Beyond Well-Being : The Fascination of Risk and of the New Psychological Addictions.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (173 pages)
Intro -- BEYOND WELL-BEING: THE FASCINATION OF RISK AND OF THE NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL ADDICTIONS -- BEYOND WELL-BEING: THE FASCINATION OF RISK AND OF THE NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL ADDICTIONS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: THEORIES AND METHODS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. IN SEARCH OF WELL-BEING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY -- 2. GROUPS OF MODELS IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY -- 3. WELL-BEING AS AN OBJECT OF STUDY -- Chapter 2: THE FASCINATION OF RISK. A COMPULSORY CHOICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE CONCEPT OF RISK AND ITS EVOLUTION -- 2. RISK, FEAR AND CHALLENGES -- 3. THE BIOGRAPHICAL UNCERTAINTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PLEASURE OF RISK -- 4. SENSATION SEEKING -- Chapter 3: THE POST-MODERN IDENTITY AND SENSATION SEEKING. REFLECTIONS ON BINGE DRINKING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. CULTURE AND THE POST-MODERN PERSONALITY -- 2. THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO SENSATION SEEKING -- 3. ALCOHOL AND YOUNG PEOPLE: A HIGH RISK COMBINATION. BINGE DRINKING -- Chapter 4: THE FASCINATION OF THE NEW NON-DRUG ADDICTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE CONCEPT OF DEPENDENCE -- 2. NEUROBIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF THE NEW ADDICTIONS -- 3. DEVELOPMENTAL-RELATIONAL ASPECTS OF PATHOLOGICAL ADDICTIONS -- 4. ADDICTION TO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. TRAPPED IN THE WEB -- 5. MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION. IT RINGS, THEREFORE I EXIST -- 6. WORK ADDICTION. WORKAHOLICS -- 7. PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING. GAMBLING AWAY ONE'S BALANCE AT DICE -- 8. AFFECTIVE ADDICTION. LOVESICK -- 9. SEXUAL DEPENDENCE. LET'S NOT CALL IT LOVE -- 10. COMPULSIVE SHOPPING. HAVING, BEING AND APPEARING -- 11. SPORT ADDICTION. PAIN AND MUSCLES -- 12. AESTHETIC ADDICTION. THE POWER OF THE SCALPEL -- 13. DIETARY ADDICTION. EATING HEALTHY FOOD AT ALL COSTS -- 14. COMBINATIONS OF 21ST CENTURY ADDICTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.