280 Pages
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Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987, this title is concerned with the association between stress and control, and the implications for strategic response. It aims both to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive account of research in the area of stress for the advanced student and to develop a new synthesis of ideas leading to a cognitive model of stress and illness. The book reflects the idea that... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Stress: A Problem of Definition 2. Stress and Control 3. Acquiring the Evidence about Control 4. Contingency Assessment and Control 5. Alternative Models of the Perception of Control 6. Stress and Competence: The Arousal Model 7. Stress and Competence: Mental Load and Strategic Rules 8. Stress and the Initiation of Strategies 9. Speed and Effort Strategies 10. Helplessness-Resistant Strategies 11. Strategy, Style, and Disorder 12. A Cognitive Model of Stress and Disease: An Attempted Synthesis. References. Author Index. Subject Index
Biography
Shirley Fisher
