Stress Management : From Basic Science to Better Practice

by Wolfgang Linden

• ISBN13: 9780761929468
• ISBN10: 0761929460
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-05
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Stress Management: From Basic Science to Better Practice examines documented pathways between stress and health and develops the scientific foundations for sound interventions. The book begins with a broad review of the term ' stress' and its importance for health. The text then provides a critical examination of the elements of the stress process, extracts supporting research for a rationale of stress management and describes various stress management techniques and their effectiveness.

Table of Contents

Preface

Stress: Definitions and Pathways to Disease

Scientific and popular definitions

How can stress be measured?

A history of models for stress and health

Understanding stress responsivity

"Take-Home Messages" that are pertinent to stress management

Elements of the Stress Process and Implications for Stress Management

A model of the stress process, its major components and moderating variables

Stressors and stressor properties of relevance for stress management

Predispositions

Coping skills: Cognitions and behaviors

Buffers

Physiological stress response: Recovery or exhaustion

Implications of basic stress research for intervention protocols

Descriptions, Rationales, and Outcomes of Stress Management Interventions

Descriptions

Rationales and outcomes

Review of the effects of specific techniques, rationales, and outcomes

Stress management effects for specific populations

Stress management effects on specific endpoints

Summary of the effects of stress management

Now What? A Summary, Reflections, and Recommendations

Major conclusions

Defining stress management and questioning rationales

What about the needed, shared definition for stress management?

Reflections on communication

Effective ingredients and delivery modes for stress management

Action plan

References

About the Author

Author Index

Subject Index

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