The links between the psychological and physiological features of cancer risk and
progression have been studied through psychoneuroimmunology. The persistent activation …

During the past 10-15 years, psychoneuroimmunology--the study of the interactions among
behavior, neural and endocrine function, and immune processes--has developed into a …

In 1970 a very concrete experience occurred which led to a fundamental turning point in my
work as a medical sociologist. I was in the midst of analysis of the data in a study of …

Most current models in health psychology assume that stress adversely affects physical
health. We re-examined this assumption by reviewing extensive data from the literature and …

Unique in combining insights from social psychiatry with recent findings in biological
psychiatry, this book provides a new and invaluable model for common mental disorders …

What purpose, if any, do pets really serve? Are they simply an outlet for misplaced love? Or
four-legged friends who help us to satisfy vital emotional needs? Whatever they are, when …

The relation between health and a sense of control may grow stronger in old age. This could
occur through three types of processes: experiences particularly relevant to control may …

Explanatory style, the habitual ways in which individuals explain bad events, was extracted
from open-ended questionnaires filled out by 99 graduates of the Harvard University classes …

Reviews scientific and professional trends in the field of health psychology. I discuss recent
research on health promotion, psychological factors in the development of illness, cognitive …

This is the first work to condense the large literature on explanatory style--one's tendency to
offer similar sorts of explanations for different events. This cognitive variable has been …