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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454914103321

Titolo

Measuring stress [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for health and social scientists / / edited by Sheldon Cohen, Ronald C. Kessler, Lynn Underwood Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1997

ISBN

0-19-802474-6

1-280-75998-4

9786610759989

Descrizione fisica

xii, 236 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenSheldon <1947->

KesslerRonald C

GordonLynn Underwood

Disciplina

616.9

Soggetti

Stress (Psychology) - Measurement

Stress (Physiology) - Measurement

Medicine, Psychosomatic - Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A project of the Fetzer Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Measuring Stress is the definitive resource for health and social scientists interested in assessing stress in humans. With contributions from leading experts, this work provides for the first time a unified conceptual overview of the intricate relationship between stress and a variety of disorders. Its interdisciplinary approach to the selection of appropriate environmental, psychological, and biological measures includes comprehensive evaluations and practical advice regarding a wide range of measurement approaches. For environmental stress, techniques such as checklists and interviews that measure life event, daily event, and chronic stress are discussed. An analysis of psychological measurements includes methods for assessing stress appraisal and affective response. Neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and immune measures are examined as important biological stress



assessments. Contributors also uncover the conceptual underpinnings of each approach as well as the various costs and benefits of available assessment techniques. Reflecting the diversity of theoretical conceptions of stress, Measuring Stress masterfully provides integrative, incisive guidelines that will prove invaluable to students, clinicians, and researchers in health and social psychology, medicine, nursing, epidemiology, sociology, and psychiatry.