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Clinical and Methodological Issues in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

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Editors:
  1. Andrew Steptoe

    1. Department of Psychology, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, GB-London, UK

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  2. Heinz Rüddel

    1. Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Bonn 1, Germany

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  3. Hermann Neus

    1. Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Bonn 1, Germany

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Andrew Steptoe, Heinz Rüddel, Hermann Neus
      Pages 1-3

  3. The Choice of Psychological Stress Test

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Theoretical Bases for Task Selection in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

      • Andrew Steptoe
      Pages 6-15

    3. Task Influences on Behaviourally-Elicited Cardiovascular Reactions

      • Stephen Manuck, David Krantz, Joanna Polefrone
      Pages 16-29

    4. Mental Tasks as Stressors

      • G. Mulder, L. J. M. Mulder, J. B. P. Veldman
      Pages 30-44

    5. The Quantification of Experimental Load: Methodological and Empirical Issues

      • Werner Kuhmann, Harald Lachnit, Dieter Vaitl
      Pages 45-52

    6. The Importance of Cardiovascular Reactivity to Different Types of Stress for the Development of Hypertension

      • Wolfgang Schulte, August Wilhelm von Eiff
      Pages 53-65

    7. Mental Stress Testing in the Physician’s Office and in the Field

      • Heinz Rüddel, Hermann Neus, Wolf Langewitz, August Wilhelm von Eiff, Mark E. McKinney
      Pages 66-76

  4. Methodology of Stress Test Administration and Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Selected Topics in the Methodology of Stress Testing: Time Course, Gender and Adaptation

      • Hermann Neus, August Wilhelm von Eiff
      Pages 78-92

    3. Adaptation Effects and the Stability of Physiological Responses to Repeated Testing

      • Michael Myrtek
      Pages 93-106

    4. The Quantification of Cardiovascular Reactivity in Longitudinal Studies

      • Jochen Fahrenberg, Hermann-Josef Schneider, Fritz Foerster, Michael Myrtek, Wolfgang Müller
      Pages 107-120

    5. The Measurement of Cardiac Reactivity in Clinical Populations

      • A. Perski, K. Orth-Gomér, A. Hamsten, M. Roll, U. de Faire, T. Theorell et al.
      Pages 121-126

    6. The Effects of Antihypertensive Medication and its Withdrawal on Psychophysiological Examinations

      • Heinz Rüddel
      Pages 127-130

    7. Methodology of Studying the Catecholamine Response to Stress

      • Marcia M. Ward, Ivan N. Mefford
      Pages 131-143

    8. Phasic Heart Rate and Vagal Reactivity: Methods and Interpretations

      • Riek Somsen
      Pages 144-158

    9. Measurement and Analysis of Fluctuations in Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

      • Otto Rompelman
      Pages 159-168

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 169-170
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, GB-London, UK

    Andrew Steptoe

  • Innere Medizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Bonn 1, Germany

    Heinz Rüddel, Hermann Neus

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical and Methodological Issues in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

  • Editors: Andrew Steptoe, Heinz Rüddel, Hermann Neus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70655-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70657-8Published: 20 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70655-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 170

  • Topics: Cardiology, Psychotherapy, Neurosciences

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