Psychology and Health Promotion
Dr. Radhey Shyam
(Dr.) S.R. Khan
2010
pp. xvi+ 276
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ISBN: 978-81-8220-299-3
The conceptualization of health has undergone several changes, though the pace of change has been
variable and no doubt it has been rapid in the twentieth century. The increasing recognition of the role
of psychosocial factors in the causation, prevention and even in the treatment of not only of
psychological problems but in case of physical ailments also have contributed. In addition, the
development of biopsychosocial model has led to the growth, development and refinement of a newer
specialty in psychology i.e. the health psychology. Health psychologists are becoming vital members
of multidisciplinary clinical and research teams in rehabilitation, cardiology, pediatrics, oncology,
anesthesiology, family practice, dentistry and other medical fields. Not only this, one can find
psychologists working in different clinical and health settings including handling medical
emergencies in developing countries like India. All this reflects the growing recognition and
acceptance of psychological factors in health/illness. Hope it will be useful to students, researchers
and health professionals and layman as well in understanding the concept and dynamics of health and
its promotion.
Contents
Preface
(v)
List of Contributors
(ix)
Section I
Health and Health Education
1. Health and its Dimensions
Madhu Anand
2. Reproductive and Sexual Health Education for
Adolescents as Perceived by the Teachers and
Parents in Kolkata
Sibnath Deb
3. A Developmental Approach to the Perception of
Danger on the Road Among Iranian Children
and Adults
Zahra Tabibi
4. Print Media Influence on Body Satisfaction /
Dissatisfaction: A Cross Gender Comparison
Neelam Goyal, Sunil Saini and Roopwant Kaur
3
13
47
67
Section II
Psychosocial Factors in Health/Diseases
5. Duration of Epilepsy and Subjective Well Being
Promila Batra and Neha
83
6. Childhood Obesity is an Emerging Health Hazard:
A Psycho-social Perspective
H. S. Asthana, Sameena Ansari, Sunita Asthana
103
7. Self Esteem, Alexithymia and Coping in Normal
and Overweight Females
Harprit Kaur and Jojanjit Kaur
127
8. Sexual Dysfunctions in Spinal Cord Injured Patients
Poonam Gupta, S.S. Gupta and Radhey Shyam
141
9. Psychosomatic Stress in Adolescents
S.R. Khan, Dr. Shiveta Gandotra, Bisma Bhat
151
10. Psychosocial Factors in the Initiation and
Progression of Cancer
Bhupinder Singh and Col. Ramesh Babu
175
11. Burnout, Occupational Stress and Well-being
Among the Marketing Agents
Shalini Singh, Ajay Tayal and Urvashi Singh
191
Section III
Psychosocial Factors and Health Promotion
12. Mental Health and Cognitive Failures:
The Contributory Role of Attributional Style
Among Alcoholics
V.N. Yadav, Suraj Mal and Anil Kumar
203
13. Religiosity, Religious Performance and Life
Satisfaction Among Rural Aged
Arti Bakhshi and Sarita Sood
213
14. Community Based Mental Care Research: Need
to Change from Hopelessness to Hopefulness
O.P. Sharma, P. Sharma, and Juhi Deshmukh
219
15. Role of Meaningfulness in Life in Health
Promoting Behaviours
Harprit Kaur, Parwinder Singh and Monika Dutta
225
16. Yoga and Health Promotion
Chandra Shekhar and Sunil Sharma
247
17. Brief Techniques in Behaviour Technology
Rajesh Ganesan and Vedagiri Ganesan
259
Index
271
Dr. Radhey Shyam, is presently working as Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology,
M.D.University, Rohtak (Haryana, India). He is recipient of Prof. Anima Sen award for best research
paper for 2007, has over two decades of teaching and research experience in the area of Clinical &
Health Psychology and Psychological measurement and assessment. He has completed major and
minor research projects financed by UGC and other bodies. He has published more than four dozen of
research papers in books and Journals of national and international repute. Many students have
completed their M. Phil. and Ph.D. dissertations under his supervision. He has co edited three books‘Psychology of Well being’, ‘Psychoneuroimmunology’ and Clinical Child Psychology and has co
authored two textbooks (in Hindi)- ‘Comprehensive Statistics for Behavioural Sciences’& ‘Modern
Cognitive Psychology’
Professor (Dr.) S.R. Khan (Full Name Shams-ur Rehman Khan) is currently Dean, Faculty of
Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Head of the Post Graduate Department of
Psychology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir). He has taught at the Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and International Islamic University Malaysia,
Kuala Lumpur before joining University of Jammu. He posseses a Master’s, M.Phil and PhD in
Psychology from Aligarh Muslim University with more than 28 years of teaching, training and
clinical/counseling experience. He has 6 books and about 40 research papers published in national and
international journals to his credit. His current areas of interest include Health and Wellbeing, Stress
Management, Personality Development, Counseling and Psychotherapy.
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