Self, Social Identity, and Physical Health: Interdisciplinary Explorations (Rutgers Series on Self and Social Identity, Volume 2)

This Volume Examines How Our Understanding Of Self And Social Identity Is Linked To Physical Health And Disease. Topics Include: The Self-regulation Model And Cultural System Through Which The Individual Experiences Illness And Treatment; Behaviour Patterns; And The Impact Of Physical Illness. Self And Social Identity : Key To Understanding Social And Behavioral Aspects Of Physical Health And Disease? / Richard J. Contrada, Richard D. Ashmore -- Self, Sickness, Somatization, And Systems Of Care / John F. Kihlstrom, Lucy Canter Kihlstrom -- Politics Of Health, Identity, And Culture / Margaret Lock -- Race, Stress, And Physical Health : The Role Of Group Identity / David R. Williams, Michael S. Spencer, James S. Jackson -- Revealing, Organizing, And Reorganizing The Self In Response To Stress And Emotion / James W. Pennebaker, Kelli A. Keough -- Relationship Between Personality And Health : What Self And Identity Have To Do With It / Suzanne C. Ouellette -- What's Sex Got To Do With It? The Development Of Sexual Identities During Adolescence / Jeanne Brooks-gunn, Julia A. Graber -- Impact Of Chronic Illness On The Self System / Howard Leventhal, Ellen L. Adler, Elaine A. Leventhal -- From The Sick Role To Stories Of Self : Understanding The Self In Illness / Kathy Charmuz -- Self, Social Identity, And The Analysis Of Social And Behavioral Aspects Of Physical Health And Disease / Richard D. Ashmore, Richard J. Contrada. Edited By Richard J. Contrada, Richard D. Ashmore. Papers From The Second Rutgers Symposium On Self And Social Identity Held In 1997. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.