Thomas W. Kamarck
University of Pittsburgh
131 Papers
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Thomas W. Kamarck is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Ambulatory blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 115 publications. Previous affiliations of Thomas W. Kamarck include University of Oregon & Carnegie Mellon University.
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Papers
A global measure of perceived stress.
TL;DR: The Perceived Stress Scale showed adequate reliability and, as predicted, was correlated with life-event scores, depressive and physical symptomatology, utilization of health services, social anxiety, and smoking-reduction maintenance and was a better predictor of the outcome in question than were life- event scores.
Measuring the Functional Components of Social Support
Sheldon Cohen,Robin J. Mermelstein,Thomas W. Kamarck,Harry M. Hoberman +3 more
- 01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: The role of social support in protecting people from the pathogenic effects of stress has been investigated in the literature as mentioned in this paper, however, it is difficult to compare studies and to determine why support operates as a stress buffer in some cases, but not in others.
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Relationships Between the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Clinical/Polysomnographic Measures in a Community Sample
Daniel J. Buysse,M Hall,Patrick J. Strollo,Thomas W. Kamarck,Jane F. Owens,Laisze Lee,Steven E. Reis,Karen A. Matthews,Karen A. Matthews +8 more
TL;DR: The PSQI is more closely related to psychological symptom ratings and sleep diary measures than the ESS, and these instruments are not likely to be useful as screening measures for polysomnographic sleep abnormalities.
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Cardiovascular reactivity and development of preclinical and clinical disease states
Frank A. Treiber,Thomas W. Kamarck,Neil Schneiderman,David Sheffield,Gaston Kapuku,Teletia R. Taylor +5 more
TL;DR: There is reasonable evidence to suggest that cardiovascular reactivity can predict the development of some preclinical states and perhaps even new clinical events in some patients with essential hypertension or coronary heart disease.
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Social support reduces cardiovascular reactivity to psychological challenge: a laboratory model.
TL;DR: Interpersonal support may reduce cardiovascular responsivity to stress, an effect with possible implications for understanding the association between social relationships and cardiovascular risk.
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