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Coronary-Prone Behavior

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  1. Theodore M. Dembroski

    1. Behavioral Science Department, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, USA

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  2. Stephen M. Weiss

    1. Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  3. Jim L. Shields

    1. Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  4. Suzanne G. Haynes

    1. Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  5. Manning Feinleib

    1. Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  5. Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. The Influence of Culture on Coronary-Prone Behavior

      • Judith Blackfield Cohen
      Pages 191-198
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About this book

Almost two decades ago, Drs. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman de­ veloped the concept of the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and pioneered research in the area. Since then, much effort has been devoted to investigating both medical and psychosocial implications of this phenomenon by an impressive array of biomedical and behavioral scientists. On the basis of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) recent Congressional mandate concerning disease prevention and control, the Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases undertook an intensive review of the existing literature in this area. The review underscored that the very nature of the concept of coronary-prone behavior requires examination by researchers from a variety of disciplines. Publication of findings in both the medical and behavioral literature, however, has created difficulties in gaining a truly com­ prehensive understanding of the total effort in this area. It became obvious that there was no coherent integration of information regarding the strength of the association between behaviors and disease processes (or outcomes), how be­ havioral factors associated with coronary heart disease were measured, the possible physiological mechanisms mediating the relationship between be­ havior and disease, whether intervention could be effective, and what forms of intervention appeared most promising. In short, a clear need existed to or­ ganize this information in a more coherent fashion so that it could be subjected to critical review by members of both the medical and behavioral scientific communities.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Behavioral Science Department, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, USA

    Theodore M. Dembroski

  • Behavioral Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Stephen M. Weiss

  • Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Jim L. Shields

  • Epidemiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Suzanne G. Haynes, Manning Feinleib

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coronary-Prone Behavior

  • Editors: Theodore M. Dembroski, Stephen M. Weiss, Jim L. Shields, Suzanne G. Haynes, Manning Feinleib

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86007-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-86009-6Published: 15 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-86007-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 244

  • Topics: Psychology, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Engineering, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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