Handbook of physiological research methods in health psychology. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Linda J. Luecken, Linda C. Gallo.
• Other Names: Luecken, Linda J; Gallo, Linda C
• Contents: PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE MEASUREMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; 1. Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology: Applications of the Biopsychosocial Model - Linda C. Gallo and Linda J. Luecken; 2. Measuring Physiological Processes in Biopsychosocial Research: Basic Principles Amid Growing Complexity - Timothy W. Smith and Bert N. Uchino; PART II. PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ASSESSMENTS; A. HORMONAL; 3. Measurement of Cortisol - Nancy A. Nicolson; 4. Sympathetic Hormones in Health Psychology Research - Paul J. Mills and Michael G. Ziegler; 5. Assessment of Salivary Alpha-Amylase in Biobehavioral Research - Douglas A. Granger, Katie T. Kivlighan, Mona El-Sheikh, Elana B. Gordis, and Laura R. Stroud; B. CARDIOVASCULAR; 6. The Measurement of Blood Pressure in Cardiovascular Research - William Gerin, Tanya M. Goyal, Elizabeth Mostofsky, and Daichi Shimbo; 7. Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity - Tanya M. Goyal, Daichi Shimbo, Elizabeth Mostofsky, and William Gerin; 8. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring - Denise Janicki-Deverts and Thomas W. Kamarck; 9. Non-invasive Assessment of Autonomic Influences on the Heart: Impedance Cardiography and Heart Rate Variability - Julian F. Thayer, Anita L. Hansen, and Bjorn Helge Johnsen; C. IMMUNE; 10. Laboratory-Based Measures of Immune Parameters and Function - Shamini Jain, Suzi Hong, Laura Redwine, and Paul J. Mills; 11. Immunological Functioning II: Field Measures and Viral Challenge - Aric A. Prather and Anna L. Marsland; PART III. BROAD MARKERS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE RISK; 12. Measuring Adiposity in Health Research - Mary C. Davis; 13. The Measurement of Physical Activity, Physical Fitness, and Physical Function - Jennifer L. Etnier; 14. Metabolic Syndrome - Katri Räikkönen, Eero Kajantie, Anna Rautanen, and Johan G. Eriksson; 15. Lipid, Lipoprotein, and Inflammatory Markers of Atherosclerosis - Catherine M. Stoney; 16. Measurement of Sleep by Polysomnography - Martica Hall, Michele L. Okun, Charles W. Atwood, Daniel J. Buysse, and Patrick J. Strollo, Jr; PART IV. EMERGING TOPICS; 17. Neuroimaging: Overview of Methods and Applications - Lee Ryan and Gene E. Alexander; 18. Electroencephalography and Event-Related Potentials - Daren C. Jackson and Cory A. B. Jackson; 19. Genetic Factors in Psychophysiological Research - Jeanne McCafferey;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (472 pages)
• Subjects: 616.001/9; Clinical health psychology -- Research -- Methodology; Psychophysiology -- methods; Biological Psychiatry; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452261676; 1452261679
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