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Stress

Evolutionary, Biosocial and Clinical Perspectives

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Alan H. Bittles

    1. Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

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  2. Peter A. Parsons

    1. Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies in Biology, Economy and Society (SBES)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Long-term Responses to Physical Stress: Evidence from the Fossil Record

    • Peter R. Sheldon
    Pages 1-23

  3. Environmental Stress and Evolutionary Adaptation

    • R. J. Berry
    Pages 24-40

  4. From Energy Budgets to Adaptive Limits under Stress: Sexual Ornaments, Senescence, and Outlier Human Populations

    • Peter A. Parsons
    Pages 41-60

  5. Population Differences in Blood Pressure Genes

    • Nicholas D. Carter
    Pages 61-69

  6. Sub-threshold Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption on Craniodental Development

    • Jules A. Kieser
    Pages 70-80

  7. The Assessment of Stress in Traditional Societies

    • Lincoln H. Schmitt
    Pages 81-99

  8. Stress, Gender and Leadership

    • Marianne Frankenhaeuser
    Pages 100-112

  9. Stress, Work and Health: The Role of Individual Differences

    • Katharine R. Parkes
    Pages 113-151

  10. Stress in Hospital Patients

    • Jenifer Wilson-Barnett
    Pages 152-158

  11. Cardiovascular Disease and Stress: from Aetiology to Intervention

    • Andrew Steptoe
    Pages 159-173

  12. Psychosocial Stress and Cancer

    • Hans J. Eysenck
    Pages 174-191

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 193-203
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The collected papers in this volume cover the effects of environmental stress under a biological and energetic model. Examples are taken from fossil and living animal populations, and from outlier human populations and traditional societies. These examples indicate that stress increases energy demands and so reduces reproductive fitness. A wide range of stressful situations also are analyzed under the less stringent conditions experienced by modern human populations, when cultural factors assume importance. These emphasize the interaction between genetic, physiological, psychological and social factors in everyday life and in clinical settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

    Alan H. Bittles

  • Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

    Peter A. Parsons

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