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

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any
other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies …

Welcome to Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Seventh Edition). This
textbook provides an in-depth introduction to the growing field of health psychology. It is …

Various authors have noted that interethnic group and intraethnic group racism are
significant stressors for many African Americans. As such, intergroup and intragroup racism …

Objective: Negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, and depression, have emerged as
potentially important risk factors for coronary heart disease. The purpose of this article is to …

This study examined the relationships between positive emotions and health. Two positive
emotions were considered, hope and curiosity, in conjunction with 3 physician-diagnosed …

The fact that traditional risk factors only account for approximately two thirds of cases of
coronary artery disease (CAD) has stimulated increasing interest in the relationship between …

This article provides an overview of the evidence on the ways racism can affect the
disproportionate rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African Americans. It describes …

Objective: The objectives of this study were to test the hypothesis that high job demands and
low job control (job strain) are associated with elevated free cortisol levels early in the …

Objective: Cardiovascular recovery of prestress baseline blood pressure has been
implicated as a possible additional determinant of sustained blood pressure elevation. We …