Psychology Press

Sport and Spirituality

Jim Parry, Mark Nesti, Simon Robinson, Nick Watson

Published 08/23/2007

Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. However, the spiritual...

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Communication Perspectives on HIV/AIDS for the 21st Century

Timothy Edgar, Seth M Noar, Vicki S Freimuth

Published 08/20/2007

Reflecting the current state of research into the communication aspects of HIV/AIDS, this volume explores AIDS-related communication scholarship, moving forward from the 1992 publication AIDS:...

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Series Name: LEA's Communication Series 

Nature and Sociology

Tim Newton

Published 07/26/2007

This book engages with, and contests, the ‘new sociology of nature’. It moves beyond existing debates by presenting new social theory and working across current...

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Stress, Coping, and Development

Carolyn M Aldwin

Published 04/26/2007

This volume provides a much-needed integration of major issues and research in the field of stress and coping. Focusing on transactions between mind and body...

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Prediction and Change of Health Behavior

Icek Ajzen, Dolores Albarracin, Robert Hornik

Published 03/13/2007

Prediction and Change of Health Behavior honors the work of Martin Fishbein by illustrating the breadth and depth of the reasoned action approach. Focused on...

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Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging

Carolyn M Aldwin, Crystal L Park, Avron Spiro

Published 03/02/2007

Meeting a growing need, this authoritative reference and text comprehensively examines the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in health and illness in older...

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Psychological Management of Physical Disabilities

Paul Kennedy

Published 01/11/2007

The successful integration of psychological factors into the management of physical disabilities is critical to successful health-care delivery. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible...

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