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The chapters in this book present an excellent assessment of the current state of stress research. More importantly, they also provide a rich source of new ideas about the processes through which Stressors manifest themselves in terms of various mental health outcomes. In our view, these chapters are representative of the multidisciplinary interest of stress research today. Moreover, they provide excellent examples of the theoretical sophistication and the methodological creativity characteristic of the groundbreaking work in this area. Whereas some authors have focused on a critical review of the research literature and the specification of important new theoretical issues, others have chosen to present compelling empirical analyses to demonstrate significant novel methodological and conceptual directions for stress researchers. Regardless of their approach, these contributors provide not only a clear view of the most pressing research problems in the field but an agenda for future work in this rapidly expanding area of mental health research.
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Avison, W.R., Gotlib, I.H. (1994). Future Prospects for Stress Research. In: Avison, W.R., Gotlib, I.H. (eds) Stress and Mental Health. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1106-3_12
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