Career indecision has been an important area of concern in vocational psychology for the last 50 years. An extensive body of research has examined the nature of career indecision, the factors (sometimes labeled barriers) that contribute to career indecision, the consequences of career indecision, and the effectiveness of interventions for career indecision. Most of this […]
Psychology Research Papers
Health Psychology Interventions
Some interventions in health psychology have strong empirical support for their efficacy. Others, however, are relatively new to Western health care and are currently being subjected to scientific scrutiny. Goals of Treatment The overall goal of treatment in health psychology is to modify behavioral, cognitive, and environmental variables that affect illness. Treatments may therefore incorporate […]
Health Psychology Assessment
Health psychology is a broadly defined area of research and clinical activity. For almost two decades, the field of health psychology has been guided by Matarazzo’s (1980) formulation: “Health psychology is the aggregate of the specific educational, scientific, and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention […]
History of Health Psychology
The term health psychology has been acknowledged formally as a subdiscipline of the field of psychology since 1978, with the formation of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Health Psychology (Division 38). Psychology’s interest in general health and illness, however, extends to the very beginning of the discipline itself. Many of the earliest “psychologists,” for […]
Sequential Choice
Sequential Choice Definition The term sequential choice is mostly used in contrast to simultaneous choice. Both terms refer to the selection of a series of items for subsequent consumption, for example, when selecting a set of snacks to be consumed one per day during the next week. Sequential choice refers to choosing a single product […]