Author: Michelle L. HenningerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hypertension
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Risk for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress in Women
Author: Michelle L. HenningerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hypertension
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Women, Stress, and Heart Disease
Author: Kristina Orth-GomerPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 113569155X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This volume explores women's risk factors for cardiovascular disease, as well as how social and physical strains contribute to the risk. For health professionals, behavioral scientists, and social psychologists alike.
Stress, Reactivity, and Cardiovascular Disease
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Cardiovascular system
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Parental History of Hypertension, Affect, and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress in College Women
Author: Jacelyn A. LewisCardiovascular Reactivity and Stress
Author: J. Rick TurnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475795793
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book is an articulate, concise, contemporary introduction to the study of important variables underlying cardiovascular reactivity. Its strength is in the combination of a scholarly but nonpedantic approach to cardiovascular psychophysiology and a solid understanding of be havioral medicine approaches to the study of hypertension. The topics covered are central to the study of relationships between behavior and cardiovascular reactivity; the list of suggested readings at the end of each chapter provides excellent guidance for more detailed study of specific issues. It has now been more than a dozen years since Plenum Press published Paul Obrist's seminal monograph Cardiovascular Psycho physiology. The volume had a major impact in relating cardiovascular regulation to behaving individuals and in developing thoughtful hy potheses concerning such factors as they might pertain to hypertension. The impact of that work extended across scientific disciplines as well as aross continents. At the time the Obrist book was published, a young psychologist, J. Rick Turner, was completing his Ph. D. thesis in psychol ogy at the University of Birmingham, England, on heart rate reactions to psychological challenge. After continued collaboration for the next several years with his former Ph. D. mentor, Douglas Carroll, Turner joined the Obrist laboratory at the University of North Carolina. Al though Obrist unfortunately died during Turner's tenure in the labora tory, collaboration continued with Kathleen Light and Andrew Sher wood. The enlightened legacy of the North Carolina laboratory can clearly be seen in this text.
Stress-mediated Cardiovascular Responsiveness in a Young Healthy, Female Population
Author: Mary Ann FlemingPublisher:
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Category : Health risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Handbook of Stress, Reactivity, and Cardiovascular Disease
Author: Karen A. MatthewsPublisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The first major reference covering theory and research on reactivity--individual differences in physiological response to stress--and its role in heart disease. Examines key conceptual issues in this evolving area and provides a comprehensive source of research data on reactivity, along with guidelines for identifying and measuring stressor and reactivity variables. Describes behavorially induced pathophysiological mechanisms and explores the interaction of reactivity with other health-related behaviors, such as caffeine consumption, smoking, and exercise. For researchers, the handbook identifies questions for future investigation. For clinicians, it provides new diagnostic techniques and suggests avenues for therepy.
Stress, Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease
Author: Philip MccabePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 113566403X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The latest volume in the series based on the Annual Stress and Coping Symposia held at the University of Miami, Drs. McCabe, Schneiderman, Field, and Wellens bring together an outstanding group of researchers to examine the relationship between bio-behavioral and social factors and heart disease. Highlights of the book include an in-depth look at the latest research on: * basic physiological processes in cardiovascular reactivity to stress; * pathophysiological mechanisms in cardiovascular disease; * ethnic differences in cardiovascular regulation; * psychosocial influences on cardiovascular function/disease; and * Behavioral interventions designed to treat cardiovascular disorders. The goal of Stress, Coping, and Cardiovascular Disease is to provide a solid empirical foundation on the relationship between stress and cardiovascular disease so as to stimulate further research into the pathophysiology and treatment of the leading cause of death in industrialized countries.
Stress and Hypertension
Author: Kevin T. LarkinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030012886X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Does living a stress-filled life lead to elevated blood pressure? And if so, do strategies to better manage stress effectively lower blood pressure? In this authoritative and comprehensive book, Kevin T. Larkin examines more than a half-century of empirical evidence obtained to test the common assumption that stress is associated with the onset and maintenance of essential hypertension (high blood pressure). While the research confirms that stress does play a role in the exacerbation of essential hypertension, numerous other factors must also be considered, among them obesity, exercise, and smoking, as well as demographic, constitutional, and psychological concerns. The author discusses the effectiveness of strategies developed to manage stress and thereby lower blood pressure and concludes with suggestions and directions for further study.
Cardiovascular Responsivity, Physical and Psychosocial Job Stress, and the Risk of Preterm Delivery
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We recruited a cohort of over 600 active-duty military women attending the prenatal clinic at Wilbur Hall Medical Center and followed them until delivery to assess associations between stress, cardiovascular responsivity and risk of preterm delivery. In spite of universal access to prenatal care, rates of preterm delivery were more than twice as high among black women (14.0%) as among white women (6.4%), both overall and within each military rank. The Relative Risk (RR) of preterm delivery for black women, adjusted for relevant covariates, was 2.0 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.9, 4.4). Of the job stressors we studied, including long hours, only a High Workload and Low Job Satisfaction had elevated relative risks for preterm delivery. The adjusted RRs for Workload and Job Satisfaction were 1.9, CI 0.8, 4. 1 and 1.7, (CI 0.8, 3.9) respectively. However, neither job stressors nor perceived stress accounted for the black/white disparity in rates of prematurity. Over 400 participants agreed to be tested for cardiovascular reactivity. Mean levels of blood pressure reactivity were higher among black women, and only the subgroup of black women showed adjusted gestational age differences associated with stress reactivity. Although, reactivity was not associated with spontaneous preterm delivery, there were too few cases to analyze separately by race.