Psychology and Health Promotion (Health Psychology Series) - Hardcover

Bennett, Paul; Murphy, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335197663 ISBN 13: 9780335197668

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Addresses the role of psychological theory in health promotion. Textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in health, clinical, and social psychology. Hardcover, softcover available.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Bennett is a consultant clinical psychologist with Gwent Psychology Services and senior lecturer in health psychology at Bristol University. He has published widely on issues relevant to health psychology and health promotion, and worked as a senior researcher for Health Promotion Wales.

Simon Murphy graduated at the University of Glamorgan, obtained an MSc in Social Research Methods from Surrey University and is completing a PhD at the University of East London. He is presently a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and has previously worked as a senior researcher for Health Promotion Wales.

Review

"The standard of the book is high, the critical appreciation of the literature is creative and enquiring, and the referencing isthorough...Psychology and Health Promotion is successful in reviewing all the major and recent contributions of psychological research and theory development to health promotion." - Health Education Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0335197663
• ISBN 13: 9780335197668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184