Stress management for wellness / Walt Schafer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Fort Worth, TX : Harcourt College Pub., ©2000.Edition: 4th edDescription: xi, 525 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 0155079433
- 9780155079434
- 0030114748
- 9780030114748
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Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 155.9 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R05923XKRCC | ||
Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 155.9 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R12065KRCT |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Stress and wellness: an overview. The stress experience: myths and reality -- Passing the test of college stress -- Wellness: beyond normal health -- More about stress. The dynamics of stress and relaxation -- How the stress experience varies -- Distress symptoms: monitoring early warning signs -- When it eats away at you: distress-related illnesses -- Distress-prone and stress-related influences. Distress-prone personality: type A behavior and hostility -- Other distress-prone personality patterns -- Distress-resistant personality patterns -- Distress-promoting and distress-preventing social influences -- Managing stress: strategies and methods. Your coping response -- Health buffers: exercise, nutrition, sleep, and healthy pleasures -- It's how you see it: self-talk, beliefs, and meaning -- Quieting the mind and body: relaxation methods -- Pacing and balance: managing time -- Social support: giving and receiving -- Personal wellness and social commitment.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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