Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life

by David D. Chen, David Chen

Stress Management and Prevention, Second Edition offers a fun and exciting way to learn about stress, its causes, and ways to deal with and prevent it. Not only will you enjoy reading it, but you ll also find yourself motivated to continue incorporating what you learn into your life long after your class is over. You ll explore both Western and Eastern views of stress to learn about its nature, what can trigger it, and the impact it can have on your body and your life. Numerous coping strategies are explored, including problem solving and time management skills, psychological and spiritual relaxation methods, and healthy nutritional and lifestyle choices. Self-reflection and self-awareness exercises, activities, and hands-on techniques will show you how to effectively and easily manage your stress and, most importantly, prevent it from reoccurring.

Genres: Psychology

432 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 2007

Reviews

[Sandeep Gautam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book written for college students who might be taking a stress management course for a semester and uses examples and addresses the needs of that target audience; however it is very well written book, and almost anyone interested to manage and prevent stress can benefit from this book.

Although its a textbook, its easy to understand and apply to daily life with many reflections built in that encourage you to see how these concepts can be applied. The last section explicitly references positive psychology based approaches to remain resilient and to achieve peak performances despite stress.

Like all textbooks, it sometimes lacks the latest or most authentic science and research but overall does a good job of explaining the science and practice of stress management and prevention.