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Psychosocial Influences and the Pathogenesis of Arteriosclerosis

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A large body of data on the role of behavioral factors in the etiology and pathogenesis of coronary heart disease (CHD) has accumulated over the past few decades (Jenkins, 1976). Two promising variables have been identified: psychological stress and what has been called the Type-A coronary-prone behavior pattern (Rosenman and Friedman, 1974). Stress may be defined as an internal state of the individual when he is faced with threats to his physical and/or psychic well-being. Following Cox (1978) and Lazarus (1966), the perception of threat is believed to arise from a comparison between the demands on the individual and his assessment of his ability to cope. A perceived imbalance in this mechanism gives rise to the experience of stress and to the stress response, which may be behavioral and/or physiologic in nature.

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    David C. Glass

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  1. The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    J. Alan Herd

  2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Stephen M. Weiss

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Glass, D.C. (1983). Psychosocial Influences and the Pathogenesis of Arteriosclerosis. In: Herd, J.A., Weiss, S.M. (eds) Behavior and Arteriosclerosis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3673-0_5

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