<p>Increasing government control and monitoring, financial cuts and work overload, and vanishing promotion prospects and declining social standing, are some of the sources of stress peculiar to academic life identified by Fisher (psychology, U. of Strathclyde). She also reviews the effects of stress on performance and health, the coping mechanisms, and outside sources of help. She notes however, that only changing the working and learning environment can reduce the stress. Distributed in the US by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

Stress in Academic Life: The Mental Assembly Line (The Society for Research into Higher Education)

Fisher, Shirley

Reference

Open Univ Pr

A comprehensive survey of the stresses associated with major changes, or traumas, in life, also covering the many stresses of everyday life. Written to be accessible to a large audience, examining the effects of stress on human behavior, efficiency, welfare, and health, with thought-provoking discussion of the implications for preventative medicine. Well-known researchers here address specific stress conditions such as bereavement, unemployment, divorce, and stress at work, and illness. They also discuss socio-cognitive concepts, psychobiological models, and the implications of cognitive involvement in stress management.

Handbook of Life Stress, Cognition and Health

Reason, James

wiley

Functional cerebral specialisation is a phenomenon of considerable relevance not only to those investigating normal brain function, but also to scientists who study and treat clinical populations. This special issue of Laterality brings together contributions both from researchers studying human populations and those using animal models, and includes a discussion of the current important issues in the field of lateralisation of function. The papers address the origins of laterality, and the nature of lateralised functions in various species as well as relations among the different forms of lateralisation. Included are such topics as lateralised memory processes, early experiential effects on laterality, the genetic basis of handedness, perceptual processing in the haptic or visual domain, and learning. Comparisons between human and nonhuman primate findings and implications of these findings for our understanding of the

Homesickness, Cognition And Health

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Psychology Press

Homesickness, Cognition and Health (Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science)

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Routledge

Homesickness is a topic which has been neglected in research. It focuses on pre-occupation with home, family and friends and is further manifest in terms of distress such as depression, anxiety, obsessionality, absent-mindedness and physical symptoms. It has much in common with agitated depression and is in many ways similar to bereavement, and could be described as a form of post-traumatic stress syndrome.  Originally published in 1989, this title will be of considerable interest to those who have counselling or care-giving roles. An attentional resource model of homesickness experience is developed, and the implications for self-help and counselling are considered. The book will also be of interest to cognitive psychologists, since investigation of the cognitive basis of homesickness provides information into the way in which planning processes operate, and in this sense there is a contribution to the understanding of cognitive factors in change and transition.

Originally published in 1987, this title is concerned with the association between stress and control, and the implications for strategic response. It aims both to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive account of research in the area of stress for the advanced student and to develop a new synthesis of ideas leading to a cognitive model of stress and illness. The book reflects the idea that responses to stressful conditions are likely to be strategic, designed in order to achieve control in different ways. Concepts such as responsibility, instrumentality and predictability are discussed in an attempt to make the relationship between stress and control explicit. Different forms of the exercise of control are identified as features of strategy. A cognitive model of illness is developed, which assumes that the characteristics of strategies specified in terms of modes of control determine the features of ‘arousal pathology’ via hormone routes and thus influence the risk of illness. This differs from existing models at the time, which emphasise environmental properties such as incongruence, status inconsistency or ‘rule breakdown’ as determinants. A ‘constrained resource’ approach is emphasised, in which cognitive style and particular experiences exercise constraint on the range of strategies available in cognition. Hence these factors influence the risk of different kinds of ill health when life stresses are encountered. The book provides details of evidence and theory as well as new ideas and models. It will still be of interest to students of psychology, social science and medicine, who are concerned with stress and its relationship with human and health efficiency.

Stress and Strategy (Psychology Revivals)

<p>The book is written with the hope that after it is read the reader would understand that even though they may experience many storms in life to trust God. He will never leave nor forsake you. He has a plan and purpose for all our lives. Sometimes it is necessary to go through various trials so that he can get our attention. Finally, the ultimate message of this book is to inspire and encourage someone to hold on to God's unchanging hands. I am a living testimony that with God's unconditional love for us we can go through life assured that we will come out victoriously. He is the author and finisher of our faith.</p>

Trials, Tragedy, Triumphs

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

AuthorHouse

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Stress in Academic Life: The Mental Assembly Line (The Society for Research into Higher Education)

Handbook of Life Stress, Cognition and Health

Homesickness, Cognition And Health

Homesickness, Cognition and Health (Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science)

Homesickness, Cognition and Health (Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science)

Stress and Strategy (Psychology Revivals)

Stress and Strategy (Psychology Revivals)

Homesickness, Cognition and Health (Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science)

Trials, Tragedy, Triumphs