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Trauma, Dissociation and Health

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Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Bridget Klest

Published 11/02/2009

This book explores the impact of trauma and dissociation on physical health throughout the lifespan. Important chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and chronic pain,...

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Predicting and Changing Behavior

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Martin Fishbein, Icek Ajzen

Published 07/27/2009

This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of...

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The Psychology of Lifestyle

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Kathryn Thirlaway, Dominic Upton

Published 11/26/2008

Improving lifestyles is thought to be one of the most effective means of reducing mortality and morbidity in the developed world. However, despite decades of...

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Sport and Spirituality

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Jim Parry, Simon Robinson, Nick Watson, Mark Nesti

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

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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: Routledge Communication Series 

Nature and Sociology

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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

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Carolyn M Aldwin

Published 04/26/2007

How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial...

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