Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress / Edition 1

by J. Rick Turner, Andrew Sherwood, Kathleen C. Light

Overview

Demonstrating that the magnitude and pattern of cardiovascular response to stress varies markedly between individuals, this work discusses the mechanisms by which the cardiovascular system is mobilized during stress, the determinants of individual differences, and the pathophysiological processes by which responses to stress may lead to cardiovascular disease. Behavioral scientists from a variety of disciplines will find the work pertinent to their research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306441554
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/30/1992
Series:	Perspectives on Individual Differences
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

One. Cardiovascular Reactivity: Laboratory and Ambulatory Assessment Procedures.- One. A Conceptual and Methodological Overview of Cardiovascular Reactivity Research.- Two. Sympathetic Nervous System Responses to Psychosocial Stressors.- Three. Individual Differences in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns.- Four. The Ecological Validity of Laboratory Stress Testing.- Two. Determinants of Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Responses during Stress.- Five. Genes, Stress, and Cardiovascular Reactivity.- Six. Personality Characteristics, Reactivity, and Cardiovascular Disease.- Seven. Toward Understanding Race Difference in Autonomic Reactivity: A Proposed Contextual Model.- Eight. The Role of Reproductive Hormones in Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Function during Behavioral Stress.- Nine. The Role of Cardiovascular Reactivity in Hypertension Risk.- Ten. Stress Reactivity in Childhood and Adolescence.- Eleven. Does Aerobic Exercise Reduce Stress Responses?.- Three. Cardiovascular Stress Responses and Cardiovascular Disease.- Twelve. Endogenous Opioids and Stress Reactivity in the Development of Essential Hypertension.- Thirteen. Differential Responses to Salt Intake-Stress Interactions: Relevance to Hypertension.- Fourteen. A Biobehavioral Model of Hypertension Development.- Fifteen. High Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress: A Predictor of Later Hypertension Development.

Editorial Reviews

Describes the relationships among psychosocial stress, cardiovascular response to it, and the development of cardiovascular disease. Increasingly, scientists are hypothesizing that large-scale cardiovascular reactions to stress are linked to the later development of heart disease, so that accurate measurement and characterization of individual response might help identify people at higher than average risk. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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