Stress and Health: A Reversal Theory Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781560324737 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 236 str.

Sven Svebak;Michael J. Apter;Sven Svebak

Opis

In order to gain a clearer understanding of stress and its physical and psychological consequences, reversal theory takes into account the fact that many people need stress in their lives in order to operate. This text organizes stress and health research that has been undertaken within the reversal theory framework. The first two chapters outline and provide a focus about reversal theory, thus acting as a bridge to the rest of the text. For those new to reversal theory, tables and figures are included which summarize some of the characteristics of the metamotivational states identified in the theory, and show how they can be applied systematically. The following section deals with the effects of stress, including: stressful events; academic stress; and back pain and work stress. It then tackles the subjects of the physiology and psychology of smoking and attempts to quit this sort of addiction, and the risk-taking behaviours of parachuting and unsafe sexual practice. Finally the book examines health-promoting behaviours and the factors which facilitate or inhibit them.

Spis treści

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 About Reversal Theory, Kurt P. Frey; Chapter 2 Reversal Theory, Stress, and Health, Michael J. Apter; Part II The Effects of Stress; Chapter 3 Paratelic Dominance and the Appraisal of Stressful Events, Kathryn D. Lafreniere; Chapter 4 Tension- and Effort-Stress as Predictors of Academic Performance, Sven Svebak; Chapter 5 Back Pain and Work Stress, Sven Svebak, Reidar Mykletun, Edvin Bru; Chapter 6 The Psychobiology of Telic Dominance and Stress, Rod A. Martin, Sven Svebak; Chapter 7 Cardiovascular Reactivity and Mode-Dominance Misfit, John Spicer, Antonia C. Lyons; Part III Psychology and Physiology of Smoking; Chapter 8 Relapse Crises During Smoking Cessation, Kathleen A. O'Connell, Mary M. Gerkovich, Mary R. Cook; Chapter 9 Differential EEG Effects of Smoking in the Telic and Paratelic States, Mary R. Cook, Mary M. Gerkovich, Kathleen A. O'Connell; Part IV Risk-Taking Behavior; Chapter 10 Gratuitous Risk: A Study of Parachuting, Michael J. Apter, Robert Batler; Chapter 11 Understanding Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior, Mary M. Gerkovich; partV Health-Promoting Behavior; Chapter 12 Motives for Donating Blood, Michael J. Apter, Naomi Spirn; Chapter 13 Resisting Urges and Adopting New Behaviors, Kathleen A. O'Connell, Evelyn Brooks; Chapter 14 Humor as a Form of Coping, Sven Svebak, Rod A. Martin; Chapter 15 Stress, Exercise, and Sport, John H. Kerr; Chapter 16 Stress in the Workplace: Causes and Treatments, David Fontana, Lucilia Valente;

O autorze

Svebek, Sven; Apter, Michael J.