Description
Book SynopsisEveryone experiences stress in their lives. While it is a natural response to challenges, stress can have debilitating effects on both physical and mental health.
Stress Management offers a fresh look at, and effective strategies for, managing stress and building resilience across six dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental. This foundational text takes a holistic approach to managing stress, detailing the effects of stress on the body and outlining techniques that examine root causes and proactive responses to stressors.
Stress Management offers a range of coping strategies that will help students formulate a well-rounded plan to tackle stress from multiple angles—before it occurs, while it is occurring, and after it occurs. That model is centered on four primary pillars:
- Source management—reducing or eliminating stress at its source
- Relaxation—employing techniques for breathing, meditation, and rest to focus the mind and relax the body
- Thought management—adopting a thought process to better manage the stressor
- Prevention—avoiding stress when possible
The book also offers practical tools to help students learn how to identify their triggers, practice self-care, and leverage support, including knowing when to seek professional help when necessary. To further aid in applying the strategies to their own lives, the text includes these features:
- Case studies with discussion questions that prompt students to consider real-world scenarios and contemplate ways to solve those stressors
- Research Spotlight elements that present current issues and hot topics related to stress
- Online learning tools, delivered through HKPropel, including audio mini lectures and short interviews, self-discovery activities, chapter quizzes that are automatically graded and provide immediate feedback, and vocabulary flash cards and quizzes
Stress Management is a timely and highly practical book that offers students a deeper understanding of stress and its effects on overall wellness. It guides them in putting together a stress management plan that will help them be healthy in all aspects of their lives.
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Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Stress and Well-BeingChapter 1. Understanding Health and Wellness
Defining Health and Wellness
Influences on Wellness
Dimensions of Wellness
Mind–Body Connection
Proactive Ways to Manage Stress
Summary
Chapter 2. Understanding Stress
Stress and Stressors
Stress Response Stages
Types of Stress
Optimal Levels of Stress
Stress Reactivity
Societal Stress
Summary
Chapter 3. Stress and the Body
Nervous System
Endocrine System
Reproductive System
Cardiovascular System
Enteric Nervous System
Renal System
Musculoskeletal System
Respiratory System
Immune System
Integumentary System
Summary
Part II. Managing Stress Using Dimensions of WellnessChapter 4. Physical Wellness
Physical Activity
Healthy Eating
Rest, Relaxation, and Sleep
Summary
Chapter 5. Emotional Wellness
Function of Emotions
Emotions and Stress
Basic Emotions
Managing Emotions
Self-Awareness
Resilience
Self-Esteem
Choosing Optimism
Positive Self-Talk
Laughter
Summary
Chapter 6. Intellectual Wellness
Benefits of Intellectual Wellness
Intellectual Wellness and Stress
Enhancing Intellectual Wellness
Goal Setting and Stress
SMART Goals
Problem Solving
Changing Distorted Thinking
Resilience and a Growth Mindset
Summary
Chapter 7. Social Wellness
Benefits of Social Wellness
Social Support and Stress
Relationships
Interpersonal Communication
Managing and Resolving Conflict
Summary
Chapter 8. Spiritual Wellness
Spirituality and Religion
Components of Spiritual Wellness
Spiritual Wellness and Stress
Altruism
Gratitude
Empathy
Compassion
Summary
Chapter 9. Environmental Wellness
Environmental Wellness and Stress
Personal Surroundings
Nature
Built Environment
Light
Temperature
Air Quality
Noise
Color
Summary
Part III. Practical Strategies for Managing StressChapter 10. Mind–Body Approaches
Yoga
Meditation and Mindfulness
Breath Work
Art Therapy
Movement Therapy
Summary
Chapter 11. Proactive Approaches
Strengths-Based Approach to Stress Management
Identifying Your Triggers
Practicing Self-Care
Planning and Prioritizing
Managing Your Time
Managing Your Resources
Leveraging Support
Knowing When to Seek Professional Help
Summary
