Stress : a brief history / Cary L. Cooper and Philip Dewe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Cary L.

Contributor:

Dewe, Philip.

Series:

Blackwell brief histories of psychology ; 1.

Blackwell brief histories of psychology ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Psychology)--Research--Methodology--History.

Stress (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wiley 2008

Summary:

Stress: A Brief History is a lively, accessible, and detailed examination of the origins of the field of stress research. • First concise, accessible, academically grounded book on the origins of the concept of stress. • Explores different theories and models of stress such as the psychosomatic approach, homeostasis, and general adaptation syndrome. • Discusses the work and intriguing contributions of key researchers in the field such as Walter Cannon, Hans Selye, Harold Wolff, and Richard Lazarus. • Explains the origins of key concepts in stress such as stressful life events, the coronary-prone personality, and appraisals and coping. • Culminates in a discussion of what makes a good theory and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.

Contents:

From early beginnings to the 20th century

The 20th century

From the 1950s to Richard Lazarus

The work of Richard Lazarus

Work stress and occupational health psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [120]-136) and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Cooper, Cary Stress

ISBN:

9780470777725

OCLC:

437218714