Personality and disease scientific proof vs. wishful thinking / edited by Christoffer Johansen.
| Other author | Johansen, Christoffer. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; San Diego ; Cambridge, MA ; Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier : Academic Press, [2018] |
| Description | xxi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Psychology 2018 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Personality and disease (Johansen) |
| Contents | A brief historical overview on links between personality and health / Jesper Dammeyer and Ingo Zettler -- How to measure the personality / Per Bech -- Personality as determinant of smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and diet preferences / Christian Hakulinen and Markus Jokela -- Personality and cardiovascular disease / Pernille E. Bidstrup, Ivalu K. Sørensen and Emil Wolsk -- Personality and type 2 diabetes: an overview of the epidemiological evidence / Mika Kivimäki, G. David Batty and Markus Jokela -- Personality and dementia: personality as risk factor or as early manifestation in dementing disorders? / Lianne M. Reus, Lena Johansson and Pieter J. Visser -- Personality, asthma, and allergies / Adrian Furnham and Helen Cheng -- The personality and risk for cancer / Christoffer Johansen -- Personality and social relationships: as thick as thieves / Marcus Mund, Bertus F. Jeronimus and Franz J. Neyer -- Personality genetics / Jaime Derringer -- The enduring appeal of psychosocial explanations of physical illness / Roderick D. Buchanan, Nick Haslam and Wade Pickren -- What mechanisms explain the links between personality and health? / Deborah J. Wiebe, Anna Song and Maria D. Ramirez Loyola. |
| Abstract | "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."-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9780128054451 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021275215 |
| ISBN | 9780128053003 |
| ISBN | 0128053003 |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |