Stress And Distress In Response To Psychosocial Stimuli: Laboratory And Real-life Studies On Sympatho-adrenomedullary And Related Reactions ... Experimental Psychology, V. 17) (volume 17)

Stress and Distress in Response to Psychosocial Stimuli is a book based on a study spanning over four years about the different psychosocial stimuli and the body's different reactions towards them, especially stress and disease. The book includes a short introduction to psychosocial stimuli and its physiological mechanisms, psychophysiological reactions; psychosomatic research; and psychosocially mediated disease and its hypotheses. Also covered are the study's methodological considerations; sympathoadrenomedullary responses to pleasant and unpleasant pyschosocial stimuli; sympathoadrenomedullary activity; the effects of work conditions; the emotional reactions during visual stimulation; stressor-induced changes to plasma lipids; and the psychological and physiological reactions and psychomotor performance during prolonged and complex stressor exposure. The text is recommended for psychologists and medical doctors, especially those who wish to study further about psychosocial stimuli and what it can do to the human body. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv FOREWORD , Pages v-vi , HANS SELYE OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY , Page 1 Preface , Pages 9-10 , Lennart Levi 1 - INTRODUCTION: PSYCHOSOCIAL STIMULI, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS, AND DISEASE , Pages 11-27 , Lennart Levi 2 - METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH , Pages 28-54 , Lennart Levi 3 - SYMPATHOADRENOMEDULLARY RESPONSES TO “PLEASANT” AND “UNPLEASANT” PSYCHOSOCIAL STIMULI , Pages 55-73 , Lennart Levi 4 - SYMPATHOADRENOMEDULLARY ACTIVITY, DIURESIS AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS DURING VISUAL SEXUAL STIMULATION IN FEMALES AND MALES , Pages 74-90 , Lennart Levi 5 - STRESSOR-INDUCED CHANGES IN PLASMA LIPIDS AND URINARY EXCRETION OF CATECHOLAMINES, AND THEIR MODIFICATION BY NICOTINIC ACID , Pages 91-105 , Lars A. Carlson, Lennart Levi, Lars Orö 6 - CONDITIONS OF WORK AND SYMPATHOADRENOMEDULLARY ACTIVITY: EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS IN A REAL LIFE SETTING , Pages 106-118 , Lennart Levi 7 - PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO AND PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE DURING PROLONGED AND COMPLEX STRESSOR EXPOSURE , Pages 119-142 , Lennart Levi 8 - GENERAL DISCUSSION , Pages 143-149 , Lennart Levi 9 - SUMMARIES , Pages 150-160 , Lennart Levi 10 - INDEX , Pages 161-166