Stress and Emotion : A New Synthesis

ISBN-13: 9781853434563 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str.

Richard S. Lazarus

Opis

A sequel to Stress, Appraisal and Coping, this volume explores the latest findings and trends in research and theory. It focuses on the rationale for a cognitive-mediational approach to stress and the emotions, and distinguishes between social, physiological and psychological stress. Topics include: work and family stress; chronic stress; traumatic stress disorders; crisis theory and management; stress in special groups such as ageing and the aged; children and adolescents; the stress of dislocation and immigration; stress and infections; the role of the nervous system; author's view of the recent changes in psychotherapy.