BACKGROUND. Interest in the health and behavioral effects of economic insecurity appears
to vary with the performance of the economy. The current recession in the United States and …

Reviews the literature on health psychology, using an approach that emphasizes process
models and interactions among variables. The following variables appear to correlate most …

Background Exposure to green vegetation has been linked to positive health, but the
pathophysiological processes affected by exposure to vegetation remain unclear. To study …

Relative mortality in the period 1970-80 was studied among Danish men and women who
were unemployed and employed on the day of the 1970 census. The study population …

This study seeks to measure religiosity in an Islamic context and to assess its effects on the
personal well-being of Muslims. The determinants of religiosity included under this research …

We prospectively followed a cohort of 354 blue-collar men and women, some of whom lost
their jobs. Results show marked effects during the anticipatory and early unemployement …

Immunologic effects of unemployment were prospectively studied in women over a period of
8 months. Subjects were classified into three groups depending on their employment history …

There is growing popularity among researchers, human-resource managers, and policy
makers concerning the efficacy of coping strategies on employee well-being and work-family …

Economic and psychological theories relating tojob search behavior by the unemployed are
considered. There exists a noticeable contrast between the economicapproach which is …

In this chapter, we review empirical research evidence on the relationship between stressors
and catecholamines (ie, adrenaline and noradrenaline) and cortisol. With respect to acute …