Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. Scientific foundations: What is stress? -- Stress psychophysiology -- Stress and illness/disease -- Stress and the college student -- 2. General applications: life-situation and perception interventions: Intervention -- Life-situation interventions : intrapersonal -- Life-situation interventions : interpersonal -- Perception interventions -- Spirituality and stress -- 3. General applications: relaxation techniques -- Meditation -- Autogenic training, imagery, and progressive relaxation -- Other relaxation techniques --4. General applications : physiological arousal and behavior change interventions : Physiological arousal interventions -- Strategies for decreasing stressful behaviors -- Diversity and stress -- 5. Specific applications: Occupational stress -- Family stress --