Handbook of Stress and Health : A Guide to Research and Practice, Hardcover b...

Handbook of Stress and Health : A Guide to Research and Practice, Hardcover by Cooper, Cary L. (EDT); Quick, James Campbell (EDT), ISBN 1118993772, ISBN-13 9781118993774, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USThe Handbook of Stress and Health is a comprehensive and authoritative work that brings together and explores state-of-the-art research on the link between stress and health outcomes. It covers theories connecting stress to ill health, moderating factors, intervention studies to minimize the effects of stress and preventative strategies to enhance well-being across a range of contexts including the family, workplace and community. Specific coverage includes stress and cancer, humour in the workplace, sleep and well-being, burnout and engagement, stress and disturbed eating, and socioeconomic inequities in health.

Sir Cary L. Cooper CBE is 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School. He is the author or editor of more than 160 books, on occupational stress, women at work and industrial and organizational psychology, has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals and is a frequent media commentator. He is Founding President of the British Academy of Management, immediate past Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of Relate and a Clinical Advisor to Anxiety UK. He was knighted in 2014 for services to social science.

James Campbell Quick is Distinguished University Professor and holds the . Fouse Endowed Chair at The University of Texas at Arlington. He is also a Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He retired from the US Air Force in 2000 after 25 years of active, commissioned service. He teaches ethics, leadership and stress management and his current research centers on character and leadership. He is Vice President of the Clan Campbell Educational Foundation, and served on the DOD's Defense Health Board (2) for his expertise in prevention and psychological health and well-being.