1st Edition

The Psychology of Health and Illness

Edited By Ami Rokach Copyright 2024
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the effects of various stresses, strains, and traumas in our lives, from the womb till adulthood. The consequences of such stresses are delineated, and this book describes ways of coping with it. Research has demonstrated, repeatedly, that chronic stress may increase unhealthy behavior which may further enhance the development of poor lifestyle habits, substance abuse, or... Read more

Introduction: Health, Illness, and the Psychological Factors Affecting Them

Ami Rokach

 

1. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Help-Seeking for Health-Related Interventions in Young Adults

Canan Karatekin

 

2. Intergenerational Transmission of Depression during Adolescence: The Mediating Roles of Hostile Attribution Bias, Empathic Concern, and Social Self-Concept

Xing Wei, Xi Li, Xiaoqin Teng, Jingyao Bai and Feifei Ren

 

3. Contributors to Women's Perceived Stress at the Start of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Vera Skvirsky, Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari, Shirley Ben Shlomo, Joseph Azuri and Eran Horowitz

 

4. Perinatal Maternal Stress and Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Later Childhood: An Early Life Programming Perspective

Irena Stepanikova, Elizabeth Baker, Gabriela Oates, Sanjeev Acharya, Jalal Uddin, Vojtech Thon, Jan Svancara and Lubomir Kukla

 

5. Moderating Effects of Prevention-Focus on the Paths from Two Insecure Attachment Dimensions to Depression

Dong-Gwi Lee, Jae Joon Park, Byeong Hoon Bae, and Hyun-Woo Lim

 

6. The Role of Mindful Self-Care in the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Burnout in University Students

Natasha M. Loi and Nyree Pryce

 

7. The Psychology of Health and Illness: The Mental Health and Physiological Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Women

Nancy Lutwak

 

8. Emotion Regulation Difficulties Mediate the Relationship between Neuroticism and Health-Risk Behaviours in Adolescents

Parwinder Singh

 

9. How Compassionate Abilities Influence the Experience of Loneliness and Quality of Life of People with and without Chronic Physical Disease?

Tânia Ramalho, Joana Pereira and Cláudia Ferreira

 

10. How Future Orientation is Associated with Depressive Symptoms in Multiethnoracial Adults: Basic Psychological Needs as a Mediator

Edward C. Chang, Olivia D. Chang, Elizabeth A. Yu, Kaidi Wu, Abigael G. Lucas, P. Priscilla Lui, David Rollock, Xinjie Chen, Jameson K. Hirsch and Elizabeth L. Jeglic

Biography

Ami Rokach is a clinical psychologist who teaches in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada. He has been researching and teaching about loneliness, human sexuality, intimate relationships, and death and dying for the past 40 years.