Measuring Stress: A Guide for Health and Social Scientists - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195121201 ISBN 13: 9780195121209

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1997

Riassunto

This book is a resource for health and social scientists who assess the role of stress in their studies of physical and psychiatric illness. This work discusses how stress is conceptualized, the pathways through which stressors influence the onset and progression of psychiatric and physical illness, the alternate methods of measuring stress, and how one decides on appropriate measurement.

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L'autore

Sheldon Cohen is at Carnegie Mellon University. Ronald C. Kessler is at University of Michigan.

Contenuti

• Part I: Conceptualizing Stress and Its Relation to Disease
• 1: Strategies for measuring stress in studies of psychiatric and physical disorders
• Part II: Environmental Perspectives
• 2: Check-list measurement of stressful life events
• 3: Interview measurement of stressful life events
• 4: Daily and within-day event measurement
• 5: Measurement of chronic stressors
• Part III: Psychological Perspectives
• 6: Measurement of stress appraisal
• 7: Measurement of affective response
• Part IV: Biological Perspectives
• 8: Measurement of stress hormones
• 9: Measurement of cardiovascular response
• 10: Measurement of immune response

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195121201
• ISBN 13: 9780195121209
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252
• Redattore: Cohen Sheldon
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia