Contents:The Impact of Certain Emotions in Cardiovascular
Disorders
Ray H. Rosenman
Arrhythmias
Sudden Cardiac Death
Hypertension
Anger and Hypertension
Habits
Anxiety and Cardiovascular Disease
Mitral Valve Disease
Type A Behavior Pattern and Ischemic Heart Disease
Hassles, Health, and Happiness
Norman S. Endler
Attitudes Toward Mental Health
Stress, Anxiety, Vulnerability, and Illness
Dynamic Interactionism
Stress, Vulnerability, and Anxiety Research
Hassles
Stress, Biochemical Changes, and Illness
Happiness and Optimism
Conclusions
The Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Heart Disease:
Physiological and Psychological Dimensions
Michel Pierre Janisse and Dennis G. Dyck
Physiological Dimensions of the Type A Behavior Pattern
Psychological Dimensions of the Type A Behavior Pattern
Conclusion ^
Sensation Seeking, Risk Taking, and Health
Marvin Zuckerman
Hypertension
Smoking
Reflections on Personality and Health
The Experience, Expression, and Control of Anger
Charles D. Spielberger, Susan S. Krasner,
AND Eldra p. Solomon
Anger, Hostility, and Aggression: The AHA! Syndrome
The Expression of Anger
Summary and Conclusions
Social Support, Personality, and Health
Irwin G. Sarason
Stress and Illness
Social Support: Environmental and Individual Differences
Perspectives
Social Support and Illness
Methodological and Research Needs
What Is Social Support?
Personality and Stress as Causal Factors in Cancer and
Coronary Heart Disease
Hans J. Evsenck
Tempermcntal Dimensions as Co-Determinants of
Resistance to Stress
Jan Strelau
Sources of Individual Differences in Studying Stress
Personality Dimensions as Sources of Individual Differences
in Stress
Reactivity as a Co-Determinant of Resistance to Stress
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