Stress Management for Wellness - Softcover

Schafer, Walt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155079433 ISBN 13: 9780155079434

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This book provides students with readable, accessible, and easily-applied ideas and guidelines based on sound research evidence for enhancing personal wellness and the wellness of others through effective stress management. The writing style is reader-friendly, and includes many examples and personal application opportunities. It deals with central issues in the lives of today's students. This book is comprehensive, covering a wide range of topics in the stress management and wellness fields.

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Review:

Part I. STRESS AND WELLNESS: AN OVERVIEW. 1. The Stress Experience: Myths and Reality. 2. Passing the Test of College Stress. 3. Wellness: Beyond Normal Health. Part II. MORE ABOUT STRESS. 4. The Dynamics of Stress and Relaxation. 5. How the Stress Experience Varies. 6. Distress Symptoms: Monitoring Early Warning Signs. 7. When It Eats Away at You: Distress-Related Illnesses. Part III. DISTRESS-PRONE AND DISTRESS-RELATED INFLUENCES. 8. Distress-Prone Personality Patterns: Type A Behavior and Hostility. 9. Other Distress-Prone Personality Patterns. 10. Distress-Resistant Personality Patterns. 11. Distress-Promoting and Distress-Preventing Social Influences. Part IV. MANAGING STRESS: STRATEGIES AND METHODS. 12. Your Coping Response. 13. Health Buffers: Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep, and Healthy Pleasures. 14. It?s How You See It: Self-Talk, Beliefs, and Meaning. 15. Quieting the Mind and Body: Relaxation Methods. 16. Pacing and Balance: Managing Time. 17. Social Support: Giving and Receiving. 18. Personal Wellness and Social Commitment.

Synopsis:

This text provides students with ideas and guidelines, based on research evidence, for enhancing personal wellness and the wellness of others through effective stress management. This fourth edition contains examples, stories and vignettes bringing abstract ideas to life in a way readers should be able to relate to their own experiences. The author places personal stress within social context and fosters a broader view of how personal stress is influenced by social forces and how these need to be addressed. This edition includes a new separate Activities Manual for more options of in-and-out-of-class activities.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0155079433
• ISBN 13: 9780155079434
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 544