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Health Psychology: Developing Biologically Plausible Models Linking the Social World and Physical Health
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Research over the past several decades has documented psychosocial influences on the development and progression of several major medical illnesses. The field is now increasingly focused on identifying the biological and behavioral mechanisms underlying these effects. This review takes stock of the knowledge accumulated in the biological arena to date and highlights conceptual and methodological approaches that have proven especially productive. It emphasizes the value of a disease-centered approach that "reverse engineers" adverse health outcomes into their specific biological determinants and then identifies psychologically modulated neuroendocrine and immunologic dynamics that modulate those pathological processes at the cellular and molecular levels.
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- Authors
- Miller, G., Chen, E., & Cole, S. W.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Psychology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 501-524
- ISSN
- 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2085
- OpenAlex
- W2099864659
- Cited by
- 591
- References
- 154
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- FWCI
- 1.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- neuroendocrine system, immune system
- MeSH terms
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Arousal, Asthma, Behavioral Medicine, Brain, Cardiovascular Diseases, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Inflammation, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Prognosis, Psychoneuroimmunology, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, HIV Infections, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
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