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The handbook of stress science :

The handbook of stress science : biology, psychology, and health / editors, Richard J. Contrada, Andrew Baum. - 1 online resource (xxii, 676 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Section 1: Biology -- Section II: Social context -- Section III: Psychology -- Section IV: Behaviours and mental and physical health outcomes -- Section V: Research methods, tools, and strategies. Stress, adaptation, and health / Regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, chronic stress, and energy / The cardiovascular system / Effects of stress on immune function / Behavioral, emotional, and cognitive sequelae of immune system activation / Genetic epidemiology of stress and gene by stress interaction / The molecular biology of stress / Social responses to stress / Stress and support processes / Social network functions and health / Stress and the workplace / The challenge of stress in modern organizations / Racism as a psychosocial stressor / Socioeconomic status and stress / The role of appraisal and emotion in coping and adaptation / The dynamics of emotion in adaptation to stress / Coping / Personality and stress / Gender / Richard J. Contrada -- Mary F. Dallman and Dirk Hellhammer -- Matthew M. Burg and Thomas G. Pickering -- Firdaus S. Dhabhar -- Joanne M. Hash-Converse and Alexander W. Kusnecov -- Jeanne M. McCaffery -- Andrew Baum, Kara Lorduy, and Frank J. Jenkins -- Shelley E. Taylor and Sarah L. Master -- Bert N. Uchino and Wendy Birmingham -- Karen S. Rook, Kristin J. August, and Dara H. Sorkin -- Alankrita Pandey, James Campbell Quick, Ana Maria Rossi, Debra L. Nelson, and Wayne Martin -- Ashley Weinberg and Cary Cooper -- Elizabeth Brondolo, Nisha Brady ver Halen, Daniel Libby, and Melissa Pencille -- Tarani Chandola and Michael G. Marmot -- Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby -- Patrick H. Finan, Alex J. Zautra, and Rebecca Wershba -- Charles S. Carver -- Paula G. Williams, Timoth W. Smith, Heather E. Gunn, and Bert N. Uchino -- Mary C. Davis, Mary Hl Burleson, and Denise M. Kruszewski.

Edited by two leading health psychologists, The Handbook of Stress Science presents a detailed overview of key topics in stress and health psychology. With discussions on how stress influences physical health-including its effects on the nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and immune systems-the text is a valuable source for health psychologists, as well as researchers in behavioral medicine, neuroscience, genetics, clinical and social psychology, sociology, and public health. This state-of-the-art resource reviews conceptual developments, empirical findings, clinical applications, and investi.

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QP82.2.S8 / H37 2011

155.9042 616.9/8

QZ 160 / H2365 2011

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