Scholars@Duke
Paul Stephen Toth

Paul Stephen Toth

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Surgery
Community General Surgery

Selected Publications

Minority populations and psychophysiologic research: Challenges in trust building and recruitment

Journal Article Journal of Mental Health and Aging · January 1, 2000 Minority populations have been historically underrepresented in scientific research. Various factors have been cited to account for this. In this article we focus on overcoming this barrier of distrust of the medical system which can influence the particip ... Cite

The relationship of organizational politics and support to work behaviors, attitudes, and stress

Journal Article Journal of Organizational Behavior · January 1, 1997 The purpose of this paper is to report two studies that investigated the consequences of organizational politics and organizational support on two separate samples of employees. Study 1 surveys 69 full-time employees, while Study 2's sample includes 185 pa ... Full text Cite

Effects of racist provocation and social support on cardiovascular reactivity in African American women.

Journal Article Int J Behav Med · 1995 It has been speculated that exposure to the chronic stress of racism contributes to the high rates of hypertension among African Americans. Social support may buffer the effects of stress on cardiovascular (CV) health by attenuating stress-induced CV respo ... Full text Link to item Cite