Understanding Health Psychology Through the Works of Stephen King
Getting Under Your Skin
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 15 June 2026
- ISBN 9781032802084
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages216 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 32 Illustrations, black & white; 21 Halftones, black & white; 11 Line drawings, black & white 700
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Short description:
Not just your regular textbook, this unique book uses popular culture as a teaching tool by taking the work of Stephen King, to illustrate concepts that are essential to health psychology. The book uses his story telling and character development to illustrate the science of how psychology “gets under the skin” to impact physical health.
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Not just your regular textbook, this unique book uses popular culture as a teaching tool by taking the work of Stephen King, America’s top horror writer, to illustrate concepts that are essential to health psychology. The book uses his story telling and character development to illustrate the science of how psychology “gets under the skin” to impact physical health. It examines the history of health psychology and the biopsychosocial perspective, the biology of stress and emotion, the science of behavior change, structural (social) influences on health, personality and sleep science, the role of psychology in disease, and the evidence of the mind-body connection.
The book provides definitions of many health psychology concepts and uses the works of Stephen King to couch them in an easy-to-understand context. The intrinsic enjoyment of relating to a popular fiction writer is used to present the most recent research in the field, including work in the neuroscience of health psychology and the science of intervention. From explorations of the placebo and nocebo effects in Holly and Thinner, to the social ecological impacts on health in The Running Man and the power of adverse childhood experiences in The Body, this book provides a wide-reaching overview of health psychology that can provide context for psychology students, as well as student engagement opportunities.
Accompanied by supplementary teaching materials, this is engaging reading designed to motivate undergraduate health psychology students and educators. It is also intended for King’s Constant Readers – those who can’t get enough of the world of Stephen King.
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Preface Acknowledgements List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1: Getting Under Your Skin: A Shining Introduction Chapter 2: Beginnings: The History of Health Psychology and Stephen King Chapter 3: Measuring Your Fear: Research Methods in Health Psychology Chapter 4: Believing the Unbelievable: Placebos and Voodoo Curses Chapter 5: Character Development: The Health Psychology of Bill Hodges Chapter 6: Plot Development: The Bigger Picture of Health Influence Chapter 7: ACEs and The Body: Early Life Experiences and Health Chapter 8: Take a Ride with Captain Trips: Psychoneuroimmunology Chapter 9: The Nightmare of Insomnia: The Importance of Sleep Chapter 10: The Horror of Behavior Change Chapter 11: Done Is Done: Where We Are and Where We Go
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