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‘Cell, organ, person, family each indicate a level of complex integrated organization about the existence of which a high degree of consensus holds. … In no way can the methods and rules appropriate for the study and understanding of the cell as cell be applied to the study of the person as person or the family as family.’

George Engel (1980)

Outline

In this chapter, we introduce health psychology as a field of inquiry. At the beginning, we introduce the concept of ‘health’ from a historical perspective. We define health psychology and review theories of need-satisfaction and subjective well-being. We present a new Theory of Well-Being that includes the constructs of attachment, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, affect and consumption. Problems with measurement are examined. Finally, a framework we call the ‘Health Onion’ is described.