TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Psychosocial predictors of sudden death: a review and critique
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Binik, Y. M.
SP  - 667
EP  - 680
VL  - 20
IS  - 7
N2  - Research and selected case studies concerning psychosocial prediction of sudden death are evaluated under three categories: sudden cardiac, sudden infant and sudden traumatic death. The psychosocial predictors reviewed include novelty-pre-exposure, control-helplessness, restraint, Type A behavior, life change, bereavement, denial, social support and contact, voodoo, psychiatric illness, mother infant separation, submission-defeat, housing, handling and environmental enrichment. Four of these predictors, controllability-helplessness, pre-exposure-novelty, depressive affect and physical restraint are repeatedly cited in both human and animal studies and their importance is critically evaluated. <br><br>METHODological and substantive recommendations for future research are made and a discussion of possible mechanisms is presented.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -