| Description |
1 online resource (729 pages) |
| Contents |
The Handbook of Stress and Health; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; References; Part One Theories; 1 Bridging the Science-Policy and Policy-Implementation Gaps; Famous Examples of Costly Gaps; Obstacles; What Was Known Regarding "Stress and Health" Half a Century Ago?; Prevention; Much Cry and Little Wool?; European Union Initiatives; The European Pact; Norms for Optimal Living and Working Conditions; Factors Affecting Health; Foresight Projects in the United Kingdom; Science and Government; Bridging the Gap; Time to Implement; Can Work-Related Stress Be Prevented?; Start Now |
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Causes and Consequences of BurnoutSituational Predictors of Burnout; Individual Predictors of Burnout; Outcomes of Burnout; Conclusion; References; 4 Happiness and Mental Health; Conceptual Starting Points; Components of Mental Health and Happiness; Influences from the Environment; Nonlinear Associations and the Vitamin Analogy; Principal Sources within the Person; Environmental and Personal Influences in Combination; Longer-Term Personal Influences; Shorter-Term Personal Influences; Interventions to Enhance Happiness; Overview and Future Directions; References |
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5 Understanding the Connections between Positive Affect and HealthImportant Issues in the Study of Affect and Health; Measurement of Affect; Health Measurement; Causality Issues; Distinguishing between Health and Physiology; Review of PA and Physical Health; Longevity; Morbidity; Survival; Self-Reported Health Outcomes; Possible Pathways; Future Directions; Emotion Subtypes; Balancing PA and NA Ratios in Emotion Research; Cultural Differences and Affect Preferences; Direct Effects of Smiling; Hedonia vs. Eudaimonia; Positivity Interventions; Technology, PA, and Health; Conclusion; References |
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Part Two Impact of Stress on Health6 Work, Stress, and Cardiovascular Disease; Introduction; The Epidemiology of CVD; Origins of Psychosocial Work Stress Models; Physiological Mechanisms; Literature Review; Work Stressors and CVD; Work Stressors and Hypertension; Work Stressors and Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome; Work Stressors, Depression, and CVD; Work Stressors and Behavioral CVD Risk Factors; Globalization, the Changing Nature of Work, and Work Stressors; Population Attributable Risk (PAR); Work Stress and the Prevention of CVD; Return to Work after Cardiac Events; Workplace Health Promotion |
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References2 The Effort-Reward Imbalance Model; Introduction; Theory; Sociological and Social Psychological Theory; Human Stress Theory; Measurement; Empirical Evidence; Cohort Studies; Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies; Practical Implications; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 3 Understanding Burnout; Identifying the Burnout Phenomenon; Burnout Definitions; Burnout Measures; Research Assessments or Clinical Diagnosis; Engagement: The Positive Antithesis; Conceptual Models; Multidimensional vs. One-Dimensional Constructs; The Development of Burnout over Time |
| Notes |
Job Stress Interventions and CVD |
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Print version record |
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Stress (Physiology) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Stress (Psychology) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Stress (Physiology)
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Stress (Psychology)
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Estrès (Fisiologia)
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Llibres electrònics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Quick, James C
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| ISBN |
9781118993798 |
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1118993799 |
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