Stress & Health provides an international forum for disseminating cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research that significantly advances understanding of the relationship between stress and health and well-being in humans. Despite the prevalence of stress in society, scientific conceptualizations of stress are less than 100 years old and there is much yet to learn regarding the causes, nature, and outcomes of stress, as well as the mechanisms for coping with such stress.
The study of stress and health is inherently multidisciplinary in nature; therefore, the journal editors welcome contributions from researchers in fields as diverse as occupational and organizational psychology, health psychology, psychophysiology, and clinical medicine. Moreover, we particularly seek research that takes into account multiple levels of interacting systems ranging from the individual to dyadic, family, organizational, and societal factors. In addition to research that enhances our basic understanding of the nature, causes, and consequences of stress, the journal also highly values methodologically-sound intervention research that is solidly grounded in theory.
Authors may submit original theoretical, methodological, or empirical research articles or short communications. The journal also publishes invited conceptual reviews and commentaries from leading researchers in the field of stress and health.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Psychosocial stress
Stress in society, stress and children, adolescents, women, the elderly, retirement, poverty, overcrowding
Occupational stress
Sources, manifestations, prevention, treatment
Stress and the immune system
Cancer, AIDS, infectious disorders, psychoneuroimmunology
Stress assessment techniques
Measurements for state and trait anger, depression, hostility, life change events, hassles
Stress and cardiovascular disease
Hypertension, coronary heart disease, sudden death
Post traumatic stress disorders
Manifestations, prevention, treatment
Stress management
Meditation, autogenic training, cognitive restructuring, behavioural modification, pharmacology
Stress and subtle energies
Aromatherapy, music, auditory and photic stimuli, electromagnetic energy, cranioelectrical stimulation
Stress and neurotransmitters
Endorphins, serotonin, norepinephrine, melatonin, dopamine
Stress and ageing
Role of antioxidants
Stress and emotional disorders
Anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive behaviour, eating disorders, substance abuse
Stress and sports
Stress and the quality of life