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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Anthony, E. James,; Baum, Andrew,; Belle, Deborah,; Cohen Silver, Roxane,; Cohen, Frances,; Cousins, Norman,; Cox, Richard H.,; Davidson, Laura M.,; Dubos, Rene,; Feldman, S. Shirley,; Folkman, Susan,; Ford, Martin E.,; Kanner, Allen D.,; Kobasa, Suzanne C.,; Lazarus, Richard S.,; Locke, Edwin A.,; Lutz, Robert,; Maddi, Salvatore R.,; Mechanic, David,; Pearlin, Leonard I.,; Peele, Stanton,; Pelletier, Kenneth R.,; Roskies, Ethel,; Schlarb, Janet,; Schulz, Richard,; Selye, Hans,; Singer, Jerome E.,; Taylor, M. Susan,; Taylor, Shelley E.,; Weinberger, Daniel A.,; Weitz, Rose,; Wortman, Camille Β.,; Wright, Logan,
• HerausgeberIn: Lazarus, Richard S.,; Monat, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1991]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (598 p.)

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

Table of 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 -- I. Stress and Some of Its Effects -- 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 -- II. Stress and the Environment -- Introduction -- 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 -- III. The Concept of Coping -- Introduction -- 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 -- IV. Coping with the Stress of Living and Dying -- Introduction -- 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 -- V. Stress Management -- Introduction -- 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