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Cooper, Cary L.

Stress: A Brief History

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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.

Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology PSY021000

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2008
Language
en
Edition
1
Page amount
160 pages
Category
Psychology
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9780470777725
Printed ISBN
9781405107457

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