Health, coping, and well-being : perspectives from social comparison theory / edited by Bram P. Buunk, Frederick X. Gibbons.

Other author Buunk, Bram.
Other author Gibbons, Frederick X.
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
Descriptionix, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Social comparison in health and illness : a historical overview / Bram P. Buunk, Frederick X. Gibbons and Monica Reis-Bergan -- Social comparison and unrealistic optimism about personal risk / William M. Klein and Neil D. Weinstein -- Health images and their effects on health behavior / Frederick X. Gibbons and Meg Gerrard -- Social comparison processes and AIDS risk and AIDS preventive behavior / Stephen J. Misovich, Jeffrey D. Fisher and William A. Fisher -- Future-oriented aspects of social comparisons : a framework for studying health-related comparison activity / Lisa G. Aspinwall -- Modes and families of coping : an analysis of social comparison in the structure of other cognitive and behavioral mechanisms / Thomas Ashby Wills -- Social comparison, lay referral and the decision to seek medical care / Jerry Suls, Rene Martin and Howard Leventhal -- Social comparison, affiliation and coping with acute medical threats / James A. Kulik and Heike I.M. Mahler -- Social comparison as a coping process : a critical review and application to chronic pain disorders / Howard Tennen and Glenn Affleck -- Social comparisons among cancer patients : under what conditions are comparisons upward and downward / Joanne V. Wood and Karen VanderZee -- Social comparisons and subjective well-being / Ed Diener and Fran Fujita -- Social comparisons and occupational stress : the identification-contrast model / Bram P. Buunk and Jan F. Ybema -- Social comparison processes in depression / Anthony H. Ahrens and Lauren B. Alloy -- Social comparison and health : a process model / Howard Leventhal, Shawna Hudson and Chantal Robitaille.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 96054802
ISBN0805818588 (alk. paper)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks R726.7 .H432 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold