Self, Social Identity, and Physical Health

Rutgers Symposium On Self And Social Ide

• 06 mei 1999
• 9780195127317

Samenvatting:

This volume examines how our understanding of self and social identity is linked to physical health and disease. Topics include: the self-regulation model and cultural system through which the individual experiences illness and treatment; behaviour patterns; and the impact of physical illness.



The goal of this volume is to examine how our understanding of self and social identity is linked to physical health and disease. The book is organized around four topics: 1. the self-regulation model used by health psychologists as well as the cultural system through which the individual experiences illness and its treatment, 2. stress, emotion, and coping, 3. behaviour patterns that enhance or damage an individual's health, and 4. the impact of physical illness on the person who assumes the "sick role".