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Current issues and new directions in psychology and health: Culture and health psychology. Why health psychologists should care about culture

Rüdell, Katja, Diefenbach, M (2008) Current issues and new directions in psychology and health: Culture and health psychology. Why health psychologists should care about culture. Psychology & Health, 23 (4). pp. 387-390. ISSN 0887-0446. (doi:10.1080/08870440701864983) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:15629)

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Abstract

Over the few past decades, technical advances such as the Internet coupled with increased migration have exposed the average individual to an unprecedented level of diverse information about other people, environments and customs. These developments present particular challenges for health psychological research. In this commentary, we argue that current theorising and thinking in health psychology is outpaced by societal, system and individual changes and those behavioural scientists need to incorporate cultural variables in theory and intervention research more centrally than it is currently done. This editorial was inspired by discussions among members of the SYNERGY workshop 2007 ‘Culture, health, and illness representations’ conducted in conjunction with the annual meeting of the European Health Psychology conference.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/08870440701864983
Additional information: Editorial Material
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Maureen Cook
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2009 13:56 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:53 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15629 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Rüdell, Katja.

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