Measuring Stress - A Guide for Health and Social Scientists

Klappentext 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.A resource for health and social scientists who assess the role of stress in their studies of physical and psychiatric illness. The work discusses how stress is conceptualized, how stressors influence onset and progression of psychiatric and physical illness, and how to decide appropriate measures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sheldon Cohen, Lynn Gordon
• Collaboration: COHEN (Editeur), Sheldon Cohen (Editeur), Gordon (Editeur), Lynn Gordon (Editeur), Lynn Underwood Gordon (Editeur), Kessler (Editeur), Ronald C. Kessler (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780195121209
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512120-9
• Pages: 248
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie théorique; MEDICAL / Public Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Social, group or collective psychology, Public health & preventive medicine, Psychological testing & measurement, Public health and preventive medicine, Psychological testing and measurement