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Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2013

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ISBN 9781492595946 (online)

ISBN 9781492576358 (PDF ebook)

ISBN 9781450431668 (print)

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Stress is an unavoidable part of our everyday lives--and some of it can be good. But a lot of stress is unhealthy, and most of us don’t know how to handle it. Ignoring or mishandling unhealthy stress has all sorts of negative consequences. That’s why Stress Management: A Wellness Approach is such a valuable resource. This student-friendly guide identifies stressors in six dimensions of life--physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, and environmental--and presents tested tools that students can use in managing that stress in healthy ways. This text offers these features: Questions that promote critical and reflective thinking in journal entries and discussions as students look to creatively solve problems; Experiential activities that encourage students to practice stress management techniques. Author Nanette Tummers presents stress management from a holistic viewpoint. She considers not only the symptoms of stress but also the challenges students face in their physical, emotional, intellectual, social, financial, cultural, and spiritual circumstances. Stress Management draws heavily from leading research and best practices from experts in the field of positive psychology, such as Seligman (flourishing), Benson (relaxation response), and Kabat-Zinn (mindfulness). The material cultivates students’ strengths rather than pointing out their weaknesses. The book includes sidebars describing resources (books and websites) that instructors and students alike can use in further exploration of issues in stress management. Stress Management helps college students manage stress in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing climate: social, culture, politics, economics, technology, and media. It explores key issues of stress and stress management and offers evidence-based research and practical tools that students can use in coping with changes and stress in healthy and positive ways now and throughout their lives.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Stress and Stress Management ; Wellness Versus Health ; Good Stress Versus Not-So-Good Stress ; Definitions of Stress ; Stress and Life Stage of Becoming an Adult ; Understanding the Stress Response: Fight or Flight ; What Happens During Stress Reactivity or the Stress Response ; The Pathophysiology of Stress ; Mind-Body Health: Psychoneuroimmunology ; Strengths-Based Approach ; Journaling ; Summary -- Chapter 2. Physical Wellness ; Acupuncture and Acupressure ; Autogenics ; Biofeedback ; Breathing ; Diet ; Tobacco Use ; Sexual Health ; Massage Therapy and Therapeutic Touch ; Physical Activity ; Relaxation ; Sleep ; Qigong and Tai Chi ; Yoga ; Summary -- Chapter 3. Emotional Wellness ; Happiness ; Laughter ; Art Healing ; Dealing With Difficult Emotions ; Defense Mechanisms ; Summary -- Chapter 4. Intellectual Wellness ; Mindfulness ; Meditation ; Changing Distorted Thinking, Reframing, and Disputation ; Affirmations ; Goal Setting and Problem Solving ; Time Management = Self Management ; Creative Imagination ; Summary -- Chapter 5. Social Wellness ; Intimate Partner Relationships ; Interpersonal Communication ; Conflict Resolution ; Differences Between Men and Women ; Animal-Assisted Activity ; Summary -- Chapter 6. Spiritual Wellness ; Stress Management and Spirituality Practices ; Altruism ; Forgiveness ; Gratitude ; Additional Spiritual Wellness Practices ; Summary -- Chapter 7. Environmental Wellness ; Technology ; Light ; Temperature ; Air Quality ; Color ; Ergonomics ; Noise ; Sound ; Natural Surroundings ; Summary