Stress and coping across development

281 Pages·2009·5.531 MB·English

by  Field, Tiffany M., McCabe, Philip M., Schneiderman, Neil

STRESS
AND COPING
DEVELOPMENT
Edited by
Tiffany M. Field
Philip M. McCabe
Neil Schneiderman
STRESS AND COPING
ACROSS
DEVELOPMENT
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STRESS AND COPING
ACROSS
DEVELOPMENT
Edited by
Tiffany M. Field
Philip M. McCabe
Neil Schneiderman
University of Miami Medical School
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New York London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stress and coping across development.
Based on the annual University of Miami Symposia on Stress and Coping, held Feb. 20-21, 1984.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
1. Stress (Psychology)—Congresses. 2. Adjustment (Psychology)—Congresses. 3. Devel­
opmental psychology—Congresses. 4. Medicine and psychology—Congresses. I. Field,
Tiffany. II. McCabe, Philip M. III. Schneiderman, Neil. IV. University of Miami Sym­
posia on Stress and Coping (2nd: 1984) [DNLM: I. Adaptation, Psychological-congresses.
2. Human Development—congresses. 3. Stress, Psychological—congresses. WM 172 S9127
1984J
BF575.S75S765 1987 155.9 87-24526
ISBN 0-89859-960-1
Publisher’s Note
The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint
but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent.
Contents
Preface ix
PART I: INFANCY
1. Maternal Deprivation and Supplemental Stimulation 3
Saul M. Schanberg and Tiffany M. Field
Maternal Separation Stress, Tactile
Stimulation, and Growth in Rat Pups 4
Effects of Supplemental Stimulation
on Premature Neonates 11
Weight Gain and Responsivity to Stimulation
in Nonorganic Failure-to-Thrive Infants 17
Discussion 19
References 21
2. Patterns of Infant Feeding, the Mother-Infant Interaction
and Stress Management 27
C. Sue Carter
Nutrition, Immunities and Breast Feeding 28
The Biology of Lactation 30
Nursing Patterns, Milk Production and the
Mother-Infant Reaction 33
Nocturnal Nursing and Sleeping Through the Night 34
Behavioral Consequences of Breastfeeding 36
The Consequences of Breast Versus Bottle-Feeding 40
Speculations Regarding the Role of On-Demand
Nursing in Stress Management 42
Conclusions 43
References 44
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CONTENTS
The Mutual Regulation Model: The Infant’s Self and
Interactive Regulation and Coping and
Defensive Capacities
A. Gianino and E. Tronick
Coping with Interactive Stress in Infancy 47
The Mutual Regulation Model 48
Infant Coping in Response to the Still-Face,
Simulated Depression, Clinical Depression,
and the Strange Situation 53
The Interconnections Among Self and Mutual
Regulation, Object Exploration, Coping,
and Defense 60
References 65
PART II: CHILDHOOD
Antecendents of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern
Barbara S. McCann and Karen A. Matthews
Major Research Assumptions 72
Assessment of Type A Behavior in Children
and Adolescents 74
Psychophysiological Characteristics of
Type A Children 78
Familial Factors in Type A Behavior 80
Current Research 85
References 85
Type A Behavior In Preschool Children
Nitza Vega-Lahr, Tiffany Field, Sheri Goldstein,
and Deborah Carran
Method 95
Results 98
Discussion 102
Future Directions 105
References 106
CONTENTS VÜ
6. Coping Behaviors in Children Facing Medical Stress 109
Barbara G. Melamed, Lawrence J. Siegel, and
Robyn Ridley-Johnson
Introduction 109
Response to Medical Stressors: A Prototype
for Anxiety Management 109
Illness and Medical Concerns 112
Theories of the Development of Fear 113
Parenting Behaviors in Stressful Medical Settings 116
Factors Which Mediate the Impact of Medical
Experiences 117
New Approaches to Studying Children’s Fears 123
Summary and Conclusions 132
References 132
7. Children with Diabetes and their Families: Coping
and Disease Management 139
Annette M. La Greca
Overview of Diabetes 139
Psychosocial Aspects of Treatment Adherence
and Glycemic Control 142
Individual Differences in Physiological Functioning
and Disease Pathogenesis 154
Conclusions 155
References 156
PART III: ADULTHOOD
8. Delay Behavior Among Women with Breast Symptoms 163
Elizabeth M. Singer
Introduction 163
Incidence of Breast Cancer 164
The Importance of Early Detection 164
Delay Behavior 165
Socio-Demographic and Historical Variables 167
Procedure 171
Sample Characteristics 173
Results 173
Summary 183
References 185
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9. Behavioral Influences on Immune Function: Evidence for
the Interplay between Stress and Health 189
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser and Ronald Glaser
Background Information: Immune System 189
Life Events, Distress, and Immune Function 190
Psychosocial Influences on Herpesvirus Latency 193
Relaxation and Hypnosis 795
Depression and Immune Function 197
Carcinogenesis 198
Distress, Morbidity, and Mortality 200
The Future of Psychoneuroimmunology Research 202
References 203
10. Is There Life After Type A: Recent Developments in
Research on Coronary-Prone Behavior 207
Redford B. Williams, Jr., M.D.
References 212
11. The Effect of Depression on Cardiovascular Reactivity 215
Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.
Introduction 215
Behavioral Reactivity 215
Depressive Syndromes 218
Physiological Alterations of Depression 221
Conclusion 223
References 224
12. Preventing Relapse Following Treatment for Depression:
The Cognitive Pharmacotherapy Project 227
Steven D. Hollon, Mark D. Evans, and Robert J. DeRubeis
Nature of Depression 227
Interventions for Depression 228
Implications of Differential Prophylaxis 232
Three Models of Change in Cognitive Therapy for
Depression 234
Summary 238
References 239
Author Index 245
Subject Index 261
Preface
This is the second volume based on the annual University of Miami Symposia on
Stress and Coping. These symposia are focused on current research related to
developmental, physical, and mental health aspects of stress and coping. The
first volume, Stress and Coping, provided a general discussion of the concept of
stress, an overview of psychophysiological processes involved in stress and
coping, and research relating behavioral stresses to the immune response, sleep
disorders, depression, and cardiovascular disease. In addition, the volume cov­
ered psychosocial aspects of stress and coping involving anger, type A behavior,
depression, hardiness and self-consciousness.
The present volume is focused on some representative stresses and coping
mechanisms that occur during different stages of development including infancy,
childhood, and adulthood. Accordingly, the volume is divided into three sections
for those three stages. The first section on infancy includes chapters on maternal
deprivation stress, infant feeding, and mother-infant social interactions and how
the infant is stressed by these as well as the coping mechanisms available to the
young infant. In the opening chapter by Doctors Schanberg and Field, animal
literature is first reviewed illustrating that maternal deprivation contributes to
marked behavioral and physiological “stress” responses in the offspring ranging
from transient changes in body temperature, heart rate, and locomotor activity
following short periods of separation to marked growth retardation, developmen­
tal delays, and immune dysfunction following more long-term separations. The
authors then present data demonstrating that restriction of active tactile stimula­
tion by the mother during maternal separation produces at least three different
alterations in biochemical processes involved in the growth and development of
rat pups. These included a decrease in ornithine decarboxylase activity, a fall in
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