1st Edition

The Routledge International Handbook of Health Psychology Global and Contemporary Issues

Edited By Robbert Sanderman, Karen Morgan Copyright 2025
738 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

738 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

738 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This state-of-the-art handbook provides authoritative, up to date coverage of health psychology topics, offering an excellent, in-depth view of the field. Leading experts provide essential insights into the discipline of health psychology, its roots, future directions, and the networks and organisations involved. Structured into eight parts, the book starts with defining health psychology... Read more

Section 1: Defining Health Psychology

1. History of Health Psychology
Angel Marie Chater, Francis Quinn, and Val Morrison

2. Health Psychology Theories and Models of Behaviour
Phoebe Brook-Rowland, Felix Naughton, Vivi Antonopoulou,Marta Marques, and Angel Marie Chater

3. Health Psychology’s Role within the Biopsychosocial Sciences
Karen Rodham, Lesley Lewis, Daniel Masterson, Rachel Povey,Angel Marie Chater, Jenny Scott, and Hannah Family

4. Professionalisation of Health Psychology
Karen Matvienko-Sikar,Julia Allan, Lisa Hynes, Jenny McSharry, Marta Marques, Vivien Swanson, and Angel Marie Chater

5. Future Directions for the Discipline of Health Psychology
Angel Marie Chater, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Elizabeth Jenkinson, and Jo Hart

Section 2: Theories and Methodology

6. How to Work with Theories of Health Behaviour Change
Lisa Marie Warner and Ines Pfeffer

7. Illness Perceptions and Culture: A Common Sense Model Approach
Smita C. Banerjee, Shweta Chawak, Matsungshila Pongener, and Mahati Chittem

8. Research Design: Overview and Recommendations
Nicola O’Brien

9. Measurement in Health Psychology
Alexandra Lelia Dima

10. Personality and Health: The Role of Individual Differences in Theory, Methods, and Intervention
Christina M. Juchem and Eva Asselmann

Section 3: Health Behavior

11. Defining and Specifying Health Behaviour – Conceptual Overview
Stephan U. Dombrowski and Gerard J. Molloy

12. A Behavioural Perspective on Health
Julia Allan

13. Understanding Multiple Health Behaviours
Lena Fleig, Theda Radtke, and Stephan U. Dombrowski

14. The Role of Health Behaviour in Obesity
Elizabeth H. Evans, Amy L. Ahern, Stephan U. Dombrowski,and Milica Vasiljevic

15. Moving from Description to Explanation: How Well Can We Explain Medication-Taking Behaviour?
Louise Foley and Gerard J. Molloy

Section 4: Interpersonal Relations and Health

16. Interpersonal Relationships and Health
Mariët Hagedoorn and Noa Vilchinsky

17. Attachment Insecurity Shapes Physiological andBehavioural Responses to Stress: Implications for Couples Coping with Illness
Paula R. Pietromonaco and Nickola C. Overall

18. An Overview of the Impact of Chronic Medical Illness on Sexuality
Chiara Acquati

19. Caregiving and Relationships
Val Morrison

20. Patient-Provider Relationships: A Linchpin in Medical Care
Arnstein Finset

Section 5: Chronic Diseases

21. Introduction to Chronic Diseases
Konstadina Griva and Stanton P. Newman

22. Coping with Symptoms and Treatments
Frederick H. F. Chan, Stanton P. Newman, and Konstadina Griva

23. The Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Disease
Evangelos C. Karademas and Yael Benyamini

24. Self-Management and Adherence in the Context of Chronic Diseases
Rui She and Konstadina Griva

25. The Role of Technology in Chronic Illness
Elizabeth Broadbent and Kate Loveys

Section 6: Interventions

26. Introduction: Theoretical Foundations of Health Psychology
Jemma Todd, Amelia J. Scott, and Rachel E. Menzies

27. Interventions in Chronic Disease
Amelia Williams and Amelia J. Lake

28. Community-Based Interventions
Hamsini Sivaramakrishnan, Matthew McDonald, and Eleanor Quested

29. Health Behaviour Change Interventions
Barbara A. Mullan, Caitlin Liddelow, Hayley Breare,and Chloe Maxwell-Smith

30. Implementation Strategies: From Lab to Field
Matthew McDonald, Matthew McLaughlin,and Joanna C. Moullin

Section 7:Global Health Psychology

31. An Introduction to ‘Global Health Psychology’ 
Bronwynè Coetzee, Rizwana Roomaney, and Lucie Byrne-Davis

32. What is the State of Health Psychology in the Global South?
Enoch Teye-Kwadjo,Darlina Hani Fadil Azim,Asma Bibi, and Jo Hart

33. Challenges Currently Felt in the Global South
Vica Tomberge, Asma Bibi, Enoch Teye-Kwadjo, and Benjamin Ambuehl

34. Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR): A Research Methodology for Impactful, Culturally Sensitive, and Contextually Appropriate Health Psychology
Benjamin Ambuehl, Richard Appiah, Asma Bibi, and Irene A. Kretchy

35. Collaboration and Research Ethics in Health Psychology
Katherine Sorsdahl, Ifeanyichukwu Anthony Ogueji, and Ashraf Kagee

Section 8: Current Challenges and Opportunities: The Future of Health Psychology

36. The Future of Health Psychology: Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decades
Dominika Kwasnicka and Olga Perski

37. Well-Being across the Lifespan: Healthy and Happy Ageing
Anne Tiedemann and Catherine Sherrington

38. Health Psychology in the Age of Digital Health
Bradford W. Hesse, Jessica M. Lipschitz, David K. Ahern, and Dominika Kwasnicka

39. Six Ways Health Psychology Can Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Guillaume Chevance and Paquito Bernard

40. Policy Implications – Health Psychology and the Case of COVID-19
Gill A. ten Hoor and Robert A. C. Ruiter

Biography

Robbert Sanderman is Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. His research is focused on psychological and social adaptive processes in patients diagnosed with a chronic somatic disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes, heart failure, and COPD) and eHealth interventions. He has supervised 70 PhD projects, co-edited several handbooks on chronic disease, and co-authored over 450 publications (articles, book chapters, and books). He has been on the boards of numerous societies in the field and is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society.

Karen Morgan is a Professor of Health Psychology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is currently the President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin, Malaysia Campus. She has co(authored) over 100 international publications and book chapters, as well as 13 National Reports and policy briefs and is Co-editor in Chief of EHPS journal Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine. She is a Past President and Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society. Her research focuses on ageing, quality of life and population health, in particular the health of vulnerable populations.