hollands, Natasha Clarke, James P Reynolds
Chapter 12; Choice architecture interventions: changing environments to change health-related behaviours
Martin Dempster
Chapter 13: Illness Perceptions
Tim Bogg, Elizabeth Milad, Olivia Godfrey
Chapter 14: Personality, Individual Differences and Health
Andrew Steptoe, Ruth A. Hackett
Chapter 15: Stress and Coping
Lauren Connell Bohlen, Marie Johnston, Susan Michie
Chapter 16: Behaviour Change Techniques and Mechanisms of Action
 
Section Three: Biological Health Psychology: Theories and Approaches
Sofia L. Panasiuk, Levi D. Stutzman, Felix Cheung
Chapter 17: Epidemiology of Health and Well-being
Emily J. Jones, Brianna N. Natale, Anna L. Marsland
Chapter 18: Biological Determinants – Physiology of Health and Illness
J. Richard Jennings, Peter J. Gianaros
Chapter 19: Psychophysiology: Linking brain and bodily processes
E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Jensine Paoletti, Christopher P. Fagundes
Chapter 20: Psychoneuroimmunology
Daryl B. O’Connor, Stephen Gallagher, Ruth A. Hackett
Chapter 21: Stress and Illness
Laura J. E. Brown, Gemma Stringer, David P. French
Chapter 22: Cognition, Health and Ageing
Leonie Koban
Chapter 23: Health Neuroscience: Understanding the mechanisms of psychosocial and contextual effects on behavior and health
Xiaoqing Hu, Peng Li, Shengzi Zeng
Chapter 24: The Function of Sleep in Promoting Psychological and Brain Health
 
Section Four: Methods and Measurement in Health Psychology
Sarah Depaoli, Ren Liu
Chapter 25: Selecting, Developing, and Analyzing Measures in Health Psychology
Mark J. Butler, Elizabeth A. Vrany, Stefani D’Angelo, Theodoros P. Zanos, Codruta Chiuzan, Karina W. Davidson
Chapter 26: Personalized N-of-1 Trials
Kenneth E. Freedland
Chapter 27: Experimental Designs and Randomized Controlled Trials
Gerard J. Molloy, Eimear C. Morrissey, Jennifer Mc Sharry
Chapter 28: Evidence synthesis methods: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Jonathan A Smith, Isabella E Nizza
Chapter 29: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Gareth Terry, Lucie Wheeler
Chapter 30: Thematic Analysis
Abigail Locke
Chapter 31: Discursive methodologies and health psychology
Andrew Soundy
Chapter 32: Grounded Theory
Javier Monforte, Brett Smith
Chapter 33: Doing narrative analysis: a theoretical and practical guide for health psychologists
Rachel Shaw, Christian Borg-Xuereb, Amy Burton, William Day, Tiago Moutela, Katharine Slade
Chapter 34: Qualitative Evidence Synthesis in Health Psychology
Richard O. de Visser, Nina C. Lockwood
Chapter 35: Mixed method designs in Health Psychology

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