Of. Alekseyeva et al., A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF ADAPTATION TO DIFF ERENT KINDS OF STRESSORS INNORMALS AND IN ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE PATIENTS, Psihologiceskij zurnal, 14(6), 1993, pp. 78-85
A conception of psychosomatic diseases emergency is proposed, heart-va
scular pathology is taken as an example. Psychological mechanisms of t
he emergency of a chronic emotional tension and depression are conside
red as a mismatch between personal characteristics and the kind of soc
ial stressor. The kind of stressor is constituted to be taken into acc
ount for correction of a person's behavior of type A or B which are th
e prognostic factors of ischemic heart disease.