[PDF][PDF] The role of psychobiological pathways in socio-economic inequalities in cardiovascular disease risk

A Steptoe, M Marmot - European heart journal, 2002 - scholar.archive.org
Socio-economic inequalities in mortality and morbidity occur in most countries in the modern
world, and are of major concern to public health authorities [1, 2]. Research on socio …

Diaries in clinical psychology and psychotherapy: A selective review

C Thiele, AR Laireiter… - Clinical Psychology & …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The present paper gives a review of diary methods in clinical psychology and
psychotherapy. After a brief discussion of the history and the development of the diary …

Work stress, socioeconomic status and neuroendocrine activation over the working day

SR Kunz-Ebrecht, C Kirschbaum, A Steptoe - Social science & medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Socioeconomic status (SES) differences in cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk may
be mediated in part by differential activation of neuroendocrine pathways. We have …

Understanding occupational & organizational psychology

L Millward - 2005 - torrossa.com
This book has evolved in response to my MSc students' pleas over the last 10 years for an
all-encompassing text, addressing the syllabus requirements for the Level 1 Knowledge …

The influence of low job control on ambulatory blood pressure and perceived stress over the working day in men and women from the Whitehall II cohort

A Steptoe, G Willemsen - Journal of hypertension, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective Work stress contributes to risk of coronary heart disease and hypertension. This
study tested the influence of job control on ambulatory blood pressure, and ratings of …

The social comfort of wearable technology and gestural interaction

LE Dunne, H Profita, C Zeagler… - 2014 36th annual …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The “wearability” of wearable technology addresses the factors that affect the degree of
comfort the wearer experiences while wearing a device, including physical, psychological …

Changes in financial strain over three years, ambulatory blood pressure, and cortisol responses to awakening

A Steptoe, L Brydon, S Kunz-Ebrecht - Psychosomatic medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Chronic psychosocial stress has been associated cross-sectionally with
ambulatory blood pressure and with salivary cortisol, but there have been few longitudinal …

Stress, social support and cardiovascular activity over the working day

A Steptoe - International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2000 - Elsevier
The influence of stress on ambulatory blood pressure monitored over the working day, and
the potential buffering effect of social support, was assessed in 104 school teachers (37 men …

Social support at work, heart rate, and cortisol: a self-monitoring study.

O Evans, A Steptoe - Journal of occupational health psychology, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
This study assessed the influence of work social support on self-monitored heart rate, blood
pressure, and salivary cortisol recorded on 3 work days and 2 leisure days from 61 nurses …

Responses of the autonomic nervous system during periods of perceived high and low work stress in younger and older female teachers

T Ritvanen, V Louhevaara, P Helin, S Väisänen… - Applied Ergonomics, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to examine the response of the autonomic nervous system in
younger (mean age 31yrs, n= 14) and older (mean age 54yrs, n= 14) healthy female …