Read more
Comprehensive Stress Management integrates research and theories concerning the inevitable occurrence of stress, with an emphasis on the interrelation of stress and illness. It empowers students to learn what stress is, evaluate their level of stress, and apply to their own lives the tools and skills to manage that stress. The book examines a variety of topics relevant to college students, including intrapersonal and interpersonal stressors; physiological reactions to stress; spirituality and stress; occupational stress; and family stress.
Lab Assessments at the conclusion of each chapter help students relate what they have learned to their personal lives by encouraging them to identify specific attitudes, behaviors, and coping skills as well as target areas for improvement.
List of contents
1: What is Stress?
2: Stress Psychophysiology
3: Stress and Illness/Disease
4: Stress and the College Student
5: Intervention
6: Life-Situation Interventions: Intrapersonal
7: Life-Situation Interventions: Interpersonal
8: Perception Interventions
9: Spirituality and Stress
10: Meditation
11: Autogenic Training, Imagery, and Progressive Relaxation
12: Other Relaxation Techniques
13: Physiological Arousal Interventions
14: Strategies for Decreasing Stressful Behaviors
15: Diversity and Stress
16: Occupational Stress
17: Family Stress
About the author
Professor in the Department of Public and Community Health at the University of Maryland. Dr. Greenberg earned his baccalaureate and masters degrees from The City College of New York, and then continued his education at Syracuse University where he earned his doctorate. Dr. Greenberg taught at Syracuse University, Boston University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo before accepting his current position at the University of Maryland in 1979. Dr. Greenberg has written over 50 books on such topics as elder care, health, stress management, physical fitness, sexuality, and methods of health education. In addition, he has published over 80 articles in professional journals and lay magazines. Among Dr. Greenberg's honors are included: the University of Maryland Service-Learning Advocate of Year Award for 2003-2004; the American School Health Association's Distinguished Service Award; selection as Alliance Scholar by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; the Presidential Citation, the Certificate of Appreciation, and the Scholar Award of the American Association for Health Education; selection for inclusion in Who's Who in America, Outstanding Young Men of America, and Who's Who in World Jewry. Dr. Greenberg has also served on the editorial boards of the professional journals Health Education and The Journal of School Health and as a reviewer for other professional journals. In addition, Dr. Greenberg has conducted stress management workshops for professional, business, and lay organizations throughout the United States.
