Psychology of stress / Kimberly V. Oxington, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oxington, Kimberly V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stress is a physical response to an undesirable situation. Mild stress can result from missing the bus, standing in a long line at the store or getting a parking ticket. Stress can also be severe. Divorce, family problems, an assault, or the death of a loved one, for example, can be devastating. One of the most common sources of both mild and severe stress is work. Stress can be short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic). Acute stress is a reaction to an immediate threat, either real or perceived. Chronic stress involves situations that aren't short-lived, such as relationship problems, workplace pressures, and financial or health worries. Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. As Hans Selye (who coined the term as it is currently used) noted, "Without stress, there would be no life". However, just as distress can cause disease, it seems plausible that there are good stresses that promote wellness. Stress is not always necessarily harmful. Winning a race or an election can be just as stressful as losing, or more so, but may trigger very different biological responses. Increased stress results in increased productivity up to a point. This new book deals with the dazzling complexity of this good-bad phenomenon and presents up-to-date research from throughout the world.

Contents:

Gender and subjective well-being in the United States : from subjective well-being to complete mental health / Corey L.M. Keyes

An effective trial to increase psychological well-being and reduce stress among African American blue collar working women / Linda Napholz

Stress management interventions for medical populations / Wendy G. Lichtenthal ... [et al.]

Physical health outcomes of psychologic stress by parental bereavement : a national perspective in Denmark / Jiong Li and Jorn Olsen

Stress among students in developing countries : an overview / Shashidhar Acharya

Chronic versus acute stress situations : a comparison of moderating factors / Shifra Sagy

A comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models / Aleck S. Ostry ... [et al.]

Stress and somatization : a sociocultural perspective / Rachel A. Askev and Corey L.M. Keyes

Children and adolescents' psychopathology after trauma : new preventive psychotherapeutic strategies / Ernesto Caffo and Carlotta Belaise

Caregiving distress and psychological health of caregivers / Martin Pinquart and Silvia Sörensen

Experiences of pain, distress, and quality of care in relation to different perspectives / MarieLouise Hall-Lord and Bodil Wilde Larsson.

Notes:

"Nova biomedical"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61470-710-3

OCLC:

923668217