Gillian H. Ice / Gary D. James (eds.)

Measuring Stress in Humans

A Practical Guide for the Field
Herausgeber: Ice, Gillian H; James, Gary D

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844796
• ISBN-10: 0521844797
• Artikelnr.: 22753761

Autorenporträt

Gillian H. Ice is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine.
Gary D. James is Director of the Institute for Primary and Preventative Health Care, and Professor of Nursing and Anthropology at Binghamton University.

Inhaltsangabe

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.