Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shumaker, Sally A[Herausgeber]
• Czajkowski, Susan M[Herausgeber]

Titel

Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

Ist Teil von

• The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• I. Key Concepts -- 1. An Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease -- 2. Conceptualization and Methods in Social Support Theory and Research as Related to Cardiovascular Disease -- 3. Assessment of Social Support -- 4. Measures of Health Outcome in Social Support Research -- II. Establishing a Relationship Between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease -- 5. International Epidemiological Evidence for a Relationship between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease -- 6. A Critical Evaluation of U.S. Epidemiological Evidence and Ethnic Variation -- III. Individual, Environmental, and Cultural Factors in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease -- 7. Social Support in the Work Environment and Cardiovascular Disease -- 8. Cross-Cultural Differences and Social Influences in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease -- IV. The Development of Cardiovascular Disease -- 9. Social Support and Coronary Heart Disease: Underlying Psychological and Biological Mechanisms -- 10. Social Influences
• In this groundbreaking work, distinguished contributors explore the myriad relationships between networks of social support and the development, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with cardiovascular disease. Chapters span the range from conceptual to methodological issues, and take into account gender, environmental, and cultural differences. The book will provide a wealth of information for clinicians and students in the fields of behavioral medicine, psychophysiology, and cardiovascular disease