Handbook Of Psychology. Health Psychology

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* First of its kind, sure to set the standard for future psychology reference works. * Provides psychologists, practitioners, researchers, and students with complete and up-to-date information on the field of psychology. * Twelve volumes cover all of the fundamental areas of knowledge in the field.

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HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY VOLUME 9 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Arthur M. Nezu Christine Maguth Nezu Pamela A. Geller Volume Editors Irving B. Weiner Editor-in-Chief John Wiley & Sons, Inc. HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY VOLUME 9 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Arthur M. Nezu Christine Maguth Nezu Pamela A. Geller Volume Editors Irving B. Weiner Editor-in-Chief John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ➇ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2003 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4470, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, e-mail: [email protected] Limit of Liability/D