| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
A Brief Historical Overview on Links Between Personality and Health -- How to Measure the Personality -- Personality as Determinant of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Physical Activity, and Diet Preferences -- Personality and Cardiovascular Disease -- Personality and Type 2 Diaabetes: An Overview of the Epidemiological Evidence -- Personality and Dementia: Personality as Risk Factor or as Early Manifestation in Dementing Disorders? -- Personality, Asthma, and Allergies -- The Personality and Risk for Cancer -- Personality and Social Relationships: As Thick as Thieves -- Personality Genetics -- The Enduring Appeal of Psychosocial Explanations of Physical illness -- What Mechanisms Explain the Lilnks Between Personality and Health? |
| Summary |
A tremendous amount of research has been performed looking at the relationship between personality and disease. Research on this topic has been spread throughout scientific journals on psychology, behavioral health, psychoneuroimmunology, oncology, and epidemiology. Personality and Disease brings this research together in one place for the first time. With contributions from world experts, the book summarizes research findings on personality as it relates to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma and allergies, dementia, and more. Is there such a thing as a cancer- prone personality? Do sadness, anger, stress, or shyness affect the likelihood that we will fall ill to specific diseases? Can we protect ourselves from disease through a positive outlook? This book will address both what we know, and what we persist in believing despite evidence to the contrary, and why such beliefs persist in the face of evidence |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 5, 2018) |
| Subject |
Health -- Psychological aspects
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Personality
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Disease -- psychology
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Personality -- physiology
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Disease Susceptibility -- psychology
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Personality
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Health -- Psychological aspects
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Personality
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128054451 |
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012805445X |
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