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

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• 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