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| a subfield of psychology that emphasizes psychology's role in establishing and maintaining health and preventing and treating illness |
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| an interdisciplinary field that focuses on developing and integrating behavioral and biomedical knowledge to promote health and reduce illness; overlaps with and is sometimes indistinguishable from health psychology |
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| THEORY OF REASONED ACTION |
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| theoretical model stating that effective change requires individuals to have specific intentions about their behaviors, as well as positive attitudes about a new behavior, and perceive that their social group looks positively on the behavior as well |
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| Theory of planned behavior |
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| theoretical model that includes the basic ideas of the theory of reasoned action but adds the person's perception of control over the outcome |
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| theoretical model describing a five-step process by which individuals give up bad habits and adopt healthier lifestyles |
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| a return to former unhealthy patterns |
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| IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS |
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| specific strategies for dealing with the challenges of making a life change |
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| information and feedback from others indicating that one is loved and acred for, esteemed and valued, and included in a network communication and mutual obligation |
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| a new field of scientific inquiry that explores connections among psychological factors (such as attitudes and emotions), the nervous system, and the immune system |
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| a cluster of characteristics--including being excessively competitive, hard-driven, impatient, and hostile--that are related to a higher incidence of heart disease |
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| a cluster of characteristics including being relaxed and easygoing that are related to a lower incidence of heart disease |
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| an individual's interpretation of an event as either harmful, threatening, or challenging, and the person's determination of whether he or she has the resources to cope effectively with the event |
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| a coping strategy that involved responding to the stress that one is feeling-trying to manage one's emotional reaction-rather than focusing on the root problem |
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| a king of problem solving that involves managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve life's problems, and seeking to master or reduce stress |
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| the cognitive strategy of squarely focusing one's troubles and trying to solve them |
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| a trait characterized by a sense of commitment rather than alienation and of control rather than powerlessness, and a perception of problems as challenges rather than threats |
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| STRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM |
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| a regimen that teaches individuals how to appraise stressful events, how to develop skills for coping with stress, and how to put these skills into use in every-day life |
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| structured activity whose goal is to improve health |
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| sustained activity--jogging, swimming, or cycling, for example--that stimulates heart and lung functioning |
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| SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI) |
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| an infection that is contracted primarily through sexual activity-vaginal intercourse as well as oral-genitial and anal-genital sex |
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| ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) |
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| a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a sexually transmitted infection that destroys the immune system |
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