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Life Stressors and Mental Health

Advances in Conceptualizing Stress Resistance

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Stress and Mental Health

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The last two decades have witnessed a growing societal concern with stress and its psychological toll. In fact, research on stress has grown exponentially during this period; the issues examined touch almost every specialization in basic and applied social science (Coyne & Downey, 1991). Researchers have examined a wide range of Stressors, including general Stressors involving acute life events (Thoits, 1983), role strains (Pearlin, 1989), and chronic difficulties (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), and such specific Stressors as technological disaster (Baum, Gatchel, & Schaeffer, 1983).

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Holahan, C.J., Moos, R.H. (1994). Life Stressors and Mental Health. 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_8

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