PERSON-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Ogden (this issue) argues that over the course of the twentieth centur y health psychology theories have progressively changed from an enviro nmental focus, then to a focus on person-environment interactions, and finally, away from interaction toward intra-action (i.e., the self de aling with and controlling the self). We assert that, contrary to Ogde n's analysis, person-environment interaction models are still the basi s for current theoretical approaches in health psychology and that man y ''intra-active'' variables can be viewed as moderators of the indivi dual's interaction with the environment. In addition, interventions th at rely on environmental or interactional models continue to prove eff ective in health promotion and health education activities.