Taylor S E
University of California, Los Angeles.
Am Psychol. 1990 Jan;45(1):40-50. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.45.1.40.
Reviews scientific and professional trends in the field of health psychology. I discuss recent research on health promotion, psychological factors in the development of illness, cognitive representations of health and illness, stress and coping, social support, interventions to promote coping, and trends that will affect progress in the field, such as the need for cost containment and the aging of the population.
