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ISBN-10 :  012805445X

ISBN-13 :  9780128054451

Author: Christoffer Johansen 

A tremendous amount of research has been performed looking at the relationship between personality and disease. Research on this topic has been spread throughout scientific journals on psychology, behavioral health, psychoneuroimmunology, oncology, and epidemiology. Personality and Disease brings this research together in one place for the first time.

With contributions from world experts, the book summarizes research findings on personality as it relates to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma and allergies, dementia, and more. Is there such a thing as a cancer- prone personality? Do sadness, anger, stress, or shyness affect the likelihood that we will fall ill to specific diseases? Can we protect ourselves from disease through a positive outlook?

Personality and Disease: Scientific Proof vs. Wishful Thinking 1st Table of contents:

1 – A Brief Historical Overview on Links Between Personality and Health
A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ON (ASSUMED) LINKS BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND HEALTH
The Neolithic Age, Ancient Greece, and the Middle Ages
The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment
Personality and Health in the 20th Century
CURRENT MODELS OF LINKS BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND HEALTH: (BASIC) PERSONALITY TRAITS
The HEXACO Model and Links Between Personality Traits and Personality Disorders
Trait-Level Change and Health
Implications for Prevention and Treatment
OTHER PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS LINKED TO HEALTH
Gender
Mental Abilities
Emotional Intelligence
Motivation
Future Directions in Personality and Health Research
SUMMING-UP
REFERENCES
2 – How to Measure the Personality
INTRODUCTION
PSYCHOMETRICS
FROM PSYCHOMETRICS TO CLINIMETRICS
THE SCALABILITY OF EYSENCK’S NEUROTICISM SCALE
THE SCALABILITY OF EYSENCK’S EXTRAVERSION/INTROVERSION SCALE
THE SCALABILITY OF EYSENCK’S PSYCHOTICISM SCALE
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TRAITS AND STATES
OTHER ATTEMPTS TO DESCRIBE PERSONALITY TRAITS
ITEM BANKS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
3 – Personality as Determinant of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Physical Activity, and Diet Preferen
INTRODUCTION
SMOKING
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
DIET PREFERENCES
MECHANISMS EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND HEALTH BEHAVIORS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
4 – Personality and Cardiovascular Disease
INTRODUCTION
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
PERSONALITY
POTENTIAL MECHANISMS
REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE
Search Strategies
Results
DISCUSSION
Methodological Problems in Individual Studies
Methodological Problems in Metaanalyses
Overall Considerations
CONCLUSIONS
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
REFERENCES
5 – Personality and Type 2 Diabetes: An Overview of the Epidemiological Evidence
INTRODUCTION
THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS
PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS LINKING PERSONALITY TO INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES
THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ON DIABETES RISK: METAANALYSES OF INDIVIDUAL-PARTICIPANT DATA FOR PERSO
THE INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASE ON PERSONALITY: EVIDENCE FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR C
CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
6 – Personality and Dementia: Personality as Risk Factor or as Early Manifestation in Dementing Diso
PERSONALITY ALTERATIONS IN DEMENTIA
Alzheimer’s Disease
Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Vascular Dementia
Lewy Body Diseases
PERSONALITY AS A RISK FACTOR FOR DEMENTIA
DISCUSSION
PERSONALITY CHANGES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DISEASE
PERSONALITY CHANGES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMENTIA
METHODOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS OF PERSONALITY RESEARCH IN DEMENTIA
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
7 – Personality, Asthma, and Allergies
INTRODUCTION
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MEDICINE
PLACEBO EFFECTS AND REAL TREATMENTS
RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND CONTROL TRIALS
PERSONALITY AND ILLNESS
ASTHMA
ALLERGIES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
8 – The Personality and Risk for Cancer
WHAT IS A RISK FACTOR FOR CANCER?
How Psychological Factors Became Part of the Etiology in Cancer
Studies
MECHANISMS
REFERENCES
9 – Personality and Social Relationships: As Thick as Thieves
A TAXONOMY OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY AS A SYSTEM WITHIN SYSTEMS
MY PARTNER AND ME: PERSONALITY AND PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS
Personality and Partner Selection
Partner Relationships and Personality
Socialization Effects
Personality Effects
Relationship Effects
MY FRIENDS AND ME: PERSONALITY AND FRIENDSHIPS
Personality and Friend Selection
Friendships and Personality
Personality Effects
Relationship Effects
INTERIM CONCLUSION: WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO HEALTH?
ADDING ANOTHER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY: THE ROLE OF LIFE TRANSITIONS
Personality Effects
Socialization Effects
FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND OPEN QUESTIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
10 – Personality Genetics
INTRODUCTION
ESTIMATING HERITABILITY
Twin and Family Approaches
Molecular Approaches
IDENTIFYING GENES
Rare Variants, Large Effects
The Large and Small Effects of Monoamine Oxidase A
Common Variants, Small Effects
Quantifying Polygenic Risk
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND HEALTH
Phenotypic Correlation Reflects Genetic Correlation
Drawing Causal Inferences
ISSUES OF COMPLEXITY
Causes Versus Cures
REFERENCES
11 – The Enduring Appeal of Psychosocial Explanations of Physical Illness
RESEARCH IN THE MIND, BODY, AND HEALTH BEFORE WORLD WAR II
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MIND AND BODY: THE IDEA OF “STRESS”
RISK, LIFESTYLE, AND THE DISEASES OF MODERNITY
STRESS, HEALTH, AND PERSONALITY
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
THE SEDUCTIVE POWER OF PERSONALITY AS AN EXPLANATION OF DISEASE
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
12 – WHAT MECHANISMS EXPLAIN THE LINKS BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND HEALTH? MECHANISMS LINKING PERSONALITY AND HEALTH
Transactional Stress-Moderation Mechanisms
Health and Risk Behavior Mechanisms
Illness Behavior and Illness Self-Regulation Mechanisms
Biological and Early Experience Mechanisms
Situation Selection and Life Span Trajectories
SELECTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF MECHANISMS LINKING PERSONALITY AND HEALTH

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