Stress: A Brief HistoryISBN: 978-1-4051-0744-0
Hardcover
160 pages
June 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.