Measuring Stress in Humans - A Practical Guide for the Field

Originally published in 2006, this book provides in-depth guidelines for designing a field project on stress.

List of contents

Foreword; Part I. General Principles: 1. Conducting a field study of stress: general principles Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; Part II. Measuring Stress Responses: 2. Cultural fimensions of the dtress process: measurement issues in fieldwork William Dressler; 3. Measuring the emotional and behavioral response to stressors Gillian H. Ice; 4. Measuring hormonal variation in the sympathetic adrenal medullary system: catecholamines Daniel Brown; 5. Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA): cortisol Tessa Pollard and Gillian H. Ice; 6. Measuring physiological changes in the cardiovascular system: ambulatory blood pressure Gary D James; 7. Measuring immunological markers Thomas W. McDade; Part III. Practical Issues in Studying Stress: 8. Special populations Sharon R. Williams; 9. Study design and data analysis Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; 10. Ethics in human subjects research Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; 11. Epilogue: summary and future directions Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice.

Summary

This 2006 book provides in-depth guidelines for designing a field project on stress in humans. It provides pros and cons of various methods and guides the researcher through every aspect of study design from what containers to use to collect samples, to the most appropriate measures and statistical analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Gillian H. (Ohio University) James Ice, Gillian H. James Ice
• Assisted by: Gillian H. Ice (Editor), Gary D. James (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107407589
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40758-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology; Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)