The Japanese Association of Health Psychology

Research Activity

Health psychology is the study of psychology that aims to understand how psychological factors and treatments contribute to maintaining and improving health while preventing and curing illness. It also aims to provide psychological contributions in health education, health care systems, and the formulation of health policies.

Health psychology promotes not only basic and clinical research on psychology, but also collaborative research with related areas, such as medical care, nursing, health, public health, education, physical exercise, sports, nutrition, social welfare, and bioethics.

The following are some examples of the keywords related to this area of research:

■ Views on health	■ Atopic dermatitis	■ Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
■ Health psychology assessment	■ Diabetes	■ Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
■ Health education	■ Coronary artery disease	■ Autogenic training
■ Health policy	■ Cancer	■ Oriental practices
■ Coping with stress	■ HIV / AIDS	■ Health psychological counseling
■ Stress	■ Sleep	■ Microcounseling
■ Stress management	■ Pain	■ Healthcare systems
■ Quality of life (QOL)	■ Hypertension	■ Happiness / Joy / Hope
■ Wellness	■ Psychosomatic disorders	■ Humor / Laughter
■ Self-efficacy	■ Chronic diseases	■ Optimism
■ Health locus of control	■ Burnout	■ Relaxation
■ Lifestyle habits	■ Obesity	■ Sports / Recreation
■ Smoking / Drinking	■ Aging	■ End-of-life care
■ Type A behavior	■ Depressive tendencies and anxiety	■ Social support
■ Anger / Aggression / Hostility	■ Diet behaviors / Eating disorders	■ Immunity

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