Measuring Stress
Published on 5. January 1995
Book
Hardback
249 pages
978-0-19-508641-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a resource for health and social scientists who assess the role of stress in studies of physical and psychiatric illness. It 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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 line drawings, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508641-6 (9780195086416)
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Additional editions
Sheldon Cohen | Ronald C. Kessler | Lynn Underwood Gordon
Measuring Stress
A Guide for Health and Social Scientists
E-Book
12/1997
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
€52.49
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Content
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