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Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Sally A. Shumaker

    1. Department of Public Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA

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  2. Susan M. Czajkowski

    1. Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Key Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease

      • Dennis M. Davidson
      Pages 3-19

    3. Conceptualization and Methods in Social Support Theory and Research as Related to Cardiovascular Disease

      • Toni C. Antonucci, Ernest H. Johnson
      Pages 21-39

    4. Assessment of Social Support

      • Barbara R. Sarason, Irwin G. Sarason
      Pages 41-63

    5. Measures of Health Outcome in Social Support Research

      • Robert M. Kaplan
      Pages 65-94

  3. Establishing a Relationship between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. International Epidemiological Evidence for a Relationship between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

      • Kristina Orth-Gomér
      Pages 97-117

    3. A Critical Evaluation of U.S. Epidemiological Evidence and Ethnic Variation

      • Helen P. Hazuda
      Pages 119-142

  4. Individual, Environmental, and Cultural Factors in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Social Support in the Work Environment and Cardiovascular Disease

      • Jeffrey V. Johnson, Ellen M. Hall
      Pages 145-166

    3. Cross-Cultural Differences and Social Influences in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

      • William W. Dressler
      Pages 167-192

  5. The Development of Cardiovascular Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Social Support and Coronary Heart Disease Underlying Psychological and Biological Mechanisms

      • Sheldon Cohen, Jay R. Kaplan, Stephen B. Manuck
      Pages 195-221

    3. Social Influences on the Development of Cardiovascular Risk during Childhood and Adolescence

      • Carol K. Whalen, Wendy Kliewer
      Pages 223-257

    4. The Role of Social Support in the Modification of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

      • Terrence L. Amick, Judith K. Ockene
      Pages 259-278

  6. The Crisis and Rehabilitation Phases of Cardiovascular Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Social Support and the Progression and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

      • Larry Gorkin, Michael J. Follick, Dianne L. Wilkin, Raymond Niaura
      Pages 281-299

    3. Social Support and Adjustment to Myocardial Infarction, Angioplasty, and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

      • Kathleen Ell, Christine Dunkel-Schetter
      Pages 301-332

    4. Cardiac Rehabilitation The Role of Social Support in Recovery and Compliance

      • Kathleen Dracup
      Pages 333-353
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Public Health Sciences, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA

    Sally A. Shumaker

  • Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Susan M. Czajkowski

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