With so many models being present and there being a certain degree of similarity and overlap between models in each group (Armitage & Conner 2000) only two models will be examined in this essay. ... This essay will focus on excessive alcohol consumption, known as alcohol abuse. ...
In this essay I discuss recent work in personality psychology that may serve as the foundation for the development of a personology of the consumer, in which people are seen as dispositional, goal-striving, and narrative entities engaged in consumption in the broadest sense. ********** Personality research in the consumer context has been in the doldrums for a very long time. ... My objective in this essay is to discuss some recent research in personality psychology that might guide research in our field, with a view toward stimulating the development of a personology of the cons...
This essay shall outline the psychosocial influence on biological health and disease in general, specifying, where possible, mechanisms involved. ... Depressions, for example, frequently accompany significant physical illnesses, in part because illnesses painfully remind us of the limits of our control over our lives. ...
