Dynamics of Stress Physiological, Psychological and Social Perspecti

It was our privilege, some twenty years ago, to assemble a group of Canadian and American investigators to examine the status of research in the then newly burgeoning field of psychological stress (Appley & Trumbull, 1967). As noted, in Chapter 1 of t

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The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping Series Editor: Donald Meichenbaum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Editorial Board:

Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Columbia University Marianne Frankenhaeuser, University of Stockholm Norman Garmezy, University of Minnesota Mardi J. Horowitz, University of California Medical School, San Francisco Richard S. Lazarus, University of California, Berkeley Michael Rutter, University of London Dennis C. Turk, University of Pittsburgh Camille Wortman, University of Michigan

COPING WITH LIFE CRISES An Integrated Approach Edited by Rudolf H. Moos DYNAMICS OF STRESS Physiological, Psychological, and Social Perspectives Edited by Mortimer H. Appley and Richard Trumbull Forthcoming COPING WITH NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS Clinical and Social Psychological Perspectives Edited by C. R. Snyder and Carol E. Ford

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Dynamics of Stress Physiological, Psychological, and Social Perspectives Edited by

MORTIMER H. APPLEY Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts

and

RICHARD TRUMBULL Former Research Director, Office

of Naval Research Washington, D. C.

Plenum Press • New York and London

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Dynamics of stress. (The Plenum series on stress and coping) Consists of updated papers presented at the Conference on Psychological Stress Theory, held Apr. 2-6, 1984 in Luxembourg and sponsored by Clark University and the Government of Luxembourg. 1. Stress (Psychology)-Congresses. 2. Stress (Physiology)-Congresses. 3. Stress (Psychology) - Social aspects - Congresses. I. Appley, Mortimer H. (Mortimer Herbert) II. Trumbull, Richard III. Conference on Psychological Stress Theory (1984: Luxembourg, Luxembourg) IV. Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) V. Luxembourg. VI. Series. [DNLM: 1. Stress, Psychological-congresses. WM 172 D997] BF575.S75D96 1986 155.9 86-25175 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5124-5 DOl: 10.1007.978-1-4684-5122-1

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5122-1

© 1986 Plenum Press, New York A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1986

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To Henry J. Leir, whose generous support made the Clark-Luxembourg conference series possible

Contributors

Bernice Andrews, Department of Social Policy and Social Science, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, London, England Mortimer H. Appley, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts Shlomo Breznitz, Roy D. Wolf Center for Study of Psychological