Research Catalog

Title

Stress among older adults : understanding and coping / by James H. Humphrey ; with a foreword by Paul J. Rosch.

Author

Humphrey, James H. (James Harry), 1911-2008.

Publication

Springfield, Ill., U.S.A. : C.C. Thomas, ©1992.

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Details

Description

xiii, 157 pages; 27 cm

Subject

• Stress in old age
• Stress management for older people
• Older people
• Aged
• Stress, Physiological
• Stress, Psychological
• Stress, Psychological > physiopathology
• elderly
• Older people
• Stress in old age
• Stress management for older people

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-154) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Paul J. Rosch -- pt. I. Understanding. 1. Characteristics of Older Adults. Aging. Theories of Aging. Effects of Aging. Aging, Health and Disease. Aging and Mental Functioning. Longevity. 2. The Stress Terminology Problem. How Stress is Perceived by Older Adults. The Meaning of Stress and Related Terms. 3. About Stress. Theories of Stress. Reactions to Stress. Classifications of Stress. Causes of Stress. Effects of Stress. Individual Differences and Stress. 4. Dealing With Emotions. Factors Concerned with Emotional Stability. Guidelines for the Development of Emotional Stability. Opportunities for the Development of Emotional Stability in Various Kinds of Environments. Evaluating Influences of the Environment on the Development of Emotional Stability. The Emotionally Healthy Person -- pt. II. Coping. 5. Stress Management for Older Adults. Some General Principles of Living to Apply in Stress Management. A Lifestyle Concerned with Personal Health. A Lifestyle Concerned with the Fitness Triangle.

ISBN

• 0398057907
• 9780398057909

LCCN

92003366

OCLC

• ocm25281444
• 25281444
• SCSB-1974346

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library