Stress: A Brief History

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.

Acknowledgements
From Early Beginnings to the 20th Century
Introduction
HookeÆs Law and the Engineering Analogy
The 18th Century and Beyond
Summary of Themes from the 18th and 19th Century
The 20th Century û The Early Years
The Emergence of the School of Functionalism
Fatigue and Mental Hygiene
Psychosomatic Medicine and the contribution of Walter Cannon
Hans Selye
The Concept of Non-Specificity
General Adaptation Syndrome
Eustress, Distress, Overstress and Hyperstress
Physiological Aspects of Stress
The Work of Harold Wolff
The Protective Reaction
Summary of the First half of the 20th Century
From the 1950s to Richard Lazarus
Stress in the 1950s and 1960s
Stressful Life Events
The Social Readjustment Scale
Daily Hassles and Uplifts and the Debate that Followed
The Debate: Critical Life Events Versus Hassles and Uplifts
Personality and Type A Behavior Patterns
Towards the Study of Individual Differences
A Return to the 1950s and 1960s and a change in Focus
The History of Stress in Sweden
The Origins of Organizational Psychology
The Rise of Ergonomics/Human Factors
Summary
The Work of Richard Lazarus
Introduction
The Beginnings
The Berkeley Stress and Coping Project
A Historical Look at Appraisal
The Nature of Appraisals and the debate that Followed
Lazarus and the process of Coping
Ways of Coping Questionnaire
Lazarus and Emotions
Summary
Work Stress and Occupational Health Psychology
Introduction
Work Stress
Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity and the Search for Causes of Work Stress
Beyond Role Conflict, Ambiguity and Overload
Early Research Frameworks and Identifying Strains
Toward an Integrated Model of Work Stress
Work Stress and Coping
From Coping to the Self Help Years to Stress Management
Occupational Health Psychology
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Summary
What Do We Mean by Stress: From the Past to the Future
Introduction
From the Past to the Future
What does History add to Our Understanding of Stress?
Searching for the Organizing Concept of the future
Distinguishing Between Description and Meaning
Why Stress? Fulfilling Our moral Responsibility
References
Index
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