title: [Health psychology: a new approach in the understanding of health and disease].
abstract: This article aims to present health psychology, a new discipline which recently appeared in the U.S.A., then in Europe and finally in France. It is defined as the study of interactions between psychological, sociological and biological factors which are influential in the onset, course and prognosis of somatic diseases. Health psychology insists on the moderating role of processual variables in the understanding of stress-distress relationship: perceived stress, coping, perceived control, social support. The most valid assessment methods of these constructs are also presented. Its application aims to promote healthy life-styles, prevention of diseases and the improvement of the management and care of patients.
authors: Université de Bordeaux II, Laboratoire de Psychologie, équipe de Psychologie de la santé, France.
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authors: Paulhan
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authors: Quintard
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D011379:Prognosis; D011584:Psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: La psychologie de la santé: une nouvelle approche dans la compréhension de la santé et de la maladie.