This engaging and easy-to-read text helps students identify, understand, and combat the stressors that most
affect their lives. In an informal, anecdotal style, author Jerrold Greenberg discusses the latest research findings
on the physical, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of stress, as well as the appropriate coping
skills.
Table of Contents
Part 1 : Scientific Foundations 1: What is Stress? 2: Stress Psychophysiology 3: Stress and Illness/Disease Part 2: General Applications: Life Situation and Perception Interventions 4: Intervention 5: Life-Situation Interventions: Intrapersonal 6: Life-Situation Interventions: Interpersonal 7: Perception Interventions 8: Spirituality and Stress Part 3: General Applications: Relaxation Techniques 9: Meditation 10: Autogenic Training, Progressive Relaxation and, Imagery 11: Other Relaxation Techniques Part 4:General Applications: Physiological Arousal and Behavior Change Interventions 12: Physiological Arousal Interventions 13: Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors 14: Diversity and Stress Part 5: Specific Applications 15: Occupational Stress 16: Stress and the College Student 17: Family Stress 18: Stress and Older Adults
