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This chapter is based on research carried out in the author’s laboratory during the past decades. The central theme is the experimental study of how environmental factors influence human health and behavior. Special attention is given to the health hazards associated with demands on human adaptation to the rapid rate of change in modern society. The approach is multidisciplinary, focusing on the dynamics of stressful person-environment interactions, viewed from social, psychological, and biological perspectives.
The research reported in this chapter has been supported by grants to the author from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Swedish Work Environment Fund, and the Swedish Medical Research Council.
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Frankenhaeuser, M. (1986). A Psychobiological Framework for Research on Human Stress and Coping. In: Appley, M.H., Trumbull, R. (eds) Dynamics of Stress. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5122-1_6
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