Previous edition: Stress management and prevention : applications to everyday life /Jeffrey A. Kottler and David D. Chen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Brief Contents; Contents; A Personal Introduction: From the Author to the Students; Summary; About the Author; Part I: Understanding the Nature of Stress; 1. The Meaning of Stress; What Is Stress Anyway?; Meanings of Stress; What's in a Name?; How Is Stress a Problem?; Stress as a Stimulus or Response; A Selected History of Stress Research; Ancient Contributions; Modern Era; General Adaptation Syndrome; Allostasis; Responses to Stress; Fight-or-Flight Response; Types of Stress: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Sources of Stress; Self-Assessment of Stress The Dynamical Systems Perspective of StressManagement and Prevention; Concept 1: Complexity and Nonlinearity of Dynamical Systems; Concept 2: Mutual Causality; Concept 3: Sensitivity to Initial Conditions of the System; Concept 4: Self-Organization and Emergence; Concept 5: Attractors; Concept 6: Bifurcation; Overview of Stress Management and Prevention; Stage 1: Life Situations/Chronic Stressors; Stage 2: Perception and Evaluation; Stage 3: Stress Response; Stage 4: Consequences; Summary; Questions for Review; Selected Answers; Review Activities; References and Resources 2. The Body's Reactions to StressThe Battle Within; Nervous System; Initiation and Control of the Stress Response; The Brain and Stress; The Autonomic Nervous System and Stress; The Endocrine System; The Immune System; Immunity and Stress; The Cardiovascular System; The Gastrointestinal System; The Musculoskeletal and Skin Systems; The Reproductive System; Not All Doom and Gloom; Summary; Questions for Review; Selected Answers; Review Activities; References and Resources; 3. Sources of Stress across the Lifespan; Developmental Tasks; Developmental Stages and Major Stressors Transactional Model of StressStress in Childhood; Prenatal and Infant Stress; Stress in Elementary-School-Age Children; How Children Cope with Stress; Stress in Adolescence; Peer Relationships; Academics and School; Unusual Stressors; How Teenagers Cope with Stressors; Stress in Young Adulthood; Friendships and Tribal Affiliations; Selecting a Life Partner; College and Stress; When Stress Leads to Suicide; Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll; Career Selection and Stress; Stress during Middle Adulthood; The Family Life Cycle; Stress in Later Adulthood; Adjustments to Retirement; Health Changes; Death.

Questions for Review; Review Activities; References and Resources; 4. Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior; Theoretical Models of Coping and Adaptation; Psychoanalytic Model; Humanistic Model; Behavioral Model; Cognitive Model; Mindfulness Model; Emotional Responses to Stress; Fears and Phobias; Anxiety and Panic Disorders; Existential Angst; Monitoring Anxiety; Depression; Anger and Aggressive Behavior; Anger Management; Maladaptive Behaviors; Eating Disorders; Substance Abuse; Behavioral Addictions; Workaholism; Summary; Questions for Review; Review Activity; References and Resources.