Emotions, Stress, and Health

by Alex J. Zautra

Overview

In this volume, Alex Zautra illustrates how experience with difficult or stressful emotional situations can, contrary to popular belief, be beneficial; for example, our ability to adapt to stress can be improved by experiencing difficult moments on emotional intensity. Zautra masterfully integrates research and theory on emotion and stress, identifying a unique and important role for stressful life events. He offers new insights into how stress and emotions can influence health and illness and demonstrates the wide applicability of this perspective across domains of love and marriage, work, aging, and community. By reviewing research on chronic pain, depression, child abuse, and addiction, Zautra also provides new insights into clinical problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190285326
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/06/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Alex J. Zautra is Foundation Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at Arizona State University. He has dedicated his career to the study of resilience. His current research is funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, and the Arthritis Foundation.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of Emotional Experiences2. Emotions in Two Dimensions3. Stress and the Eyes of the Beholder4. The Effects of Stress on the Experience of Emotions5. Positive Emotions and Mental Health: Are We Chasing the Rainbow? 6. The Role of Positive Emotions in Health7. Emotional Intelligences8. Attention and Pain: The Role of Emotions9. Depression and Anxiety: Two Frequent Disturbances of Emotion under Stress10. Addiction and Emotions11. Emotions Abused12. Marriage and Other Close Relationships: A Two-Dimensional Look13. The Quality of Emotional Life at Work14. The Preservation of Quality of Emotional Life as We Age15. The Emotional Community16. Some ConclusionsNotesReferencesIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Written for both educated lay people and professionals, [Emotions, Stress, and Health] will be particularly exciting to researchers and practitioners since it provides a conceptually clean and consistent summary of the approach. There simply is no comparable book on the market; since this 'two-dimensional' model is at the cutting-edge of emotion research, Zautra's exciting book has no competitors." —Metapsychology Online Review

"Writing in a clear and engaging style, Zautra presents a well-organized argument that positive emotions have physical and psychological consequences and need to be examined in their own right alongside the negative emotionsHis arguments are convincing, creative, and stimulating-and based on sound empirical research."CHOICE

"Zautra challenges us to face the paradox of emotions by reflecting upon our ability to integrate positive and negative in a two-dimensional, relational field." —The Irish Psychologist

"Provides many interesting and important aspects of how an individual's life is impacted by a variety of emotions and stress. The book is easy to read, and exceptionally relevant to TR [therapeutic recreation] practitioners and researchers, particularly those interested in psychiatry, geriatrics, and mental health. The use of up to date research to support the information on stress, emotions and their impact on health make this a must-have for the TR student, practitioner, or researcher." —Therapeutic Recreation Journal

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