Stress

Stress

EnglishHardback
Cooper, Cary
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
EAN: 9781405107440
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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 9781405107440
ISBN 1405107448
Binding Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication date April 13, 2004
Pages 160
Language English
Dimensions 250 x 200 x 15
Country United Kingdom
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Cooper, Cary; Dewe Philip J.
Series Blackwell Brief Histories of Psychology
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