Measuring Stress in Humans

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781107407589
• ISBN-10: 1107407583
• Artikelnr.: 36199261

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.