Stress and Coping: an Anthology / Richard S. Lazarus, Alan Monat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lazarus, Richard S., Editor.

Monat, Alan, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (598 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Evaluated are stress causes and its effects, both physical and emotional. Also studied are coping and stress management techniques.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction: Stress and Coping – Some Current Issues and Controversies

Introduction

1. History and Present Status of the Stress Concept

2. Specificity and Stress Research

3. Anatomy of an Illness (As Perceived by the Patient)

4. Health Psychology: The Science and the Field

5. The Living World

6. Toxins, Technology, and Natural Disasters

7. Stress, Coping, and the Meaning of Work

8. Uplifts, Hassles, and Adaptational Outcomes in Early Adolescents

9. The Concept of Coping

10. Coping and Emotion

11. Measurement of Coping

12. The Development of Hardiness

13. Gender Differences in the Social Moderators of Stress

14. The Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Artery Disease: Quest for the Active Ingredients and the Elusive Mechanism

15. The Response to Overwhelming Stress in Children: Some Introductory Comments

16. Life Strains and Psychological Distress Among Adults

17. Some Modes of Adaptation: Defense

18. Uncertainty and the Lives of Persons with AIDS

19. Two Decades of Research on Dying: What Do We Know About the Patient?

20. The Myths of Coping with Loss

21. Stress Management: A New Approach to Treatment

22. Intervention Strategies

23. Out of the Habit Trap

24. Healthy People – Healthy Business: A Critical Review of Stress Management Programs in the Workplace

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

0-231-89143-1

OCLC:

1100456731