Health Psychology of Women
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A01=Catherine Niven
A01=Doug Carroll
Anorexia Nervosa
Author_Catherine Niven
Author_Doug Carroll
belief
Body Image
breast
Breast Cancer Screening
Breast Screening
cancer
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Category=JMC
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Cervical Cancer
Contra-ceptive Methods
Contraceptive Choice
Contraceptive Method
Contraceptive Pill
coronary
cycle
disease
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eq_health-lifestyle
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female health risk factors
gender bias in health research
gender differences in health
gendered health disparities
Health Belief Model
heart
Higher Social Support Scores
HIV Disease
menstrual
model
National Breast Screening Programme
Oral Contraceptive Pill
Pill Free Week
Positive ELISA Test
Post-natal Depression
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Premenstrual Change
Premenstrual Phase
Premenstrual Symptoms
Premenstrual Syndrome
Progressive Disease
psychosocial health factors
reproductive health psychology
research
Wilford Hall Medical Center
women's mental wellbeing
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9783718653362
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 1993
- Publisher: Harwood-Academic Publishers
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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First Published in 1993. Since health psychology is concerned with the universal values of life and death, wellbeing and suffering, it might be expected that its researchers would be keen to examine both male and female experiences of these phenomena. In practice, however, health psychology has followed health research in adopting a largely male perspective, both in its general approach and selection of topics. Women are different from men, not only in terms of anatomy, but in terms of the socialization processes to which they have been exposed and the social and economic positions they occupy. These differences have a significant impact on women's health, predisposing them to some disorders and protecting them from others. While it is true that male mortality exceeds female mortality from conception to old age, women's survival has the price of increased mental and physical illness. Men die, but women suffer. Despite a growing awareness of these differences there continues to be a distinct bias towards using male subjects for research and studying those diseases which affect more men than women. The Health Psychology of Women is a response to this imbalance and a challenge to the attitude which explores the behavior of half the population in order to draw conclusions about the experience of the whole. It is essential reading for students and researchers of psychology and health, and health professionals in training and practice.
