Health Psychology
Introduction
Over the past century the relationship between behaviour and individual health has attracted attention because of an increase in diseases caused by personal habits. Health psychology is concerned with how different factors, such as lifestyle and social context, may influence health and illness. One of the goals of health psychology is to promote an understanding of behaviour that leads to a healthier lifestyle.
The health psychology option focuses on stress, substance abuse, addiction, obesity and health promotion. Health psychologists have investigated causes of health problems such as stress, substance abuse, addiction, overeating and obesity in order to find ways to counter their damaging consequences and prevent their occurrence. One of the benefits of this research is an improved understanding of the relationship between environmental and biological factors as well as cognition in determining individual behaviour. This helps in the development of prevention and treatment strategies, for example, in terms of understanding how people value their health. It also enables health promotion campaigns to be more efficiently designed. There are differences in attitudes towards health-related behaviour among different cultures, as well as variations in the incidence of health problems such as stress, eating disorders and substance abuse. It is important for health psychologists to take these factors into account.
Over the past century the relationship between behaviour and individual health has attracted attention because of an increase in diseases caused by personal habits. Health psychology is concerned with how different factors, such as lifestyle and social context, may influence health and illness. One of the goals of health psychology is to promote an understanding of behaviour that leads to a healthier lifestyle.
The health psychology option focuses on stress, substance abuse, addiction, obesity and health promotion. Health psychologists have investigated causes of health problems such as stress, substance abuse, addiction, overeating and obesity in order to find ways to counter their damaging consequences and prevent their occurrence. One of the benefits of this research is an improved understanding of the relationship between environmental and biological factors as well as cognition in determining individual behaviour. This helps in the development of prevention and treatment strategies, for example, in terms of understanding how people value their health. It also enables health promotion campaigns to be more efficiently designed. There are differences in attitudes towards health-related behaviour among different cultures, as well as variations in the incidence of health problems such as stress, eating disorders and substance abuse. It is important for health psychologists to take these factors into account.
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Obesity and Our Nation
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