Stress

Stress

EnglishPaperback / softback
Cooper, Cary
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
EAN: 9781405107457
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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.
EAN 9781405107457
ISBN 1405107456
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication date April 13, 2004
Pages 160
Language English
Dimensions 216 x 140 x 12
Country United Kingdom
Authors Cooper, Cary; Dewe Philip J.
Series Blackwell Brief Histories of Psychology
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