The Palgrave handbook of occupational stress. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of occupational stress; Occupational stress
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine, James Erskine.
• Editors: Fauquet-Alekhine, Philippe; Erskine, James
• Contents: Table of contentForewordAuthors' bionotesList of figuresTable of content Part 1 - Stress description Chapter I - IntroductionChapter II - Conceptualization of Stress1.Introduction2.Selye and his concept – the beginning3.Further developments – biological and psychological dimension4.Occupational stress – modern understanding5.From homeostasis to allostasis6.Common effects of chronic psychosocial stress 7.Stress-vulnerability and the concept of epigenetics8.ConclusionReferences Chapter III - The Cycle of Stress1.Introduction2-Stress types / psychological dimension3-The neurophysiological process / Physiological dimension4- Influence of the psychological and physiological dimensions / behavioral dimension5-Additional considerations: Genetics and Epigenetics6-ConclusionReferences Chapter IV - Animal models in neuroscience: A focus on stress1.Introduction2. The stress response 3. Stress alters anxiety, depression and cognitive function4. Neural effects of stress5. Ethical considerations6. ConclusionsReferences Part II - Stress assessment Chapter V - Physiological assessment of the state of mental stress at work1.Introduction2.Heart rate variation3.Heart-rate variability4.Blood pressure5.Respiratory frequency6.Skin conductance or resistivity6.Salivary alpha-amylase 7.Salivary cortisol8.Cytokine9.Ethics10.ConclusionsReferences Chapter VI - Psychological assessment of the state of mental stress at work1.Introduction2-Validity of questionnaires for self-assessment of stress3-Questionnaires for self-assessment of stress state4-Overall limits of questionnaires5-Deontology and Ethics6-ConclusionReferences Chapter VII - Stress Assessment in Daily Life Using the Experience Sampling Method1.Introduction2. Stress assessment using the experience sampling method3. Summary and ConclusionsReferences Chapter VIII - Psychosocial risks at work: fundamentals and stakes1.Introduction2.Definitions3.PSRs and stress4.PSRs and stakes5.ConclusionsReferences Chapter IX - Psychosocial risks at work: Outlines of the evaluation approach1.Introduction2.The analyst's posture3. General Principles4. Methodological conclusionsReferences Chapter X - Assessment of Psychosocial Risks: methods1.Introduction2. Proposal of applied methods3.Impact of the PSR evaluation on the management4.Feedback from interventions5. ConclusionsReferences Chapter XI - Assessment of Psychosocial Risks: questionnaire review1.Introduction2.Questionnaires3. ConclusionsReferences Chapter XII - Visualizing results of a Psychosocial Risks assessment through questionnaires1.Introduction2.Description of the case study3.Categorisation of questionnaire items4.Verification of categorisation consistency – adjustment5.Visualisation of results6.Comparative analysis of results over time 7.ConclusionsReferences Part III - Using stress at work Chapter XIII - Leadership styles: work stress and related outcomes - health outcomes1.Introduction2.Positive leadership definitions3. Redundancy in the concepts, conceptual overlap, and issues with the more recent positive forms of leadership4.Review of the evidence base5. ConclusionReferences Chapter XIV- Leadership styles and related outcomes - practical suggestions1.Introduction2.Key advice for organisations3. Key advice for leaders4.Key advice for followers5.ConclusionReferences Chapter XV - Occupational training, competencies and stress1.Introduction2.The constraints of simulation3.Generating acute stress 4.Difficulty in generating high-intensity acute stress conditions5.Generating the behavior of the actual operational situation6.Ethics – precautions7.ConclusionsReferences Chapter XVI - Stress adjustment as a criterion for hiring in high-risk jobs1. Stress and high-risk jobs 2.Stress adjustment as a criterion for hiring?3.Stress's adjustment assessment in the French Air Force (FAF)4.Concluding remarksReferences Part IV - Macro description of stress Chapter XVII - Cross-cultural ideas on stress1.Introduction2.Culture and stress3.Culture, work and stress4.Culture, work and stress coping5.ConclusionsReferences Chapter XVIII - Stress in different professional sectors1.Introduction2.Occupational stress in the world3.Occupational stress with time4.ConclusionsReferences Chapter XIX - The impact of stress among undergraduate students: supporting resilience and wellbeing early in career progression1.Introduction 2.Prevalence of psychological distress among undergraduates3.Student stress and burnout4.What are the challenges to mental health faced by students?5.Response to the changing needs of students from Higher Education6.Student wellbeing, resources and resilience: Impact on future careers7.Interventions to increase wellbeing, resilience and success8.ConclusionReferences Part V - Dealing with stress Chapter XX - Stress Prevention Measures in the Workplace1.Defining stress2.Defining burnout3.Why work is stressful?4.Types of intervention5.Why prevention?6.Conclusions - What are the solutions?References Chapter XXI - Stress management1.Forms and intensity of stress 2.From acute stress to crisis management 3.Stress management strategies4.ConclusionReferences Chapter XXII - Stress and resilience in the workplace1.Introduction2.Defining stress3.What is resilience?4. Employee Wellbeing / resilience interventions5. Potential consequences of resilience training6. Practical suggestions7. ConclusionReferences Chapter XXIII - Pharmacology for stress1.Introduction2. Psychotropic drugs3.Therapeutic drug monitoring and Pharmacovigilance4.Dependency5.Rates of use5.ConclusionsReferences Chapter XXIV – ConclusionIndex.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (618 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 158.72; Job stress
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031273490
• Related ISBNs: 9783031273483
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