...This chapter evaluates the psychological and social factors that may influence the stress–hypertension relation. The psychological factors include negative affect, suppressed hostility, emotional defensiveness, information-processing deficits, external locus of control, and maladaptive cognitive...

... embroiled in hostile relations that indicate the “dark side of the gift.” Paul can classify the same exchange differently at different times, and, in attempts to activate social responses of friendship or hostility, he can label his own labor a “gift” while labeling the same type of labor performed...

...This chapter focuses on the Children's Bureau under Grace Abbott's tenure as second chief. When Abbott assumed office in August 1921, the bureau and its goals faced intense hostility. The bitter dispute over the proposed membership of the United States in the League of Nations, the Bolshevik...