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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.

Stress: A Brief History

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Paperback / softback by Cary Cooper , Philip J. Dewe

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 13/04/2004
    ISBN13: 9781405107457, 978-1405107457
    ISBN10: 1405107456

    Number of Pages: 160

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    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.

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