Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 3-19
Conceptualization and Methods in Social Support Theory and Research as Related to Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 21-39
Assessment of Social Support....Pages 41-63
Measures of Health Outcome in Social Support Research....Pages 65-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
International Epidemiological Evidence for a Relationship between Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 97-117
A Critical Evaluation of U.S. Epidemiological Evidence and Ethnic Variation....Pages 119-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Social Support in the Work Environment and Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 145-166
Cross-Cultural Differences and Social Influences in Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Social Support and Coronary Heart Disease Underlying Psychological and Biological Mechanisms....Pages 195-221
Social Influences on the Development of Cardiovascular Risk during Childhood and Adolescence....Pages 223-257
The Role of Social Support in the Modification of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 259-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Social Support and the Progression and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 281-299
Social Support and Adjustment to Myocardial Infarction, Angioplasty, and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 301-332
Cardiac Rehabilitation The Role of Social Support in Recovery and Compliance....Pages 333-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-360