Cardiovascular Reactivity and Stress Patterns of Physiological Respo

This book is an articulate, concise, contemporary introduction to the study of important variables underlying cardiovascular reactivity. Its strength is in the combination of a scholarly but nonpedantic approach to cardiovascular psychophysiology and a so

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THE PLENUM SERIES IN BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Series Editor: William J. Ray, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS IN BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Edited by Wolfgang Linden CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND STRESS Patterns of Physiological Response J. Rick Turner CLINICAL APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY Edited by John G. Carlson, A. Ronald Seifert, and Niels Birbaumer ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY Wolfram Boucsein HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN CARDIOVASCULAR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Edited by Neil Schneiderman, Stephen M. Weiss, and Peter G. Kaufmann INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SELF-REGULATION AND HEALTH Edited by John G. Carlson and A. Ronald Seifert PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR THERAPY Conceptual Guidelines for the Clinician James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Schizophrenia, Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Abuse James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. THE PSYCHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BREATHING In Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry Robert Fried with Joseph Grimaldi SOCIAL SUPPORT AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Edited by Sally A. Shumaker and Susan M. Czajkowski

Cardiovascular Reactivity and Stress Patterns of Physiological Response

J. Rick Turner University of Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee

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Turner, J. Rick. Cardiavascular reactivity and stress patterns of physialogical response 1 J. Rick Turner. p. cm. -- (Plenum series in behaviaral psychaphysialagy and medic inel Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4757-9581-3 ISBN 978-1-4757-9579-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9579-0 1. Heart--Diseases--Psychasamaiic aspect. 2. Heart-Psychophysialagy. 3. Stress (Psychalagy> I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM, 1. Cardiovascular System--physialagy. 2. Stress, Psychalagical--physiapathalagy. 3. Hypertensian--etialagy. WG 102 T948c 1994] RC682.9.T87 1994 616.1'08--dc20 DNLM/DLC 93-43748 far Library of Congress CIP

ISBN 978-1-4757-9581-3 © 1994 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1994 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1994

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Foreword

This book is an articulate, concise, contemporary introduction to the study of important variables underlying cardiovascular reactivity. Its strength is in the combination of a scholarly but nonpedantic approach to cardiovascular psychophysiology and a solid understanding of behavioral medicine approaches to the study of hypertension. The topics covered are central to the study of relationships between behavior and cardiovascular reactivity; the list of suggested readings at the end of each chapter provides excellent guidance for more detailed study of specific issues. It has now