1st Edition

Reframing Health Behavior Change With Behavioral Economics

Edited By Warren K. Bickel, Rudy E. Vuchinich Copyright 2000
448 Pages
by Psychology Press

442 Pages
by Psychology Press

448 Pages
by Psychology Press

Behavioral economics is a rapidly developing area of psychological science that has synergistically merged microeconomic concepts with behavioral research methods. A driving force behind the growth of behavioral economics has been its recent application to behaviors that significantly affect health. The book examines the latest behavioral economic research on smoking, drug and alcohol abuse,... Read more
Contents: G.A. Marlatt, Foreword. R.E. Vuchinich, W.K. Bickel, Preface. Part I:Behavioral Economic Concepts and Methods. G.J. Madden, A Behavioral Economics Primer. S.R. Hursh, Behavioral Economic Concepts and Methods for Studying Health Behavior. Part II:Price and Consumption. M.E. Carroll, U.C. Campbell, A Behavioral Economic Analysis of the Reinforcing Effects of Drugs: Transition States of Addiction. F.J. Chaloupka, R.L. Pacula, Economics and Antihealth Behavior: The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse. Part III:Substitutability Relations Between Activities. L. Green, E.B. Fisher, Jr., Economic Substitutability: Some Implications for Health Behavior. H. Rachlin, The Lonely Addict. Part IV:Health Behavior as Intertemporal Choice. A.W. Logue, Self-Control and Health Behavior. C.A. Simpson, R.E. Vuchinich, Temporal Changes in the Value of Objects of Choice: Discounting, Behavior Patterns, and Health Behavior. Part V:Specific Health Behaviors: Help Seeking, Smoking, Eating, Exercise, and Gambling. J.A. Tucker, J.W. Davison, Waiting to See the Doctor: The Role of Time Constraints in the Utilization of Health and Behavioral Health Services. K.A. Perkins, M.E. Hickcox, J.E. Grobe, Behavioral Economics of Tobacco Smoking. L.H. Epstein, B.E. Saelens, Behavioral Economics of Obesity: Food Intake and Energy Expenditure. P.M. Ghezzi, C.A. Lyons, M.R. Dixon, Gambling in Socioeconomic Perspective. Part VI:The Cultural Context of Health Behavior. W.K. Bickel, L.A. Marsch, The Tyranny of Small Decisions: Origins, Outcomes, and Proposed Solutions.

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Warren K. Bickel (Edited by) ,  Rudy E. Vuchinich (Edited by)