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CHAPTER 5 Does Stress-Emotion Cause Illness In Elderly People?* H OWARD LEVENTHAL AND LINDA P ATR ICK-MILLER CENTER FOR RES EA RCH ON HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ELAINE A LEVENTHAL ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL EDITH A. BURNS DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE SCHOOL OF MEDI CINE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. MILWAUKEE EMOTION TO DISEASE AND DISEASE TO EMOTION OUf chapter titl e raises three sets of questions. The firs t addresses the role of emotional stress as a factor in the onset and progression of physical illn ess. Question)', in this area focus on the widely held belief that str essful life even ts cause illn ess. A cen lral issue confronting thi s assumption is whether the linkage is direct (i.e., the physiological components of emo tional dislress creati ng disease) , or indirect (i,c .. emotional distress leading 'Prcpar~tion of this chapter was supportcll by grants AG 03501 and AG 12072 from lhe Nationa l Insti tu te on Aging. We wish to thank David Glass. John Cacrioppo. Richard Contrada, and attendees at the P"'"ll State Conference on Ernotion am! Aging for their helpful comrnents on lhe ideas here presented. 13B DOES ST RESS-EMOTION CAUSE ILLN ESS? 139
Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics – Springer Publishing
Published: Jan 1, 1997
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