Preface. 1. The Developing Field of Health Psychology Shelley E. Taylor 2. Social Psychological Models of Health Behavior: An Examination and Intergration Barbara Strudier Wallston and Kenneth A. Wallston 3. Practitioners, Patients, and Compliance with Medical Regimens: A Social Psychological Perspective D. Dante DiNicola and M.

Robin DiMatteo 4. A Three-Stage Model of Treatment Continuity: Compliance, Adherence, and Maintenance Jean L. Kristeller and Judith Rodin 5. Improving Adherence to Medical Recommendations: Prescriptive Hypotheses Derived from Recent Research in Social Psychology Irving L. Janis 6. Preferences for Self-Care and Involvement in Health Care Roy Clymer, Andrew Baum and David S. Krantz 7. Psychological Interventions and Coping with Surgery Jean E.

Johnson 8. Accuracy of Symptom Perception James W. Pennebaker 9. Illness Representations and Coping with Health Threats Howard Leventhal, David R. Nerenz and David J. Steele 10. Social Support, Stress, and the Buffering Hypothesis: A Theoretical Analysis Sheldon Cohen and Garth McKay 11. The Role of Social Support in Coping with Chronic or Life-Threatening Illness Jerome E.

Singer and Diana Lord 12. Life Changes, Moderators of Stress, and Health Irwin G. Sarason and Barbara R. Sarason 13. Deterring Cigarette Smoking in Adolescents: A Psychosocial-Behavioral Analysis of an Intervention Strategy Richard I. Evans, Constance K. Smith and Bettye E. Raines 14.

Institutional Relocation and its Impact on Mortality, Morbidity, and Psychosocial Status Marvin J. Horowitz and Richard Schultz . Author Index. Subject Index.