Stress and mental health : contemporary issues and prospects for the future /

Providing fresh insights into the complex relationship between stress and mental health, internationally recognized contributors identifie emerging conceptual issues, highlight promising avenues for further study, and detail novel methodological techniques for addressing contemporary empirical probl...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Avison, William R., Gotlib, Ian H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Plenum Press, [1994]
Series:	Plenum series on stress and coping.
Subjects:	Stress (Psychology) Adjustment (Psychology) Stress (Psychology) > Research. Adjustment (Psychology) > Research. Psychiatry > Research. Stress, Psychological. Social Adjustment. Mental Health. Stress. Ajustement (Psychologie) Stress > Recherche. Ajustement (Psychologie) > Recherche. Santé mentale > Recherche. Geestelijke gezondheid. Onderzoek. Stressoren (fysiologie) Stress e fadiga. Disturbios mentais. Stress > Aspect psychologique. Santé mentale. Ajustement (psychologie) Hygiène mentale. Anpassung. Aufsatzsammlung. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

I. Introduction. II. Stressful life events. Unraveling complexity : strategies to refine concepts, measures, and research designs in the study of life events and mental health / Diane E. McLean and Bruce G. Link
Measuring life stress and assessing its impact on mental health / Scott M. Monroe and John R. McQuaid. III. Chronic strains. Sampling the stress universe / Blair Wheaton
The daily grind : work stressors, family patterns, and intergenerational outcomes / Elizabeth G. Menaghan. IV. Psychosocial resources and mediators. General and specific perceptions of social support / Irwin G. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce, and Barbara R. Sarason
Psychosocial resources and the stress process / R. Jay Turner and Patricia Roszell.
V. Vulnerability to stress. Life stressors and mental health : advances in conceptualizing stress resistance / Charles J. Holahan and Rudolf H. Moos
The disaggregation of vulnerability to depression as a function of the determinants of onset and recurrence / Ronald C. Kessler and William J. Magee. VI. The dependent variable in stress research. The advantages of indexes over diagnoses in scientific assessment / John Mirowsky
Psychophysiological and behavioral measurement of stress : applications to mental health / Naomi Lester, Linda E. Nebel, and Andrew Baum. VII. Conclusion. Future prospects for stress research / William R. Avison and Ian H. Gotlib.