Health psychology : the official journal of the division of health psychology of the American Psychological Association /
Health Psychology is a scholarly journal devoted to understanding the scientific relations among psychological factors, behavior and physical health and illness. The readership is broad with respect to discipline, background, interests, and specializations.The main emphasis of the journal is on orig...
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Washington DC :
American Psychological Association (APA),
2011.
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| Sumario: | Health Psychology is a scholarly journal devoted to understanding the scientific relations among psychological factors, behavior and physical health and illness. The readership is broad with respect to discipline, background, interests, and specializations.The main emphasis of the journal is on original research, including integrative theoretical review papers, meta-analyses, treatment outcome trials, and brief scientific reports. Scholarly case studies, commentaries, and letters to the editor will also be considered.Papers should have significant theoretical or practical importance for understanding relations among behavior, psychosocial factors, and physical health, as well as their application. All papers should emphasize, whenever possible, the translation of scientific findings for practice and policy.Health Psychology publishes original scholarly articles on topics such as:Contextual factors that may contribute to disease or its preventionPreventionInterfaces among biological, psychosocial, social and behavioral factors in healthAssessment approaches in healthHealth risk and resilience behaviorHealth promotionChild and adolescent healthCouple and family relationships in healthLifespan approaches to health, including those related to older adultsEvaluation and dissemination of treatment approaches that target the individual, family, group, multicenter, or community levelEthnicity, social class, gender and sexual orientation in healthHealth disparitiesResearch methodology, measurement, and statistics in health psychologyImplications of research findings for health-related policyAdvances in health-related theoryInnovations in technologyProfessional issues in health psychology, including training and supervision |
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| Descripción Física: | v., 508 p. : il. ; 28 x 21 cm. |
| Frecuencia de Publicación: | Bimestral |
| ISSN: | 0278-6133 |