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9780335204052

Managing Stress

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335204052

  • ISBN10:

    0335204058

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Summary

Universities and colleges (and their staff) have undergone dramatic and stressful change over the past few years. Managing Stress identifies the nature of stress for individuals, and what causes it in further and higher education. It helps staff in academic institutions to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress, and highlights the potential health problems if the stress is not managed. It provides its readers with a selection of stress reduction and stress management techniques that can help them reassess their lifestyles, and take the necessary steps to lead healthier lives.Ann Edworthy has written an accessible and practical guide to stress, its causes and symptoms, and how best to alleviate it. It is an important resource for all staff in universities and colleges.

Author Biography

Ann Edworthy is a principal lecturer at Swansea Institute of Higher Education.

Table of Contents

Series editors' introduction vii
Acknowledgements x
Setting the scene
1(11)
What is stress?
1(2)
Approaches to stress
3(4)
Good stress versus bad stress
7(3)
Stress, the individual and work
10(2)
Manifestations of stress
12(11)
Stages of stress
12(3)
Signs of stress at work
15(2)
Personality types and stress
17(6)
General sources of stress
23(12)
Sources of stress
24(11)
Sources of stress in further and higher education
35(13)
Stress in higher education
41(4)
Stress in further education
45(3)
Stress and health
48(12)
Physiological illnesses
51(5)
Psychological illnesses
56(4)
Stress management
60(22)
Keeping a stress diary
64(1)
Becoming change-skilled
64(1)
Adopting a healthy lifestyle
65(3)
Adopting the right attitude
68(1)
Thought awareness
69(1)
Imagery (autogenic therapy)
70(1)
Learning to relax
71(2)
Correct breathing
73(2)
Value and goal planning
75(3)
Time management
78(2)
Some general advice
80(1)
The individual's ten commandments for effective stress management
81(1)
Organizations and stress management
82(10)
Recognize the signs
84(1)
Approaches to the problem
85(4)
The college's ten commandments for effective stress management
89(3)
Bibliography 92(6)
Index 98

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