Health Psychology 19 - Blackwell Publishing

CHAPTER OUTLINELEARNING OBJECTIVESINTRODUCTIONHEALTH BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOURSB ehaviour and mortalityThe role of Health beliefsIntegrated modelsILLNESS BELIEFSThe dimensions of illness beliefsA model of illness behaviourHealth professionals beliefsTHE STRESS ILLNESS LINKS tress modelsDoes stress cause illness?CHRONIC ILLNESSP rofile of an illnessPsychology s roleFINAL THOUGHTSSUMMARYREVISION QUESTIONSFURTHER READINGH ealth 1/2/05 3:52 pm Page 408 Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this chapter you should appreciate that:nhealth psychologists study the role of Psychology in Health and wellbeing;nthey examine Health beliefs as possible predictors of Health -related behaviours;nhealth Psychology also examines beliefs about illness and how people conceptualize their illness;na Health professional s beliefs about the symptoms, the illness or the patient can have important implications;nstress is the product of the interaction between the person and their environment it can influence illness andthe stress illness link is influenced by coping and social support;nbeliefs and behaviours can influence whether a person becomes ill in the first place, whether they seek help andhow they adjust to their Psychology is a relatively recent yet fast-growing sub-discipline of Psychology .

due to cancer are related to behaviour. More specifically, lung cancer (the most common form) accounts for 36 per cent of all cancer deaths in men and 15 per cent in women in the UK. It has been calculated that 90 per cent of all lung cancer mortality is attributable to cigarette smoking, which is also linked to other ill-

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