Stress and Coping: an Anthology

Contents\nAcknowledgments\nPreface to the Third Edition\nPreface to the Second Edition\nPreface to the First Edition\nIntroduction: Stress and Coping – Some Current Issues and Controversies\nI. Stress and Some of Its Effects\nIntroduction\n1. History and Present Status of the Stress Concept\n2. Specificity and Stress Research\n3. Anatomy of an Illness (As Perceived by the Patient)\n4. Health Psychology: The Science and the Field\nII. Stress and the Environment\nIntroduction\n5. The Living World\n6. Toxins, Technology, and Natural Disasters\n7. Stress, Coping, and the Meaning of Work\n8. Uplifts, Hassles, and Adaptational Outcomes in Early Adolescents\nIII. The Concept of Coping\nIntroduction\n9. The Concept of Coping\n10. Coping and Emotion\n11. Measurement of Coping\n12. The Development of Hardiness\n13. Gender Differences in the Social Moderators of Stress\n14. The Type A Behavior Pattern and Coronary Artery Disease: Quest for the Active Ingredients and the Elusive Mechanism\nIV. Coping with the Stress of Living and Dying\nIntroduction\n15. The Response to Overwhelming Stress in Children: Some Introductory Comments\n16. Life Strains and Psychological Distress Among Adults\n17. Some Modes of Adaptation: Defense\n18. Uncertainty and the Lives of Persons with AIDS\n19. Two Decades of Research on Dying: What Do We Know About the Patient?\n20. The Myths of Coping with Loss\nV. Stress Management\nIntroduction\n21. Stress Management: A New Approach to Treatment\n22. Intervention Strategies\n23. Out of the Habit Trap\n24. Healthy People – Healthy Business: A Critical Review of Stress Management Programs in the Workplace\nReferences\nIndex