Measuring stress: A guide for health and social scientists.
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TL;DR
This chapter discusses strategies for measuring stress in studies of psychiatric and physical disorders and the role of stress hormones in the response of the immune system.
Abstract
Part I: Conceptualizing Stress and Its Relation to Disease. 1: Strategies for measuring stress in studies of psychiatric and physical disorders. Part II: Environmental Perspectives. 2: Check-list measurement of stressful life events. 3: Interview measurement of stressful life events. 4: Daily and within-day event measurement. 5: Measurement of chronic stressors. Part III: Psychological Perspectives. 6: Measurement of stress appraisal. 7: Measurement of affective response. Part IV: Biological Perspectives. 8: Measurement of stress hormones. 9: Measurement of cardiovascular response. 10: Measurement of immune response