Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors....Pages 3-17
Cognitive Determinants of Health Behavior....Pages 19-30
Assessment of Physical Activity in Research and Clinical Practice....Pages 31-48
Dietary Assessment in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 49-58
Assessment of Sexual Behavior....Pages 59-72
By Force of Habit....Pages 73-82
Adherence to Medical Advice: Processes and Measurement....Pages 83-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Ecological Validity for Patient Reported Outcomes....Pages 99-112
Item Response Theory and Its Application to Measurement in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 113-123
Applications of Neurocognitive Assessment in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 125-136
Lay Representations of Illness and Treatment: A Framework for Action....Pages 137-154
Conceptualization, Measurement, and Analysis of Negative Affective Risk Factors....Pages 155-168
Hostility and Health....Pages 169-183
Positive Well-Being and Health....Pages 185-195
Coping and Health....Pages 197-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Experimental Approaches to Social Interaction for the Behavioral Medicine Toolbox....Pages 211-223
Social Support and Physical Health: Links and Mechanisms....Pages 225-236
Social Networks and Health....Pages 237-261
Social Norms and Health Behavior....Pages 263-274
Social Marketing: A Tale of Beer, Marriage, and Public Health....Pages 275-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Assessment of Psychosocial Factors in Population Studies....Pages 291-306
Socio-economic Position and Health....Pages 307-320
Race, Ethnicity, and Health in a Global Context....Pages 321-339
Neighborhood Factors in Health....Pages 341-354
Health Literacy: A Brief Introduction....Pages 355-365
Screening and Early Detection of Cancer: A Population Perspective....Pages 367-381
The Impact of Behavioral Interventions in Public Health....Pages 383-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Quantitative Genetics in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 399-422
Candidate Gene and Genome-Wide Association Studies in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 423-441
Functional Genomic Approaches in Behavioral Medicine Research....Pages 443-453
Genetics of Stress: Gene–Stress Correlation and Interaction....Pages 455-478
Nicotine Dependence and Pharmacogenetics....Pages 479-498
Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes....Pages 499-521
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
A Life Course Approach to Health Behaviors: Theory and Methods....Pages 525-539
Prenatal Origins of Development Health....Pages 541-558
The Impact of Early Adversity on Health....Pages 559-570
Health Disparities in Adolescence....Pages 571-583
Reproductive Hormones and Stages of Life in Women: Moderators of Mood and Cardiovascular Health....Pages 585-601
Aging and Behavioral Medicine....Pages 603-615
Front Matter....Pages 617-617
Use of Biological Measures in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 619-632
Front Matter....Pages 617-617
Laboratory Stress Testing Methodology....Pages 633-648
Stress and Allostasis....Pages 649-658
Neuroendocrine Measures in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 659-670
Immune Measures in Behavioral Medicine Research: Procedures and Implications....Pages 671-683
Circulating Biomarkers of Inflammation, Adhesion, and Hemostasis in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 685-703
The Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance....Pages 705-721
The Non-invasive Assessment of Autonomic Influences on the Heart Using Impedance Cardiography and Heart Rate Variability....Pages 723-740
Cardiac Measures....Pages 741-747
Behavioral Medicine and Sleep: Concepts, Measures, and Methods....Pages 749-765
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
Neuroimaging Methods in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 769-781
Applications of Neuroimaging in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 783-802
Neuroimaging of Depression and Other Emotional States....Pages 803-819
The Electric Brain and Behavioral Medicine....Pages 821-842
Front Matter....Pages 843-843
Reporting Results in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 845-868
Moderators and Mediators: The MacArthur Updated View....Pages 869-880
Multilevel Modeling....Pages 881-893
Structural Equation Modeling in Behavioral Medicine Research....Pages 895-908
Meta-analysis....Pages 909-921
Front Matter....Pages 923-923
Trial Design in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 925-939
Methodological Issues in Randomized Controlled Trials for the Treatment of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Medical Illness....Pages 941-953
Front Matter....Pages 923-923
Quality of Life in Light of Appraisal and Response Shift....Pages 955-968
Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease....Pages 969-988
Psychosocial–Behavioral Interventions and Chronic Disease....Pages 989-1007
The Role of Interactive Communication Technologies in Behavioral Medicine....Pages 1009-1019
Behavioral Medicine, Prevention, and Health Reform: Linking Evidence-Based Clinical and Public Health Strategies for Population Health Behavior Change....Pages 1021-1035
Back Matter....Pages 1037-1073