This meta-analysis reviews 208 laboratory studies of acute psychological stressors and tests
a theoretical model delineating conditions capable of eliciting cortisol responses …

Recent studies provide clear and convincing evidence that psychosocial factors contribute
significantly to the pathogenesis and expression of coronary artery disease (CAD). This …

The primary hormonal mediators of the stress response, glucocorticoids and
catecholamines, have both protective and damaging effects on the body. In the short run …

Objective: Type D personality—a joint tendency toward negative affectivity (NA) and social
inhibition (SI)—is related to poor cardiac prognosis, but there is no standard for assessing …

Observational studies indicate that psychologic factors strongly influence the course of
coronary artery disease (CAD). In this review, we examine new epidemiologic evidence for …

Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, by William R. Lovallo, is a brief
and accessible examination of psychological stress and its psychophysiological …

▪ Abstract Rapidly accruing evidence from a diversity of disciplines supports the hypothesis
that psychosocial factors are related to morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular …

1. Introducción................................................................................................ 1.1. Datos de emoción
y emoción como constructo................................ 1.2. Afectos, estados de ánimo y …

Various psychosocial factors have been implicated in the etiology and pathogenesis of
certain cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, now considered to be the result of …

ContextPsychosocial stress has been associated with incidence of coronary heart disease
(CHD) in men, but the prognostic impact of such stress rarely has been studied in women …