Stress and the Risk of Psychobiological Disorder in College Women
This book describes three programs of research concerned with the risk of differing psychobiological disorders in college women — anorexia nervosa, menstrual dysfunction, and Type A vulnerability to cardiovascular problems. The research was based on a new approach to developmental psychopathology in which risk factors for future disorder were isolated within a relevant normal population. These factors, most directly, hold implications for early detection of a disorder and intervention; less...
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This book describes three programs of research concerned with the risk of differing psychobiological disorders in college women -- anorexia nervosa, menstrual dysfunction, and Type A vulnerability to cardiovascular problems. The research was based on a new approach to developmental psychopathology in which risk factors for future disorder were isolated within a relevant normal population. Booknews Draws upon studies completed by Heilbrun (psychology, Emory U.) over a six-year span. The ten chapters address issues such as stress and disorder in competitive Western societies, methodology issues, and risk factors in anorexic, menstrual, cardiovascular, and psychobiological disorders. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefaceCh. 1Stress and Disorder in Competitive Western Societies1Ch. 2Methodology Issues in Studying Stress and the Risk of Disordered Behavior15Ch. 3The Anorectic Eating Disorder and Background Factors Governing Risk29Ch. 4Stress and the Risk of Anorectic Disorder: Studies of Individual Risk Factors65Ch. 5Stress and the Risk of Anorectic Disorder: Studies of Risk Patterns97Ch. 6Stress and the Risk of Menstrual Disorder127Ch. 7Stress and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disorders Through a Type A Personality161Ch. 8Type A Behavior, Stress and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disorders: Specific Risk Factors Related to Arousal173Ch. 9Type A Behavior, Stress and Risk of Cardiovascular Disorders: Specific Risk Factors Related to Augmentation and Maintenance205Ch. 10Stress and Female Risk of Psychobiological Disorder253References293Author Index307Subject Index311
\ BooknewsDraws upon studies completed by Heilbrun psychology, Emory U. over a six-year span. The ten chapters address issues such as stress and disorder in competitive Western societies, methodology issues, and risk factors in anorexic, menstrual, cardiovascular, and psychobiological disorders. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
