Contents; Contributors; 1. Strategies for measuring stress in studies of psychiatric and physical disorders; 2. Checklist measurement of stressful life events; 3. Interview measurement of stressful life events; 4. Daily and within-day event measurement; 5. Measurement of chronic stressors; 6. Measurement of stress appraisal; 7. Measurement of affective response; 8. Measurement of stress hormones; 9. Measurement of cardiovascular responses; 10. Measurement of immune response; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary
A resource for health and social scientists who assess the role of stress in their studies of physical and psychiatric illness. The work discusses how stress is conceptualized, how stressors influence onset and progression of psychiatric and physical illness, and how to decide appropriate measures
