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Let's Get Real (with a Small `r'): For a Health Psychology That Prioritizes the Concrete

Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, flora.cornish{at}gcal.ac.uk

Depending on which kind of philosophy of science we espouse, health psychology can be a relatively concrete or relatively abstract activity. Estacio, I suggest, prioritizes the concrete, by foregrounding real social phenomena. I argue that prioritizing the concrete has two particular benefits: it increases the social relevance of health psychology, and it increases the validity of our analyses, by ensuring that they are close to reality. To further the pursuit of the concrete, I suggest that critical health psychology is in particular need of exemplars of critical health psychology in action, rather than reflexive commentary on critical health psychology itself.

Key Words: concrete • critical health psychology • pragmatism • social action • societal psychology

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 5, 638-642 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309104908


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