Advances in the Investigation of Psychological Stress (Wiley Series on Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine)

Describes the principal mechanisms of psychological stress and their operation in field and clinical settings. Also offers direction for managing stress-related aspects of physical and psychological disturbances. Clinical problems discussed include physical disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and renal failure and psychological disturbances as severe as depression and schizophrenia. Contains data on the effects of crowding and disasters and beneficial effects of social support. Challenges some traditional assumptions concerning stress-disorder relationships based on empirically supported accounts from experimental personality and social psychology.