Table of Contents

Foreword; Part I. General Principles: 1. Conducting a field study of stress: general principles Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; Part II. Measuring Stress Responses: 2. Cultural fimensions of the dtress process: measurement issues in fieldwork William Dressler; 3. Measuring the emotional and behavioral response to stressors Gillian H. Ice; 4. Measuring hormonal variation in the sympathetic adrenal medullary system: catecholamines Daniel Brown; 5. Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA): cortisol Tessa Pollard and Gillian H. Ice; 6. Measuring physiological changes in the cardiovascular system: ambulatory blood pressure Gary D James; 7. Measuring immunological markers Thomas W. McDade; Part III. Practical Issues in Studying Stress: 8. Special populations Sharon R. Williams; 9. Study design and data analysis Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; 10. Ethics in human subjects research Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice; 11. Epilogue: summary and future directions Gary D. James and Gillian H. Ice.

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Originally published in 2006, this book provides in-depth guidelines for designing a field project on stress.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: '... this practical state-of-the-art guide is recommendable for all those, who are involved in non-invasive methods for measuring the biological responses to stress in field settings.' Anthropologischer Anzeiger
"A textbook that will aid students and professionals in designing field studies of stress...The book's contributors all consider stress a dynamic process." Rachel Coker, INSIDE BU
"The scope of Measuring Stress in Humans: A Practical Guide for the Field is impressive. Editors Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James have put together a comprehensive intellectual blend of works that discuss stress theoretically and practically in nonlaboratory (field) settings. For beginner stress researchers, this practical guide can be used to understand the many different ways that stress can be measured, gather relevant references to support areas of inquiry, access resource lists, and incorporate recommended guidelines for overall study design. For experienced stress researchers, this practical guide could be used to understand the latest research trends, uncover missing research gaps, identify alternative research methodologies to test research hypotheses, and to recognize new and advanced techniques for data analysis. Thomas J. Mernar, University of Southern California American Journal of Human Biology