Health Psychology: A Lifespan Approach offers a comprehensive exploration of health psychology theory, issues, and applications through a lifespan lens. Its biopsychosocial approach and chronological organisation examine the interactions of health and illness from preconception through to older age, with each chapter focusing on a specific life stage and highlighting mind-body interactions, health behaviours, and relevant interventions. Emphasis is placed on lifecourse health trajectories and how early life experiences – particularly adversity and social inequalities – shape later health outcomes.
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This essential textbook equips undergraduate and postgraduate students with the tools to understand and apply health psychology across the lifespan.
Julie M. Gamble-Turner is a Visiting Professor with the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University. Tara J. Cheetham-Blake is a Research Manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
