Table of Contents: Measuring stress in humans :

Measuring stress in humans : a practical guide for the field [E-Book] / edited by Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James.

The purpose of this 2006 book is to present non-invasive methods of measuring the biological responses to psychosocial stress in humans, in non-laboratory (field) settings. Following the pathways of Seyle's General Adaptation Syndrome, the text first describes how to assess the psychosocial str...

Personal Name(s):	Ice, Gillan H., (editor)
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 271 pages)
Note:	englisch
ISBN:	9781107407589 9780521844796 9780511542435
Series Title:	Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 49
Subject (LOC):	Stress (Physiology) Testing.
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Table of Contents:

Pt. I. General principles. Conducting a field study of stress: general principles / Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James
Pt. II. Measuring stress responses. Cultural dimensions of the stress process: measurement issues in fieldwork / William W. Dressler
Measuring emotional and behavioral response / Gillian H. Ice
Measuring hormonal variation in the sympathetic nervous system: catecholamines / Daniel E. Brown
Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis: cortisol / Tessa M. Pollard and Gillian H. Ice
Measuring physiological changes in the cardiovascular system: ambulatory blood pressure / Gary D. James
Measuring immune function: markers of cell-mediated immunity and inflammation in dried blood spots / Thomas w. McDade
Pt. III. Practical issues in studying stress. Measuring stress in special populations / Sharon R. Williams
Study design and data analysis / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice
Protection of human subjects in stress research: an investigator's guide to the process / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice
Epilog: summary and future directions / Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice.