Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schneiderman, Neil[Herausgeber]
• Weiss, Stephen M[Herausgeber]
• Kaufmann, Peter G[Herausgeber]

Titel

Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine

Ist Teil von

• The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• I. Cardiovascular Measurement in the Laboratory -- 1 Structure and Function of the Cardiovascular System -- 2 Noninvasive Measurement of Cardiac Functions -- 3 The Experimental Study of Behaviorally Induced Arrhythmias -- 4 The Measurement of Blood Pressure -- 5 Measurement of Blood Flow and Venous Distensibility -- 6 Autonomic Function Testing -- 7 Microneurographic Measurement of Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Humans -- 8 Measurement of Volume Regulation: Renal Function -- II. Measurement Issues in Physiology-Biochemistry -- 9 Electrolytes -- 10 Methods for Study of Carbohydrate Metabolism -- 11 Catecholamine Measurement in Behavioral Research -- 12 Adrenocortical and Gonadal Steroids in Behavioral Cardiovascular Medicine -- 13 Measurement and Function of Neuropeptides: Focus on Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Arginine Vasopressin -- 14 Receptors -- 15 The Renin—Angiotensin—Aldosterone System and Atrial Natriuretic Factor -- III. Ambulatory Monitoring --^
• 16 Ambulatory Monitoring: Applications and Limitations -- 17 Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring: Methods and Applications -- 18 Research Techniques for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring -- 19 Methods for Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood and Urine -- 20 Diaries in Ambulatory Monitoring -- 21 Data Analysis of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Readings: Before p Values -- IV. Laboratory Tasks, Procedures, and Nonpsychometric Subject Variables -- 22 Psychophysiologic Strategies in Laboratory Research -- 23 Psychophysiologic Reactivity as a Dimension of Individual Differences -- 24 The Social Context of Stress and Behavioral Medicine Research: Instructions, Experimenter Effects, and Social Interactions -- 25 Physical Stressors and Pharmacologic Manipulations: Neurohumoral and Hemodynamic Responses in Hypertension -- 26 Hemodynamic Assessment and Pharmacologic Probes as Tools to Analyze Cardiovascular Reactivity --^
• 27 Constitutional Factors Relating to Differences in Cardiovascular Response -- 28 Ethnic Differences in Resting and Stress-Induced Cardiovascular and Humoral Activity: An Overview -- 29 Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Responses to Challenge in Males and Females -- V. Psychometric Assessment -- 30 An Overview of Issues in Psychometric Assessment -- 31 Personality Dimensions in Reactivity and Cardiovascular Disease -- 32 Stress and Social Support: Assessment Issues -- 33 Assessing Subjects’ Construal of the Laboratory Situation -- 34 Observational Methods for Assessing Psychological State -- 35 Definition and Assessment of Coronary-Prone Behavior -- VI. Research Designs and Statistical Concerns -- 36 Research Designs in Behavioral Cardiovascular Research -- 37 The Analysis of Continuous Data -- 38 Power Calculations for Statistical Design -- 39 Experimental Studies in the Field: Some Pragmatic Considerations -- 40 Metaanalysis of Related Research --^
• 41 Pooling of Data from Independent Studies -- 42 Clinical Trials