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Emotional Impact

Emotional Impact of Arthritis

This article explores the often underestimated emotional impact of arthritis within the realm of health psychology. Beginning with an introduction...
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Interventions Psychological

Psychological Interventions for Arthritis

This article delves into the critical realm of psychological interventions for arthritis within the context of health psychology. Commencing with...
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Arthritis Quality

Arthritis and Quality of Life

This article delves into the intricate relationship between arthritis and quality of life within the framework of health psychology. Beginning...
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Chronic Coping

Chronic Pain and Coping Strategies

This article explores the intricate landscape of chronic pain within the framework of health psychology, delving into its definition, causes,...
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Management Stress

Stress Management in Arthritis Patients

This article in the field of health psychology delves into the critical domain of stress management for individuals coping with...
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Self-Efficacy Self-Management

Self-Efficacy and Self-Management

This article explores the intricate interplay between psychological factors, specifically self-efficacy and self-management, and the experience of arthritis. Beginning with...
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Social Support

Social Support in Arthritis Care

This article explores the pivotal role of social support in arthritis care within the framework of health psychology. The introduction...
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Anxiety Depression

Depression and Anxiety in Arthritis

This article in health psychology explores the intricate relationship between depression and anxiety in arthritis, employing the biopsychosocial model to...
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Behavioral Cognitive

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain Control

This article provides a comprehensive exploration of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a pivotal intervention in health psychology for pain...
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Adaptations Lifestyle

Lifestyle Adaptations for Arthritis Management

This article explores the pivotal role of lifestyle adaptations in the management of arthritis from a health psychology perspective. Beginning...
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Action Affirmative

Affirmative Action

Affirmative action refers to institutional measures taken to increase the representation of women and people of color in areas of...
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Behavioral Management

Behavioral Management of Asthma

This article explores the multifaceted realm of behavioral management in the context of asthma within the field of health psychology....
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African Americans

African Americans

According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau report, prepared in 2000, there were 36.4 million people, or 12.9% of...
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Asthma Stress

Stress and Asthma Symptomatology

This article explores the intricate relationship between stress and asthma symptomatology within the realm of health psychology. Beginning with an...
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Afrocentricity Afrocentrism

Afrocentricity/Afrocentrism

Afrocentricity/Afrocentrism is better referred to as African-centered thought. The term has endured several political and vernacular changes, but conceptually it...
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Aspects Psychological

Psychological Aspects of Pediatric Asthma

This article explores the intricate interplay between psychological factors and pediatric asthma within the realm of health psychology. The introduction...
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Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives comprise three distinct ethnic groups: Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians, each with their own distinct histories, cultures, customs, and...
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Chronic Quality

Quality of Life with Chronic Asthma

This article explores the multifaceted dimensions of Quality of Life (QoL) in individuals living with chronic asthma, offering insights from...
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Allocentrism

Allocentrism

Allocentrism is a personality trait that characterizes the attitudinal, cognitive, affective, and behavioral patterns and preferences shared among people of...
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Anxiety Depression

Anxiety, Depression, and Asthma Control

This article explores the intricate relationship between mental health and asthma control, focusing on the impact of anxiety and depression....
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American Indians

American Indians

American Indians (herein referred to as Indians, Native Americans, or Natives) have a rich and heart-rendering history and continue to...
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Asthma Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation for Asthma Patients

This article delves into the pivotal role of psychoeducation in the comprehensive management of asthma from a health psychology perspective....
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American

American Jews

American Jews are a diverse group of people, with varying cultural and ethnic self-identification, degrees of religious adherence, and observances...
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Self-Care Strategies

Self-Care Strategies in Asthma Management

This article delves into the realm of health psychology with a specific focus on self-care strategies in asthma management. Beginning...
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Antisemitism

Antisemitism

Antisemitism is prejudice, hostility, and/or discrimination toward Jews as a racial, religious, and/or ethnic group on an individual, community, institutional,...
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Basking Reflected

Basking in Reflected Glory

Basking in Reflected Glory Definition Basking in reflected glory, also known as BIRGing, refers to the tendency of individuals to...
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Challenges Psychosocial

Psychosocial Challenges of Living with Asthma

This health psychology article delves into the intricate psychosocial challenges faced by individuals living with asthma, a prevalent and chronic...
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Americans

Arab Americans

Arab Americans are defined, in this entry, as individuals and families with ancestry from one or more of the 22...
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Employment

Employment at Will

Since the late 1800s, absent a contract specifying otherwise, an employment agreement generally has been regarded in the United States...
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Asthma Schools

Asthma in Schools: Psychosocial Implications

This article delves into the psychosocial implications of asthma in school settings, exploring its multifaceted impact on students’ academic, social,...
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Americans Asian

Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. Based on the U.S. Census report, there are approximately 14.0 million U.S. residents...
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Accommodations Workplace

Workplace Accommodations

Workplace accommodations for the disabled are those practices, policies, and procedures put into place by employers to assist in the...
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Health Psychology

Health Psychology in Asthma Interventions

This article delves into the crucial role of health psychology in asthma interventions, examining the complex interplay between psychosocial factors...
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Assimilation

Assimilation

Contemporary use of the term assimilation has involved two processes: (a) the process whereby an individual or a group of...
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Conflict

Conflict at Work

The literature on conflict at work is an extensive body that can be divided into two research streams. Some studies...
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Factors Psychological

Psychological Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis

This article explores the intricate relationship between psychological factors and the development of atherosclerosis, a chronic cardiovascular condition with significant...
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Barriers Cross-Cultural

Barriers to Cross-Cultural Counseling

When counseling culturally diverse clients, counselors will often encounter many obstacles or barriers. These barriers can stem from the counselor’s...
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Conflict Management

Conflict Management

Conflict in organizations has received considerable attention in the business, psychology, and communication literatures. Nevertheless, a concise definition of conflict...
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Atherosclerotic Stress

Stress and Atherosclerotic Disease Progression

This article explores the intricate relationship between stress and the progression of atherosclerotic diseases within the framework of health psychology....
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Uncategorized

Bias

Bias is defined as distortion of judgment or perception of a person or group based on the person’s or group’s...
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Diversity Workplace

Diversity in the Workplace

The term diversity refers to all human characteristics that make people different from one another. These differences may be represented...
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Behavioral Interventions

Behavioral Interventions for Atherosclerosis Prevention

This article explores the pivotal role of behavioral interventions in the prevention of atherosclerosis, a prevalent cardiovascular disease with significant...
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Bicultural Biculturalism

Bicultural/Biculturalism

The term bicultural describes a state of having or inheriting two or more cultures (e.g., one of an ethnic heritage...
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Cohesiveness Group

Group Cohesiveness

In trying to understand what makes work groups and teams effective, an important question for theory and practice is what...
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Emotional Well-Being

Emotional Well-being and Vascular Health

This article explores the intricate relationship between emotional well-being and vascular health within the realm of health psychology. Beginning with...
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Bilingual Counseling

Bilingual Counseling

Bilingual counseling is defined as therapeutic discourse that accommodates the client’s linguistic characteristics and incorporates bilingual or multilingual factors as...
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Decision-Making Group

Group Decision-Making Quality

The need for broad representation and a wide range of expertise often necessitates the use of groups to make important...
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Chronic Coping

Coping with Chronic Heart Conditions

This article explores the intricate interplay between chronic heart conditions and psychological well-being, emphasizing the paramount importance of coping strategies...
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Bilingualism

Bilingualism

Bilingualism is defined as the ability to communicate or be fluent in two languages. Multilingualism (a related term) refers to...
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Decision-Making Group

Group Decision-Making Techniques

Group decision-making techniques are strategies for structuring group members’ interactions to enhance the quality of a collective decision. It is...
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