Stress and Mental Health: Contemporary Issues and Prospects for the Future (Springer Series on Stress and Coping)

"Providing fresh insights into the complex relationship between stress and mental health, internationally recognized contributors identifie emerging conceptual issues, highlight promising avenues for further study, and detail novel methodological techniques for addressing contemporary empirical problems. Specific coverage includes stressful life events, chronic strains, psychosocial resources and mediators, vulnerability to stress, and mental health outcomes-thus providing researchers with a tool to take stock of the past and future of this field"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction and Overview....Pages 3-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Unraveling Complexity....Pages 15-42 Measuring Life Stress and Assessing Its Impact on Mental Health....Pages 43-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Sampling the Stress Universe....Pages 77-114 The Daily Grind....Pages 115-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 General and Specific Perceptions of Social Support....Pages 151-177 Psychosocial Resources and the Stress Process....Pages 179-210 Front Matter....Pages 211-211 Life Stressors and Mental Health....Pages 213-238 The Disaggregation of Vulnerability to Depression as a Function of the Determinants of Onset and Recurrence....Pages 239-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 The Advantages of Indexes over Diagnoses in Scientific Assessment....Pages 261-290 Psychophysiological and Behavioral Measurement of Stress....Pages 291-314 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 Future Prospects for Stress Research....Pages 317-332 Back Matter....Pages 333-344