New Directions in Health Psychology

Michael Murray is Emeritus Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Keele University. Kerry Chamberlain is Professor of Social and Health Psychology at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. He is coeditor (with Michael Murray) of Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods (SAGE), coauthor (with Antonia Lyons) of Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction (Cambridge), and series editor (with Antonia Lyons) for Critical Approaches to Health (Routledge). He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has published widely on health issues and qualitative research. His current research interests are in poverty, health and illness, medicalisation, food, and the mundane, and innovative methods for qualitative research.

• VOLUME ONE: THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIAL COGNITION MODELSPart One: Theory of Planned Behaviour – DevelopmentsImplementation Intentions and the Theory of Planned Behaviour - Sheina Orbell, Sarah Hodgkins and Paschal SheeranSocial Cognition Models and Health Behaviour: A Structured Review - Christopher Armitage and Mark ConnerEfficacy of the Theory of Planned Behaviour: A Meta-Analytic Review - Christopher Armitage and Mark ConnerProspective Prediction of Health-Related Behaviours with the Theory of Planned Behaviour: A Meta-Analysis - Rosemary McEachan, Mark Conner, Natalie Taylor and Rebecca LawtonPart Two: Theory of Planned Behaviour – ProblemsThe Expectancy-Value Muddle in the Theory of Planned Behaviour – and Some Proposed Solutions - David French and Matthew HankinsDoes Changing Behavioral Intentions Engender Behavior Change? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence - Thomas Webb and Paschal SheeranBeyond Behavioural Intentions: Planning Mediates between Intentions and Physical Activity - Urte Scholz, Benjamin Schüz, Jochen Ziegelmann, Sonia Lippke and Ralf SchwarzerPart Three: Theory of Planned Behaviour – CritiqueSome Problems with Social Cognition Models: A Pragmatic and Conceptual Analysis - Jane OgdenOld Clothes and an Older Look: The Case for a Radical Makeover in Health Behaviour Research - Frances Mielewczyk and Carla WilligThe Theory of Reasoned Action: A Case Study of Falsification in Psychology - David TrafimowTime to Retire the Theory of Planned Behaviour - Falko Sniehotta, Justin Presseau and Vera Araújo-SoaresPart Four: Transtheoretical Model – DevelopmentsThe Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change - James Prochaska and Wayne VelicerStage Theories of Health Behavior: Conceptual and Methodological Issues - Neil Weinstein, Alexander Rothman and Stephen SuttonPart Five: Transtheoretical Model – CritiqueThe ‘Stages of Change’ Model in Health Promotion: Science and Ideology - Robin Bunton, Steve Baldwin, Darren Flynn and Sandy WhitelawTime for a Change: Putting the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model to Rest - Robert WestIs There Utility in the Transtheoretical Model? - Christopher ArmitageVOLUME TWO: THE PERSISTENCE OF THE PSYCHOSOCIALPart One: Psychological CharacteristicsHostility and Health: Current Status of a Psychosomatic Hypothesis - Timothy SmithSelf-Rated Health and Mortality: A Review of Twenty-Seven Community Studies - Ellen Idler and Yael BenyaminiThe Association of Coping to Physical and Psychological Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Review - Julie Penley, Joe Tomaka and John WiebeHealth Status and the Five Factor Personality Traits in a Nationally Representative Sample - Renee Goodwin and Howard FriedmanPsychological Stress and Wound Healing in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Jessica Walburn, Kavita Vedhara, Matthew Hankins, Lorna Rixon and John WeinmanPersonality Is of Central Concern to Understand Health: Towards a Theoretical Model for Health Psychology - Eamonn FergusonPart Two: Social RelationshipsHealth Psychology: What Is an Unhealthy Environment and How Does It Get under the Skin? - Shelley Taylor, Rena Repetti and Teresa SeemanSocial Relationships and Health - Sheldon CohenSocial Support and Cancer Progression: A Systematic Review - Bina Nausheen, Yori Gidron, Robert Peveler and Rona Moss-MorrisPart Three: Illness ManagementSelf-Regulation: An Important Construct in Health Psychology Research and Practice - Martin HaggerImproving Patient Adherence: A Three-Factor Model to Guide Practice - Robin DiMatteo, Kelly Haskard-Zolnierek and Leslie MartinPart Four: PathwaysDeveloping Psychosocial Theory in Health Psychology: Problems and Prospects - John Spicer and Kerry ChamberlainHealth Psychology: The Search for Pathways between Behavior and Health - Howard Leventhal, John Weinman, Elaine Leventhal and Alison PhillipsThe Status of the ‘Biopsychosocial’ Model in Health Psychology: Towards an Integrated Approach and a Critique of Cultural Conceptions - Andrew HatalaVOLUME THREE: THE INCREASING FOCUS ON INTERVENTIONSPart One: Planning and EvaluatingEverything Should Be as Simple as Possible, but No Simpler: Towards a Protocol for Accumulating Evidence Regarding the Active Content of Health Behaviour Change interventions - Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters, Marijnde Bruin and Rik CrutzenPlanning for, Implementing and Assessing the Impact of Health Promotion and Behaviour Change Interventions: A Way Forward for Health Psychologists - Louise Wallace, Katherine Brown and Suzanne HiltonHealth Psychology Interventions - Ronan O’CarrollPart Two: Primary PreventionInterventions to Change Health Behaviours: Evidence-based or Evidence-Inspired? - Susan Michie and Charles AbrahamIntervention Mapping: Protocol for Applying Health Psychology Theory to Prevention Programmes - Gerjo Kok, Herman Schaalma, Robert Ruiter, Pepijn Van Empelen and Johannes BrugDoes Tailoring Matter? Meta-Analytic Review of Tailored Print Health Behavior Change Interventions - Seth Noar, Christina Benac and Melissa HarrisA Taxonomy of Behavior Change Techniques Used in Interventions - Charles Abraham and Susan MichiePart Three: Clinical InterventionsUsing the Common Sense Model to Design Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Illness Threats: From Description to Process - Lisa McAndrew, Tamara Musumeci-Szabó, Pablo Mora, Loretta Vileikyte, Edith Burns, Ethan Halm, Elaine Leventhal and Howard LeventhalEcological Momentary Interventions: Incorporating Mobile Technology into Psychosocial and Health Behaviour Treatments - Kristin Heron and Joshua SmythTailored Text Messaging Intervention for HIV Adherence: A Proof-of-Concept Study - Megan Lewis, Jennifer Uhrig, Carla Bann, Jennie Harris, Robert Furberg, Curtis Coomes and Lisa KuhnsInterdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management - Robert Gatchel, Donald McGeary and Cindy McGearyPart Four: Community InterventionsHealth, Community and Development: Towards a Social Psychology of Participation - Catherine Campbell and Sandra JovchelovitchNavigating the Social Context of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Reflections on a Project Linking Research to Drama - Ross Gray, Christina Sinding and Margaret FitchCommunity-based Participatory Research: Partnering with Communities for Effective and Sustainable Behavioral Health Interventions - Laura Bogart and Kimberly UyedaCommunity Mobilisation in the 21st Century: Updating Our Theory of Social Change? - Catherine CampbellVOLUME FOUR: DIFFERENTIATION IN THE FIELDPart One: ApproachesFreedom, Responsibility and Power: Contrasting Approaches to Health Psychology - David MarksClinical Health Psychology: A Specialty for the 21st Century - Cynthia BelarPublic Health Psychology: Expanding the Horizons of Health Psychology - Jane WardlePublic Health Psychology: A Conceptual and Practical Framework - Julie HepworthCommunity Health Psychology: Promoting Analysis and Action for Social Change - Catherine Campbell and Michael MurrayThe Future of Occupational Health Psychology - Wilmar SchaufeliTowards a Critical Health Psychology Practice - Isaac Prilleltensky and Ora PrilleltenskyPart Two: The Rise of Qualitative ResearchReconciling Discursive and Materialist Perspectives on Health and Illness: A Reconstruction of the Biopsychosocial Approach - Lucy YardleyEncompassing Experience: Meanings and Methods in Health Psychology - Kerry Chamberlain, Christine Stephens and Antonia LyonsBeyond the Divide between Cognition and Discourse: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in Health Psychology - Jonathan SmithThe Social Construction of Individual and Public Health: Contributions of Social Representations Theory to a Social Science of Health - Uwe FlickMethodolatry and Qualitative Health Research - Kerry ChamberlainPart Three: Qualitative Research in ActionLevels of Narrative Analysis in Health Psychology - Michael Murray‘My Wife Ordered Me to Come!’: A Discursive Analysis of Doctors’ and Nurses’ Accounts of Men’s Use of General Practitioners - Sarah Seymour-Smith, Margaret Wetherell and Ann PhoenixRemembering One’s Stay in Hospital: A Study in Photography, Recovery and Forgetting - Alan Radley and Diane TaylorThe Personal Meaning of Eating Disorder Symptoms: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Andrew Fox, Michael Larkin and Newman LeungVOLUME FIVE: DIVERSITY – THE EXPANSION OF CONTEXTSPart One: Social InequalityUnderstanding How Inequality in the Distribution of Income Affects Health - John Lynch and George KaplanUS Disparities in Health: Descriptions, Causes, and Mechanisms - Nancy Adler and David RehkopfSocial Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications - Jo Phelan, Bruce Link and Parisa TehranifarA Socially Situated Approach to Inform Ways to Improve Health and Wellbeing - Christine Horrocks and Sally JohnsonPart Two: GenderGay Men and HIV/AIDS Risk Management - Paul FlowersFrom Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men’s Health for Women - Antonia Lyons and Sara WillottFeminist Research Traditions in Health Psychology: Breast Cancer Research - Sue WilkinsonIssues for a Psychology of Men’s Health - Christina Lee and Glynn OwensOur Health, Our Say: Towards a Feminist Perspective of Lesbian Health Psychology - Julie FishPart Three: Race and EthnicityDiscrimination and Racial Disparities in Health: Evidence and Needed Research - David Williams and Selina MohammedRace, Racism and Health: Disparities, Mechanisms, and Interventions - Elizabeth Brondolo, Linda Gallo and Hector MyersPerceived Racial Discrimination and Hypertension: A Comprehensive Systematic Review - Cynthia Dolezsar, Jennifer McGrath, Alyssa Herzig and Sydney MillerPart Four: Global HealthPossible Contributions of a Psychology of Liberation: Whither Health and Human Rights - M. Brinton LykesHealth Psychology in African Settings: A Cultural-Psychological Analysis - Glenn Adams and Phia SalterCultural Embeddedness of Health, Ethics and Healing: Prospects for Integrating Indigenous and Western Healing Practices - Tholene Sodi and Olaniyi Bojuwoye

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