Coping with Stress in a Changing World

Download or read book Coping with Stress in a Changing World written by Richard Blonna and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress doesn't just happen. It is a dynamic process involving you, a potential stressor, and a specific environment and set of circumstances. Coping with Stress in a Changing World will teach you how to manage all three elements of this process. The book uses the very practical, easy-to-learn Five Rs of Coping Model to help you become more stress resistant. The Five Rs—Rethink, Reduce, Relax, Release, and Reorganize—will empower you with a variety of strategies across five different levels of coping. Manage stressors with each strategy or in combination. These strategies alert you to potential stressors before they become full-blown stressors.