Stress management : from basic science to better practice
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Stress management : from basic science to better practice
Sage Publications, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-194) and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Praise for Stress Management
"The author is correct in saying that the stress management field is a 'soft' one, lacking a strong theoretical foundation, and therefore lacking good studies of efficacy and long term outcome. Certainly any publication that would improve on this situation is to be welcomed. . . . Strengths are the systematic approach to the topic. The attempt to ground scientifically the issue of stress management will appeal greatly to the more discerning student of clinical psychology and applied health psychology. It will provide a sufficiently academic approach to the topic that it will find acceptance in courses on the topic."
-William R. Lovallo, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center & Director, Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, VA Medical Centers, Oklahoma City
Most of the literature on stress management describes and evaluates individual stress responses but lacks a critical view of the scientific foundation of stress. In order to truly comprehend stress management, there needs to be clear understanding on the phenomenon that is "to be managed."
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.
In Stress Management, author and renowned stress researcher Wolfgang Linden reviews the literature on intervention outcomes, noting weaknesses that include an overemphasis on individual rather than societal responsibility for stress and coping and disregard of the emerging field of positive psychology. The author concludes the text with a proposed distinction between psychotherapy and stress management, and he proposes the need for three distinguishable subtypes of stress management programs-a systematic-preventative approach; a broad-based stress vaccination and prevention type of protocol; and a reactive, problem-solving type of stress reduction intervention.
Key Features
Begins with a firm groundwork in defining stress and examining conceptual models of stress to set the stage for rational, science-based thinking on how to manage it
Introduces a unique three-step process model for stress management
Considers physiological and sociocultural influences on stress and health
Offers an objective analysis of existing literature and includes extensive personal, clinical experiences of the author to make the science of stress come alive for the reader
Includes coverage of positive psychology and how the creation of social support and positive emotional states can ease experiences with stress
Stress Management is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, such as Stress Management, Stress & Coping, Stress & Health, and Stress & Wellness, in the fields of Psychology and Health. The book is also a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians within the behavioral sciences interested in understanding and alleviating stress.
目次
Preface
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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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