Personality and Disease: Scientific Proof vs. Wishful Thinking

Personality and Disease: Scientific Proof vs. Wishful Thinking addresses what we know, what we believe despite evidence to the contrary, and why such beliefs persist in the face of evidence regarding scientific proof on personality and disease. As a tremendous amount of research has been performed on the relationship between personality and disease, this book provides an anthology of the latest findings from scientific journals on psychology, behavioral health, psychoneuroimmunology, oncology and epidemiology. It contains contributions from world experts, summarizing research findings on personality as it relates to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma and allergies, dementia, and more. Questions such as 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? and Can we protect ourselves from disease through a positive outlook? are discussed. Investigates whether, and how, personality affects disease Covers cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, allergies and dementiaSeparates fact from fiction and evidence from beliefsCollates research from a wide variety of scientific domainsContains international perspectives from top scholars Includes a foreword by the EU Health Commissioner INDICE: 1. The personality - the concept in historical light 2. How to measure the personality 3. A healthy personality 4. Personality, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity and the fat diet 5. Personality and economics 6. The Personality and The Immune System 7. Personality and cardiovascular diseases 8. Personality and diabetes 9. Personality and dementia including Alzheimers disease 10. Personality and asthma and allergies 11. Personality and cancer 12. The human belief in the role of the Personality as a health regulator

• ISBN: 978-0-12-805300-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés