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Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress'

Towards a multidisciplinary approach Volume I

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Editors:
  1. J. Cullen

    1. Health Care and Psychosomatic Unit, Dublin, Ireland
      Dept. of Medical Sociology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. J. Siegrist

    1. Health Care and Psychosomatic Unit, Dublin, Ireland
      Dept. of Medical Sociology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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  3. H. M. Wegmann

    1. Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Psychological and sociological parameters for studies of breakdown in human adaptation

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      Pages 1-1
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The widespread interest in "stressful" aspects of contemporary society which contribute to its burden of illness and diseases (e.g. gastro intestinal, cardiovascular) has led to a large number of state­ ments and reports which relate the manifestations to a maladaptation of the individual. Furthermore, recent research suggests that under some condi tions stress may have a more generalized effect of decreasing the body's ability to combat destructive forces and expose it to a variety of diseases. Breakdown in adaptation occurs when an individual cannot cope with demands inherent in his environment. These may be due to an excessive mental or physical load, including factors of a social or psychological nature and task performance requirements ranging from those which are monotonous, simple and repetitive to complex, fast, decision-taking ones. Experience shows however that not all people placed under the same condi tions suffer similarly, and it follows that to the social and psychological environment should be added a genetic factor influencing, through the brain, the responses of individuals. It is clear that, besides human suffering, this "breakdown in adaptation" causes massive losses of revenue to industry and national health authorities. Thus a reduction in "stress", before "breakdown" occurs, or an improvement in coping with it would be very valuable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Health Care and Psychosomatic Unit, Dublin, Ireland

    J. Cullen, J. Siegrist

  • Dept. of Medical Sociology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Cullen, J. Siegrist

  • Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. M. Wegmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress'

  • Book Subtitle: Towards a multidisciplinary approach Volume I

  • Editors: J. Cullen, J. Siegrist, H. M. Wegmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3283-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: ECSC, EEC, EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg. 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7974-7Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3283-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 622

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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