In this comprehensive handbook, Ragin and Keenan present an all-encompassing analysis of the variety of different methods used in Health Psychology research.

Deborah Fish Ragin is Professor Emeritus, Montclair State University. She also served as an American Psychological Association Representative to the United Nations, focusing on the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS, and currently serves as a representative to the United Nations for the NGO, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. She is the author of "Health Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach" (3rd Ed., Routledge/Taylor & Francis).

Julian Paul Keenan is a Professor in the Department of Biology and the Director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory at Montclair State University. He previously served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is the Founding Editor of Social Neuroscience. He has published in Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences.

1. Applying Theories in Health Psychology

Deborah Fish Ragin, Yasmin Hussein, Alessia Fichera & Jelani Awai

2. Statistical Toolbox of Psychology

Michael R. Hulsizer & Linda Woolf

3. "The Circling Spirits Call us Home;" The Shaman, Marginal Methods, and

Relational Approaches to Healing Research

Joseph E. Trimble

Part I- Genetic Studies and Health

4. Genetics Research Methods

Amel Youssef, Matthew J, Criscione & Julian Paul Keenan

5. Research Methods in Alcoholism

Maya Crawford, Janet Brenan, Liliia Savilska, Kathleen Chavarria & Julian Keenan

6. Best Practices for Studying Addiction

Heather Soder, Jessica Hoffman, Constanza de Dios, Troy Webber

7. Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing in Health Psychology

Matthew Aardema

8. The Ethics of Genetics Research

Curtis Coughlin, II

Part II- Physiological Studies and Health

9. Physiological Research

Matthew J. Criscione, Jordanne Nelson & Julian Keenan

10. Stress Physiology & Physiometrics

Elana Gloger, Gregory T. Smith & Suzanne C. Segerstrom

11. Cardiovascular Reactivity & Stress

Chun-Jung Huang, Andy Khamoui, Aaron Slusher, & Brandon G. Fico

12. Obesity & Nutrition Part II: Physiological Studies

Diana M. Thomas & J. Kenneth Wickiser

13. Social Networks, Depression & Stress

Rachel Kramer

14. "Don't Sweat It!" Neuroimaging Studies of Stress

Ayesha Khan & Sukhvinder Obhi

Part III- Population Demographics

15. Neighborhood Studies of Adolescent Health

Deborah Fish Ragin, Yasmin Hussein, Kheyyon Parker & Veronica Julien

16. Re-evaluating the Social Gradient

Alan Marshall & Valeria Skafida

17. Chronic Illness- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Leonard A. Jason, Joseph Cotler, Shaun Bhatia & Madison Sunnquist

18. Gender & Aging

Sabihah Moola & Christo P. Cilliers

19. Socioeconomic Context of Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors:

Life Course Developmental Research Methods

Tae Kyoung Lee, Catherine Walker O'Neal & Kandauda A. S. Wickrama

Part IV- Environmental Studies

20. Unique Environmental Determinants of Health:

Natural, Physical and Community Factors

Yasmin Hussein, Stephanie Spero, Alexander Dean Bracken & Deborah Fish Ragin

21. Multiple Ways of Understanding Vaccine Hesitance and Refusal

Jennifer Reich

22. Violence and Health Through the Lifespan:

The Critical Role of Childhood Exposures & Developmental Context

Kathy Sanders-Phillips

23. Environmental Exposure: Lead Studies

Bryce Hruska & Brooks B. Gump

24. Geographic Determinants

Joy Obayemi & Roy Hamilton

25. Climate Change & Public Health

Melinda Weathers & Marceleen Mosher

Part V- Health Policy and Future Directions in Research

26. Impact of Health Policy on Outcomes

Jessica Devine, Krystal Lynch, Dennis Savaiano & Heather Eicher-Miller

27. The Nexus between Behavioral and Health Economics in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Research Agenda

Chris Atim, Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Daniel Malik Achala & John Ele-Ojo Ataguba

28. Next Generation Genetics

Saeed Yasin & Julian Keenan

29. Research Methodology and Psychoneuroimmunology

S. Chandrashekara

30. Nudge Theory

Ivo Vlaev & Kelly Schmidtke