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The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology
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The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology

Second Edition
Two Volume Set
Edited by:


June 2025 | 1 216 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

The field of health psychology has undergone transformative growth and development over the past 20 years This two-volume set captures the evolution of the field, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date reference for researchers, practitioners, and students. Each volume delves into critical aspects of health psychology, from foundational theories and methods to practical applications and interventions. This set is essential reading for those seeking to understand and apply health psychology principles to improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

Volume One: Contexts, Theory, and Methods in Health Psychology

The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology, 2e Volume One: Contexts, Theory and Methods in Health Psychology is focused on the foundational contexts, theories, and methods that underpin health psychology today. The Handbook covers diverse perspectives, including socio-political, cultural, and ethical issues, and provides an in-depth exploration of biological health psychology, theories of health-related behavior, and advanced research methodologies. Essential for postgraduate students, researchers, and practitioners, this Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of research and knowledge in health psychology.

Section One: Contexts and Perspectives

Section Two: Theories of Health-Related Behavior

Section Three: Biological Health Psychology: Theories and Approaches

Section Four: Methods and Measurement in Health Psychology

 

Volume Two: Applications of Health Psychology

The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology, 2e Volume Two: Applications of Health Psychology covers the practical applications of health psychology, addressing intervention development, health improvement strategies, mental health and wellbeing, health protection, and the integration of health psychology into policy and professional practice. With contributions from leading experts, this is an indispensable resource for those looking to apply health psychology principles to real-world challenges. This Handbooks is a must-read for postgraduate students, researchers, and practitioners aiming to improve health and wellbeing outcomes through evidence-based practices.

Section One: Issues and Debates in Health Psychology

Section Two: Intervention Development Approaches

Section Three: Health Improvement Interventions and Preventive Behaviors

Section Four: Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing

Section Five: Health Protection Interventions and Long-term Conditions

Section Six: Health Psychology in Practice

 

Volume One: Contexts, Theory, and Methods in Health Psychology

 
 
Section One: Contexts and Perspectives
Francis Quinn, Val Morrison, Angel Marie Chater
Chapter 1: The History and Development of Health Psychology in the United Kingdom
Robert M. Kaplan, Dawn K. Wilson
Chapter 2: The History of Health Psychology in the United States
Irina Todorova
Chapter 3: Histories of Health Psychology in Europe
John W Toumbourou, Renati Solomon, Shree Solomon, Afonso Soares, Simao do Rosario, Hua-Hie Yong, Bosco Rowland
Chapter 4: The History and Evolution of Health Psychology in the Asia-Pacific region
Shivani Sharma, Emma Caton
Chapter 5: Socio-Political and Cross-Cultural Issues in Health Psychology
Mathijs Lucassen, George Parker
Chapter 6: Health and a lifespan perspective on sex, gender, and sexuality diverse people’s lives
Kathleen R. Bogart
Chapter 7: The Psychology of Disability and Health: Moving from Health Disparity to Social Identity
Rik Crutzen
Chapter 8: Ethical considerations in health psychology
 
Section Two: Theories of Health-Related Behaviour
Stephen Sutton
Chapter 9: Social cognition models
Christopher J. Armitage
Chapter 10: Stage Theories
Roland Deutsch, Fritz Strack
Chapter 11: Duality Theories
Gareth J Hollands, Natasha Clarke, James P Reynolds
Chapter 12; Choice architecture interventions: changing environments to change health-related behaviours
Martin Dempster
Chapter 13: Illness Perceptions
Tim Bogg, Elizabeth Milad, Olivia Godfrey
Chapter 14: Personality, Individual Differences and Health
Andrew Steptoe, Ruth A. Hackett
Chapter 15: Stress and Coping
Lauren Connell Bohlen, Marie Johnston, Susan Michie
Chapter 16: Behaviour Change Techniques and Mechanisms of Action
 
Section Three: Biological Health Psychology: Theories and Approaches
Sofia L. Panasiuk, Levi D. Stutzman, Felix Cheung
Chapter 17: Epidemiology of Health and Well-being
Emily J. Jones, Brianna N. Natale, Anna L. Marsland
Chapter 18: Biological Determinants – Physiology of Health and Illness
J. Richard Jennings, Peter J. Gianaros
Chapter 19: Psychophysiology: Linking brain and bodily processes
E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Jensine Paoletti, Christopher P. Fagundes
Chapter 20: Psychoneuroimmunology
Daryl B. O’Connor, Stephen Gallagher, Ruth A. Hackett
Chapter 21: Stress and Illness
Laura J. E. Brown, Gemma Stringer, David P. French
Chapter 22: Cognition, Health and Ageing
Leonie Koban
Chapter 23: Health Neuroscience: Understanding the mechanisms of psychosocial and contextual effects on behavior and health
Xiaoqing Hu, Peng Li, Shengzi Zeng
Chapter 24: The Function of Sleep in Promoting Psychological and Brain Health
 
Section Four: Methods and Measurement in Health Psychology
Sarah Depaoli, Ren Liu
Chapter 25: Selecting, Developing, and Analyzing Measures in Health Psychology
Mark J. Butler, Elizabeth A. Vrany, Stefani D’Angelo, Theodoros P. Zanos, Codruta Chiuzan, Karina W. Davidson
Chapter 26: Personalized N-of-1 Trials
Kenneth E. Freedland
Chapter 27: Experimental Designs and Randomized Controlled Trials
Gerard J. Molloy, Eimear C. Morrissey, Jennifer Mc Sharry
Chapter 28: Evidence synthesis methods: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Jonathan A Smith, Isabella E Nizza
Chapter 29: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Gareth Terry, Lucie Wheeler
Chapter 30: Thematic Analysis
Abigail Locke
Chapter 31: Discursive methodologies and health psychology
Andrew Soundy
Chapter 32: Grounded Theory
Javier Monforte, Brett Smith
Chapter 33: Doing narrative analysis: a theoretical and practical guide for health psychologists
Rachel Shaw, Christian Borg-Xuereb, Amy Burton, William Day, Tiago Moutela, Katharine Slade
Chapter 34: Qualitative Evidence Synthesis in Health Psychology
Richard O. de Visser, Nina C. Lockwood
Chapter 35: Mixed method designs in Health Psychology
Volume Two: Issues, Debates and Applications of Health Psychology

 
 
Section One: Issues and Debates in Health Psychology
Martin S. Hagger, Kyra Hamilton
Chapter 1: Replication and Open Science in Health Psychology
Blair T. Johnson, Matthew B. Jané, Christine M. Curley, Chen Li, Lisset Martinez-Berman
Chapter 2: Methodological Quality in Health Psychology Research
Heidi Sturk, Jennifer Connolly, Kate Hatchman, David J. Kavanagh
Chapter 3: Digital Approaches in Health Psychology
Diane Dixon, Chantal Den Das, Marie Johnston
Chapter 4: Measurement in Health Psychology
Suzanne M. Skevington, Joanne Greenhalgh
Chapter 5: Issues and Debates in Health-Related Quality of Life
 
Section Two: Intervention Development Approaches
Gill A. ten Hoor, Christine M. Markham, María E. Fernández, Robert A.C. Ruiter
Chapter 6: Intervention Mapping: Planning Health Promotion Programs
Paul M Chadwick
Chapter 7: The Behaviour Change Wheel Approach to Intervention Development
Lucy Yardley, Kate Greenwell, Kate Morton, James Denison-Day, Ingrid Muller
Chapter 8: The Person-Based Approach to Intervention Development
Christina R. Studts, Russell E. Glasgow
Chapter 9: The RE-AIM Framework: Evolutions and Applications in Health Psychology
 
Section Three: Health Improvement Interventions and Preventive Behaviors
Marie L. Caltabiano
Chapter 10: Overweight and Obesity
Stuart J.H. Biddle
Chapter 11: Physical activity as a health behaviour
Samuel Ginja
Chapter 12: Active Travel Behaviour: Methodological and Conceptual Research Issues
Richard Cooke, Emma L Davies
Chapter 13: Understanding alcohol consumption and preventing alcohol-related harms
Felix Naughton
Chapter 14: Tobacco, nicotine, and cessation
Katie Newby, Rob Stephenson, Louise Jackson, Maurine Murtagh
Chapter 15: Sexual Health and Condom Use
Kyra Hamilton, Stephanie R. Smith, Amy E. Peden, Jacob J. Keech, Martin S. Hagger
Chapter 16: Drowning Prevention Behaviours
Katherine M. White, Xiang Zhao
Chapter 17: Psychosocial Perspectives for Prevention and Intervention
Chantal den Daas, Marie Johnston, and Diane Dixon
Chapter 18: Behaviours in the prevention of communicable diseases
 
Section Four: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Ingrid D. Lui, Vera Yu Men, Cheuk Yui Yeung, Paul S. F. Yip
Chapter 19: Suicide and Mental Health: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions
Reinout W. Wiers, Helle Larsen,Maarten van den Ende, Han L. J. van der Maas
Chapter 20: The Development of Substance Use Disorders: From Complexity to Action
Talia Morstead, Anita DeLongis
Chapter 21: Coping in Context: An Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Sociocultural Process
Cecilia Cheng, Omid V. Ebrahimi
Chapter 22: Digital Well-being and Digital Health
 
Section Five: Health Protection Interventions and Long-term Conditions
Sheina Orbell, Olayinka Farris
Chapter 23: Psychological Processes in Screening Behaviour
Jose Arellano, Silvia Saccardo, Gretchen Chapman
Chapter 24: Information Provision and Vaccination Behavior
Heather Buchanan, Koula Asimakopoulou
Chapter 25: Oral Health
Marijn de Bruin, F. Marijn Stok, John Drury
Chapter 26: Health Psychology and Infection Control During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
 
Section Six: Health Psychology in Practice
Rebecca Turner, Lucie Byrne-Davis, Jo Hart
Chapter 27: Health psychology for health professions: Practice change and supporting the use of health psychology by other professions
Katherine E Brown, Neil Howlett, Michelle Constable, Anna Sallis, Nicky Knowles, Ashley Gould, Angel Marie Chater
Chapter 28: Applications of behaviour change science in public health: the UK, the World Health Organisation and the United Nations
Laura Wandner
Chapter 29: Pain Psychology
Felicity L Bishop
Chapter 30: Practitioner-Patient Communication in Healthcare Encounters
Robert Horne, Zoe Moon
Chapter 31: Adherence to medication and treatment protocols
Jillian E. Austin, Michelle M. Ernst, Nadine A. Kasparian
Chapter 32: Impacts of Hospitalization on Children and Adults

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