The Handbook of Stress Science: Biology, Psychology, and Health

by Richard Contrada PhD (Editor), Andrew Baum PhD (Editor)

Overview

"[F]or those who are entering the field or who want to broaden their perspective, Ibelieve that this Handbook is indispensible. More than just a contribution to the field, theHandbook may well become a classic."--PsycCRITIQUES

"The editors fully achieved their goal of producing a state-of-the-science stress reference for use by investigators, educators, and practitioners with clinical and health interests."--Psycho-Oncology

"This is an important book about the scientific study of stress and human adaptation. It brings together both empirical data and theoretical developments that address the fundamental question of how psychosocial variables get inside the body to influence neurobiological processes that culminate in physical disease."

From the Foreword by David C. Glass, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Stony Brook University

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 investigative strategies and tools from the past few decades of stress research. It represents all major approaches to defining stress and describes the themes and developments that characterize the field of health-related stress research.

The five sections of this handbook cover:

• Current knowledge regarding the major biological structures and systems that are involved in the stress response
• Social-contextual contributions to stress and to processes of adaptation to stress, including the workplace, socioeconomic status, and social support
• The concept of cognitive appraisal as it relates to stress and emotion psychological factors influencing stress such as, personality, gender, and adult development
• The evidence linking stress to health-related behaviors and mental and physical health outcomes
• Research methods, tools, and strategies, including the principles and techniques of both laboratory experimentation and naturalistic stress research

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826117717
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/29/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	704
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Richard J. Contrada is a professor in the department of psychology at Rutgers University.

Andrew Baum, PhD, is Jenkins Garrett Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also Director of the Center for the Study of Health and Illness in the College of Science at UTA and has appointments at the University of Texas Southwestern and the Simmons Cancer Center at UTSW.

Table of Contents

"Foreword
Preface and/or Acknowledgements

1. Stress, Adaptation, and Health
Richard J. Contrada

SECTION I: BIOLOGY

2. Regulation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Chronic Stress, and Energy:The Role of Brain Networks
Mary F. Dallman and Dirk Hellhammer

3. The Cardiovascular System
Matthew M. Burg and Thomas G. Pickering

4. Effects of Stress on Immune Function:Implications for Immunoprotection andImmunopathology
Firdaus S. Dhabhar

5. Behavioral, Emotional, and CognitiveSequelae of Immune System Activation
Joanne M. Hash-Converse andAlexander W. Kusnecov

6. Genetic Epidemiology of Stress andGene by Stress Interaction
Jeanne M. McCaff ery

7. The Molecular Biology of Stress: CellularDefense, Immune Response, andBiological Aging
Andrew Baum, Kara Lorduy, and Frank J. Jenkins

SECTION II: SOCIAL CONTEXT

8. Social Responses to Stress: TheTend-and-Befriend Model
Shelley E. Taylor and Sarah L. Master

9. Stress and Support Processes
Bert N. Uchino and Wendy Birmingham

10. Social Network Functions and Health
Karen S. Rook, Kristin J. August, and Dara H. Sorkin

11. Stress and the Workplace: 10 Years ofScience, 1997-2007
Alankrita Pandey, James Campbell Quick, Ana MariaRossi, Debra L. Nelson, and Wayne Martin

12. The Challenge of Stress in Modern Organizations
Ashley Weinberg and Cary Cooper

13. Racism as a Psychosocial Stressor
Elizabeth Brondolo, Nisha Brady ver Halen,Daniel Libby, and Melissa Pencille

14. Socioeconomic Status and Stress
Tarani Chandola and Michael G. Marmot

SECTION III: PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES

15. The Role of Appraisal and Emotion inCoping and Adaptation
Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby

16. The Dynamics of Emotion inAdaptation to Stress
Patrick H. Finan, Alex J. Zautra, and Rebecca Wershba

17. Coping
Charles S. Carver

18. Personality and Stress: IndividualDifferences in Exposure, Reactivity,Recovery, and Restoration
Paula G. Williams, Timothy W. Smith,Heather E. Gunn, and Bert N. Uchino

19. Gender: Its Relationship to Stressor Exposure,Cognitive Appraisal/Coping Processes, StressResponses, and Health Outcomes
Mary C. Davis, Mary H. Burleson, andDenise M. Kruszewski

20. Stress, Coping, and Adult Development
Carolyn M. Aldwin and Loriena Yancura

33. Pain: The Biopsychosocial Perspective
Robert J. Gatchel, Krista Howard, and Rob Haggard

34. Stress Reduction in Chronically Ill Patients
Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, andMelissa S. Xanthopoulos

35. Stress and Chronic Disease ManagementMelissa M. Garrido, Joanne M. Hash-Converse,
Howard Leventhal, and Elaine A. Leventhal

SECTION V: RESEARCH TOOLS,METHODS, AND STRATEGIES

36. Acute Stress Responses in thePsychophysiological Laboratory
William Gerin

37. Cardiovascular Measures in Stress Research:Methodological, Analytic, and Inferential Issues
Israel C. Christie, J. Richard Jennings, andVictoria B. Egizio

38. Neuroendocrine Measures
Ulf Lundberg

39. Neuroimaging Methods in HumanStress Science
Peter J. Gianaros and Mary-Frances O'Connor

40. Interview Assessment of Stressor Exposure
Barbara Anderson, Elaine Wethington, andThomas W. Kamarck

41. Combining Checklist and InterviewApproaches for Assessing Daily Stressors: TheDaily Inventory of Stressful Events
David M. Almeida, Robert S. Stawski, and Kelly E. Cichy

42. Measuring Psychosocial Stress Using EcologicalMomentary Assessment Methods
Thomas W. Kamarck, Saul Shiff man, and ElaineWethington

43. Multilevel Analysis of Stress
Greg J. Norman, A. Courtney DeVries, John T. Cacioppo,and Gary G. Berntson

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