Social psychology of health and illness / edited by Glenn S. Sanders, Jerry Suls.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Part I. Health-related personality traits -- The hardy personality : toward a social psychology of stress and health / Suzanne C. Kobasa -- Social psychology of the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern / Charles S. Carver and Charlene Humphries -- Who is responsible for your health? The construct of health locus of control / Kenneth A. Wallston and Barbara Strudler Wallston -- Part II. Medical information processing -- The psychology of physical symptoms and sensations / J.A. Skelton and James W. Pennebaker -- Social comparison and perceptions of health and illness / Glenn S. Sanders -- Part III. Professional / client interaction -- The doctor and the patient : a psychological perspective / Steven J. Mentzer and Melvin L. Snyder -- Social psychology and prevention / Howard Leventhal and Robert S. Hirschman -- Burnout in health professions : a social psychological analysis / Christina Maslach and Susan E. Jackson -- Part IV. Environmental influences -- Social support, interpersonal relations, and health : benefits and liabilities / Jerry Suls -- Environmental stress and health : is there a relationship? / Andrew Baum, A. Wallace Deckel, Robert J. Catchel -- Healthy, wealthy, and wise? Health care provision for the elderly from a psychological perspective / Robert Kastenbaum.