Stress and Emotion by Charles D. Spielberger (9781560322849)

Description - Stress and Emotion by Charles D. Spielberger

This volume explores five major themes. Chapters in the first section examine the effects of stress, life-changing events and personality on disease - diabetes, cancer and coronary heart disease in particular. The second part discusses stress-related anger and violence in the family and its effects on women and children. Next, the book looks at the causes and consequences of, and interventions to prevent, work stress. The book then moves on to consider the influence of cognitive, social, personality and biological factors on coping and happiness. Finally, the volume closes with studies of stress, temperament and coping in Poland, the United Kingdom and India. Eastern and Western variations in reactions to stress are also noted in the last chapter.

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