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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dembroski, Theodore M[Herausgeber]
• Weiss, Stephen M[Herausgeber]
• Shields, Jim L[Herausgeber]
• Haynes, Suzanne G[Herausgeber]
• Feinleib, Manning[Herausgeber]

Titel

Coronary-Prone Behavior

Ort / Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

1978

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Section I: Association -- Section Summary: Association of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease -- 1. Coronary-Prone Behavior as an Independent Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease -- 2. Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease: Epidemiological Evidence -- 3. Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease: Methodological Considerations -- Section II: Assessment -- Section Summary: Assessment of Coronary-Prone Behavior -- 4. The Interview Method of Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern -- 5. A Comparative Review of the Interview and Questionnaire Methods in the Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern -- 6. Psychometric Procedures Applied to the Assessment of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern -- 7. Reliability and Validity of Methods Used to Assess Coronary-Prone Behavior -- 8. Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Coronary-Prone Behavior -- Section III: Mechanisms --^
• Section Summary: Mechanisms Linking Behavioral and Pathophysiological Processes -- 9. Physiological Correlates of Coronary-Prone Behavior -- 10. Type A Behavior: Its Possible Relationship to Pathogenetic Processes Responsible for Coronary Heart Disease (a Preliminary Enquiry) -- 11. Psychophysiological Processes, the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, and Coronary Heart Disease -- 12. Pattern A Behavior and Uncontrollable Stress -- 13. Animal Models Relating Behavioral Stress and Cardiovascular Pathology -- Section IV: Development -- Section Summary: Coronary-Prone Behavior: Developmental and Cultural Considerations -- 14. The Influence of Culture on Coronary-Prone Behavior -- 15. Sex Differences in the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern -- 16. Assessment and Developmental Antecedents of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children -- Section V: Intervention -- Section Summary: Behavioral Intervention -- 17. Behavior Modification of the Coronary-Prone (Type A) Behavior Pattern --^
• 18. The Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern: A Behavioral Approach to Intervention
• Almost two decades ago, Drs. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman developed the concept of the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and pioneered research in the area. Since then, much effort has been devoted to investigating both medical and psychosocial implications of this phenomenon by an impressive array of biomedical and behavioral scientists. On the basis of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) recent Congressional mandate concerning disease prevention and control, the Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases undertook an intensive review of the existing literature in this area. The review underscored that the very nature of the concept of coronary-prone behavior requires examination by researchers from a variety of disciplines. Publication of findings in both the medical and behavioral literature, however, has created difficulties in gaining a truly comprehensive understanding of the total effort in this area. It became obvious that there was no coherent integration of information regarding the strength of the association between behaviors and disease processes (or outcomes), how behavioral factors associated with coronary heart disease were measured, the possible physiological mechanisms mediating the relationship between behavior and disease, whether intervention could be effective, and what forms of intervention appeared most promising. In short, a clear need existed to organize this information in a more coherent fashion so that it could be subjected to critical review by members of both the medical and behavioral scientific communities