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Psychology for nurses and the caring professions.

(Number (ISBN

0335214622

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0335215017

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0335228216

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9780335214624

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9780335215010

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9780335228218

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Title Proper

Psychology for nurses and the caring professions.

General Material Designation

[Book]

Edition Statement

2nd ed. /

Statement of Responsibility Relating to Edition

Jan Walker [and others].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Maidenhead :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Open University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 219 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

Social science for nurses and the caring professions

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Previous edition: / Sheila Payne and Jan Walker. 1996.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. What is psychology? -- Key questions -- Introduction -- What is psychology and why is it important in health care? -- Different perspectives in psychology -- The development of psychology -- Schools of thought in psychology -- Cognitive science -- Behavioural psychology -- Psychodynamic psychology -- Humanistic psychology -- Social psychology -- Psychological facts versus psychological theory -- What is a theory? -- Research methods in psychology -- Quantitative methods -- Qualitative methods -- Pop psychology and pseudoscience -- Psychology in practice : introduction to scenario -- Applying psychology to explain Anna's anxiety -- Cognitive approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Behavioural and social learning approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Psychodynamic approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Humanistic approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Social psychological approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Comparing different psychological approaches to Anna's anxiety -- Professionals involved in the prevention, management and treatment of psychological problems -- Summary of key points -- Further reading.

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2. The perception of self and others -- Key questions -- Introduction -- The self concept -- The looking-glass self -- Self defined by social comparison -- George Kelly's personal construct theory -- Self and narrative -- Narrative therapy -- Self-esteem -- Body image -- Social roles -- Goffman's dramaturgical model -- Impression management -- Changing roles -- Stigma -- The stigma of facial disfigurement -- Attitudes -- Stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination -- The self-fulfilling prophecy -- Attribution theory -- The fundamental attribution error -- Trait theory -- Stability and change in personality -- Personality and physical health -- Personality and mental health -- Problems with personality theory -- Summary of key points -- Further reading -- 3. Memory, understanding and information-giving -- Key questions -- Memory -- Arousal and attention -- Short-term memory -- Familiarity, salience and selective attention -- Primacy and recency effects -- Conveying useful information -- Long-term memory -- Understanding -- Mental schemas and scripts -- Recognition, false memories and context-specific memories -- Forgetting -- Memory loss -- Dementias -- Brain injury -- Communicating effectively with patients -- Breaking bad news -- Forgetting bad news -- Individualized information-giving -- Summary of key points -- Further reading.

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4. Learning and social learning -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Types of learning -- Background to the development of learning theory -- Conditioning theories -- Classical conditioning -- Conditioned emotional responses -- The importance of fear reduction in hospital settings -- Fear and avoidance -- Systematic desensitization -- Operant (instrumental) conditioning -- Context and cues -- Schedules of reinforcement or punishment -- The subjective nature of reinforcement and punishment -- The immediacy of the consequence -- The certainty of the consequences -- Lifestyle and behaviour -- Behaviour modification -- Functional analysis of behaviour -- Self-modification -- Illness behaviours -- Reinforcement or control? -- Learned helplessness, uncontrollability and depression -- Undoing leaned helplessness -- Social learning theory -- Observational earning -- Self-efficacy -- Locus of control -- Cognitive behavioural therapy -- Applying behavioural principles to designing a health education programme -- Summary of key points -- Further reading.

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5. Development and change across the lifespan -- Key questions -- Introduction -- The development of thinking and understanding -- Piaget's theory of cognitive development -- Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development -- Children's knowledge of their bodies -- Children's understanding of health and illness -- Children's understanding of death and dying -- The importance of play -- Children's social development -- Attachment -- Separation -- Types of attachment -- Moral reasoning and development -- Parenting styles -- Development across the lifespan -- Later life -- Theories of ageing -- The life review -- Loss -- Traditional theories of loss and grief -- Recent perspectives of loss and grief -- Hope -- Summary of key points -- Recommended reading -- 6. Social processes in health care -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Persuasion -- The source or sender of the message -- The nature of the message -- Cognitive dissonance -- Complexity and presentation of the message -- Immediacy of action and endurance of the message -- Audience influences and effects -- Selective attention -- Self-esteem and compliance -- In summary -- Obedience to authority -- Conformity -- Social desirability -- Helping others -- Taking responsibility in an emergency -- Non-verbal communication -- Managing conflict -- The importance of individualized care -- Psychological perspectives on leadership -- Groups and group interactions -- Summary of key points -- Further reading.

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7. Stress and coping -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Definitions of stress -- The transactional model of stress and coping -- Appraisal -- Demographic influences on appraisal and coping -- Coping -- Review of the transactional model of stress -- Physiological responses to stress -- Stress and immune function -- Control and controllability -- Controllable situations -- Uncontrollable situations -- Effort and controllability -- Promoting control -- Social support -- Social support and health outcomes -- Negative aspects of social support -- The spiritual dimension of support -- Emotional responses to stress -- Confidence and pleasure -- Anxiety -- Depression -- Who gets anxious and depressed? -- Individual differences in responses to stress -- Optimism versus pessimism -- Type A and type C personalities -- Hardy personality -- The 'big five' -- Locus on control -- Sense of coherence -- Individual differences and stress-related illness -- Review of personality and stress -- Stress in different contexts -- Illness and hospitalization -- Life events -- Daily hassles -- Traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder -- Organizational stress -- The management of stress -- Summary of key points -- Further reading.

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8. Psychology applied to health and well-being -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Defining health, illness and disease -- Promoting health and preventing ill health -- Social cognition -- Social cognition and prevention -- The health belief model (HBM) -- The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) -- Critique of the HBM and TPB -- Stages of change -- Self-regulation and health-related behaviour change -- Medical help-seeking -- Psychological perspectives on illness -- Adherence to or concordance with medical advice -- Adherence and health professionals -- Self management in chronic disease -- Peer teaching -- Evaluating health outcomes -- Measuring health outcomes -- Professionally determined outcome measurement -- User-led outcome measurement -- Summary of key points -- Further reading -- 9. Case study -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Case study -- Summary of psychological applications -- Summary of key issues -- Further reading -- Glossary.

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This volume introduces students to a range of psychological theories and research, supported by evidence from health psychology. Applications are offered within a variety of health-care settings, with an emphasis on health promotion and preventative care.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Psychology for nurses and the caring professions.

International Standard Book Number

9780335214624

Clinical health psychology.

Nursing-- Psychological aspects.

Patients-- Psychology.

Patients.

Santé-- Psychologie clinique.

Clinical health psychology.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Holism.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Reference.

MEDICAL-- Alternative Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Essays.

MEDICAL-- Family & General Practice.

MEDICAL-- Holistic Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Osteopathy.

MEDICAL.

Nursing-- Psychological aspects.

Patients-- Psychology.

HEA-- 012000

HEA-- 020000

MED-- 004000

MED-- 029000

MED-- 040000

MED-- 092000

MED-- 101000

MED-- 109000

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Edition

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Payne, Sheila,1954-

Walker, Jan,1946-

Date of Transaction

20201204145214.0

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