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The Ecological Validity of Laboratory Stress Testing

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Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences ((PIDF))

Abstract

Hyperreactivity of the cardiovascular system has been implicated as a risk factor for the future development of hypertension and coronary heart disease. At the present time, this assertion has the status of a plausible hypothesis; confirmation, or otherwise, rests with the outcome of longitudinal studies, such as those discussed in Chapter 15. Since it will be several years before data from some of these studies are available, where should attention be directed in the interim? One strategy is to focus on the relationship between responses seen in the laboratory and those evidenced in real-life situations.

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  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7175, USA

    J. Rick Turner

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van Doornen, L.J.P., Turner, J.R. (1992). The Ecological Validity of Laboratory Stress Testing. In: Turner, J.R., Sherwood, A., Light, K.C. (eds) Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0697-7_4

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