Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
Fifth Edition
Chapter Outlines
By the end of this chapter, you will:
- Show an awareness of the role of lay perspectives of health and illness in health care
- Describe and discuss different theoretical perspectives on popular representations of illness
- Contrast research that has used a cognitive approach to the study of illness representations with those that have adopted phenomenological, discursive and social approaches
- Understand the difference between the positivist perspective and the constructivist perspective