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Stress Management: From Basic Science to Better Practice examines documented pathways between stress and health and develops the scientific foundations for sound interventions. The book begins with a broad review of the term 'stress' and its importance for health. The text then provides a critical examination of the elements of the stress process, extracts supporting research for a rationale of stress management and describes various stress management techniques and their effectiveness.
Descriptions, Rationales, and Outcomes of Stress Management Interventions
Descriptions, Rationales, and Outcomes of Stress Management Interventions
Descriptions
Chapter 2 ended with a list of “desirable ingredients” for SM that made it look like a cooking recipe: Take two pinches of relaxation, a cup of wisdom, and three teaspoons of insight; mix well and bake at medium heat for 45 minutes. This list of ingredients was derived from a model of the stress process that suggests natural sequencing of steps and the existence of moderating and mediating factors, and it was supported by a review of empirical evidence that justified the importance and the potential of each component of the model. Chapter 3 begins with a comparison of the desired or ideal model with what clinicians and researchers ...
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