Stress Management for Wellness - Softcover

Walter E. Schafer

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9780155023017: Stress Management for Wellness

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155023012 ISBN 13: 9780155023017

Publisher: Harcourt College Pub, 1995

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Appropriate for any course that includes stress management, this text provides comprehensive, scientifically-based coverage of the nature, sources and consequences of human stress, together with practical methods of managing stress. Features: * The theme of wellness helps students understand that managing stress helps in reaching full potential, students are encouraged to contribute to others' well-being through social commitment. * Current scientific evidence reflects the rapidly developing nature of the field, with both personal and social origins of stress explored, giving students an up-to-date understanding of stress management. * The stress management tools presented are practical and comprehensive, with different tools for different circumstances. Human interest vignettes personalize and humanize the text. * Students are encouraged to develop personal action plans for managing stress as they learn the material. The text concludes with a challenge to the student to incorporate a four-part philosophy for blending personal wellness and social commitment in the process of managing stress. New to this edition: * A new chapter on wellness emphasizes positive uses and effects of stress management tools. * New chapters on distress-prone and distress-preventing social influences aid the student in linking personal stress experiences with broader social contexts and forces. * A new section on the meaning of life and spirituality helps students relate stress experience and stress management issues to meaning, purposes and values. * A new chapter on time management includes practical tools within a framework of prioritizing, scheduling, and implementing.

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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.

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