The Palgrave handbook of occupational stress

The Palgrave handbook of occupational stress / Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine, James Erskine, editors.

This handbook brings together an international group of experts to offer a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Including both theoretical and practical perspectives, it examines ways to reduce and treat stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings of it. Th...

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Other Authors: Fauquet-Alekhine, Philippe, Erskine, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Subjects:
Job stress.
Job stress
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • References
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Introduction
  • Part I: Stress Description
  • 2: Conceptualization of Stress
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Selye and His Concept: The Beginning
  • 3 Further Developments: Biological and Psychological Dimension
  • 4 Occupational Stress: Modern Understanding
  • 5 From Homeostasis to Allostasis
  • 6 Common Effects of Chronic Psychosocial Stress
  • 7 Stress-Vulnerability and the Concept of Epigenetics
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3: The Cycle of Stress
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Stress Types/Psychological Dimension
  • 2.1 Stress at Work
  • 3 The Neurophysiological Process/Physiological Dimension
  • 3.1 The Nervous System
  • 3.2 The Physiological Response to Stress/Physiological Dimension
  • 3.3 The Adrenergic Axis
  • 3.4 The Corticotropic Axis
  • 3.5 Adrenergic and Corticotropic Interactions
  • 4 Influence of the Psychological and Physiological Dimensions/Behavioral Dimension
  • 5 Additional Considerations: Genetics and Epigenetics
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: Animal Models in Neuroscience: A Focus on Stress
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Stress Response
  • 2.1 Temporal Aspects of Stress
  • 2.2 Types of Stressors
  • 2.3 Sex as a Biological Variable
  • 3 Stress Alters Anxiety, Depression, and Cognitive Function
  • 3.1 Effects in Adult Rodents
  • 3.2 Stress during Developmental Periods Causes Long Lasting Behavioral and Cognitive Changes
  • 4 Neural Effects of Stress
  • 5 Ethical Considerations
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: Stress Assessment
  • 5: Physiological Assessment of the State of Mental Stress at Work
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 General Considerations Regarding Reliability and Limitations
  • 1.2 Methods Presented
  • 2 Heart Rate Variation
  • 2.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 2.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 3 Heart Rate Variability
  • 3.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 3.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 4 Blood Pressure
  • 4.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 4.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 5 Respiratory Frequency
  • 5.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 5.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 6 Skin Conductance or Resistivity
  • 6.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 6.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 7 Salivary Alpha-amylase
  • 7.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 7.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 8 Salivary Cortisol
  • 8.1 Expected Averaged Values for Samples of Healthy Adults
  • 8.2 Reliability and Limitations
  • 9 Cytokine
  • 10 Ethics
  • 11 Conclusions
  • Appendix: Example of Informed Consent Form Co-signed by the Subject and the Analyst
  • Informed Consent
  • A 1: Purpose of the Study
  • A 2: Profile of Participants
  • A 3: Procedure
  • A 4: Duration
  • A 5: Recordings

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