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1 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY POTENTIAL IN DIVERSITY Edited by Harry Schroder, Konrad Reschke, Marie Johnston, and Stan Maes Supported by the Commission of the European Communities DG XII S. Roderer Verlag, Regensburg 1993

2 CONTENTS Harry Schroder, Konrad Reschke, Marie Johnston, and Stan Maes Preface. 11 Parti Health Psychology - Past and Present Marie Johnston Health Psychology in Europe - Potential in Diversity 15 Volker Hodapp Methodological Perspectives in the Study of Health and Illness: Causal Analysis - 30 Harry Schroder and Christina Schroder Gustav Theodor Fechner During his Life-Crisis 47 Konrad Reschke and Anneros Meischner-Metge' Wilhelm Wundt's Life and Work - Health Psychological Aspects Resources and Prevention Part 2 Current Developments in Health Psychology Marc Willemsen and Hein de Vries A Dutch Smoking Cessation Program for Workplaces 69 y Ritva Nupponen Client Views on Health Counseling at Their Periodic Health Examination Sessions ' 76

3 Rainer Homung, Achim Hattich, and Andree Helminger ' Stigmatization and Discrimination Tendencies Towards AIDS Patients: Results of a Multivariate Analysis. 84 Mark Conner and Simon Graham Situational and Attitudinal Influences.Upon Students' Intention to use Condoms 91 Reidar Ommundsen, Eva Steinbakk, and Stephane VUdalen Be Good! - and if you can't be - be Careful! The HIV/AIDS Situation and Norwegian University Students. Some Cognitive, Behavioural and Motivational Aspects Subjective Health Concepts Helena Sek, Ireneusz Scigala, Tomasz Pasikowski, Maria Beisert, and Agnieszka Bleja Subjective Health Concepts. Some Personal and Societal Determinants 108 Michael Murray Social and Cognitive Representations of Health and Illness 124 Gillian Robinson and Desmond McCluskey Health Conceptions of Women and Men 132 J. H. Barlow, S. J. Macey, and G: R. Struthers Control-Related Cognitions, Chronic Disease and Gender Health Behaviour - Health Screening David F. Marks and Brenda G. A. Chipperpeld A Health and Lifestyle Survey of Londoners. Preliminary Data from the Bloomsbury and Islington Health & Lifestyle Survey. ' 165 J. Vinck, M. Arickx and M. De Greef Patterns of Health Behaviour Among Adolescents, 195

4 Hannah Steinberg and Elizabeth A. B. Sykes Mood Enhancement Through Physical Exercise - Introduction to Workshop on Health, Sport and Physical Exercise 204 Veronika Richter and Jiirgen Guthke Life Events as Indicator of Change in Life and as Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Heart Disease Harold Petermann and Vera Mayer Cognitive Functioning and Temperament Characteristics as Criteria of Mental Health Following Loss of Job 220 Henk Boer, Erwin R. Seydel, and Robert Stalpers Prospective Study of Factors Associated with Repeat Participation in Breast Cancer Screening 230 S. R. Sutton, G. Saidi & G. Bidder Women's Reasons for Attending or not Attending for Breast Screening 242 Michael Murray Health Locus of Control and Health Maintenance Activities Coping with Disease Ladislav Valach Culture and Coping: Coping with Breast Cancer in Berne and in Prague 254 G. Leuschner, P. Schneider, F. Schirmer, H. Geidel, and K. Gerbatsch Health Behaviour and Social Change in the Eastern Part of Germany - Results of a Study with Rheumatoid-Arthritis Patients. 264 S. J. Macey, J. H. Barlow, andg.r. Struthers Disease Severity, Control Beliefs and Psychological Well-Beeing in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients ' 272

5 Peter Schett, Reinhard Holler, Josef Schwitzer, Gabriele Schett-Mueller, and Hartmann Hinterhuber Using a Computerized "Mental Mobilisation System" (MEMOB) for the Support of Psychological Approaches in Community-Dwelling Elderly 279 Stefan Remke and Harry Schroder Outline of Psychological First aid by Emergency Service Work and Health - JoseJoaquin Mini, Julian Vitaller, Jesus Aranaz, Jose Buil, and Juan Herrero Sources of Stress and Determinants of Job Satisfaction Among General Practitioners 301 Mark Conner, Wayne Fletcher, Jenny Firth-Cozens, and Sylvie Collins Teleworking, Stress and Health 309 Ben C. -Fletcher and Fiona Jones Occupational Psychological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis: Evidence from Disease Concordance in Marital Partners 314 Fiona Jones and Ben C. Fletcher Transmission of Occupational Stress: A Study of Daily Fluctuations in Work Stressors and Strains and Their Impact on Marital Partners Veli Kraft, Carin Mussmann, Martin Rimann, Ivors Udris, and Mathias Muheim Resources of Salutogenesis: Personal and Organizational Factors 339 K Scheuch, H. Vogel, R. Koch, and E. Haufe Health State and Needs Satisfaction Before and After Political Changes in East Germany G.Kreyer Occupational Stress and Physiopsychic Strain of the Dentist. Results of an Austrian Study 356

6 2.6. Training and Education PetraKolip. Post-Graduate Studies in Public Health at the Technische Universitat of Berlin. 365 Eva Heftyovd Talking with Patient - Training Program for Health Professionals ' 371 Maie Kreegipuu The Health Psychology Program for Teachers " 375 F. Magri, M. Thoma, and T. M. Marthaler Female Dental Preventive Workers in Swiss Communal Schools 380 Almut Makuch Synthetical and Analytical Forms in Health Education at Pre-School age - A Comparison 393 Jutta Margraf-Stiksrud Motives and Expectations of Dental Students - Prepared for Future Health Care Tasks? 403 Part 3 Health Psychology in the Social Transitions Process in Europe - The 6th European Health Psychology Society Conference Jan Vmck, Konrad Reschke, and Harry Schroder The 1992 Leipzig Conference. A Memorable Event in the History of European Health Psychology Society Conferences 413

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