The handbook of stress science : biology, psychology, and health /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Contrada, Richard J., Baum, Andrew
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2011.
• Θέματα: Stress (Physiology) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Stress (Psychology) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Stress, Physiological > physiology.; Stress, Psychological > metabolism.; Adaptation, Physiological > physiology.; Adaptation, Psychological > physiology.; Brain > physiology.; Natural history.; Psychology.; Medicine.; Science.; Stress (Physiology); Stress (Psychology); Stress.; Psychofysiologie.; Medische psychologie.; Gezondheid.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.; Handboeken (vorm)

Edited by two leading health psychologists, The Handbook of Stress Science presents a detailed overview of key topics in stress and health psychology. With discussions on how stress influences physical health-including its effects on the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and immune systems-the tex...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section 1: Biology
• Section II: Social context
• Section III: Psychology
• Section IV: Behaviours and mental and physical health outcomes
• Section V: Research methods, tools, and strategies.
• Stress, adaptation, and health / Richard J. Contrada
• Regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, chronic stress, and energy / Mary F. Dallman and Dirk Hellhammer
• The cardiovascular system / Matthew M. Burg and Thomas G. Pickering
• Effects of stress on immune function / Firdaus S. Dhabhar
• Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive sequelae of immune system activation / Joanne M. Hash-Converse and Alexander W. Kusnecov
• Genetic epidemiology of stress and gene by stress interaction / Jeanne M. McCaffery
• The molecular biology of stress / Andrew Baum, Kara Lorduy, and Frank J. Jenkins
• Social responses to stress / Shelley E. Taylor and Sarah L. Master
• Stress and support processes / Bert N. Uchino and Wendy Birmingham
• Social network functions and health / Karen S. Rook, Kristin J. August, and Dara H. Sorkin
• Stress and the workplace / Alankrita Pandey, James Campbell Quick, Ana Maria Rossi, Debra L. Nelson, and Wayne Martin
• The challenge of stress in modern organizations / Ashley Weinberg and Cary Cooper
• Racism as a psychosocial stressor / Elizabeth Brondolo, Nisha Brady ver Halen, Daniel Libby, and Melissa Pencille
• Socioeconomic status and stress / Tarani Chandola and Michael G. Marmot
• The role of appraisal and emotion in coping and adaptation / Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby
• The dynamics of emotion in adaptation to stress / Patrick H. Finan, Alex J. Zautra, and Rebecca Wershba
• Coping / Charles S. Carver
• Personality and stress / Paula G. Williams, Timoth W. Smith, Heather E. Gunn, and Bert N. Uchino
• Gender / Mary C. Davis, Mary Hl Burleson, and Denise M. Kruszewski.