Emotions, Stress, and Health

Alex J. Zautra is Foundation Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at Arizona State University. He has dedicated his career to the study of resilience. His current research is funded by grants from the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, and the Arthritis Foundation.

• 1. The Nature of Emotional Experiences ; 2. Emotions in Two Dimensions ; 3. Stress and the Eyes of the Beholder ; 4. The Effects of Stress on the Experience of Emotions ; 5. Positive Emotions and Mental Health: Are We Chasing the Rainbow? ; 6. The Role of Positive Emotions in Health ; 7. Emotional Intelligences ; 8. Attention and Pain: the Role of Emotions ; 9. Depression and Anxiety: Two Frequent Disturbances of Emotion Under Stress ; 10. Addiction and Emotions ; 11. Emotions Abused ; 12. Marriage and Other Close Relationships: A Two-Dimensional Look ; 13. The Quality of Emotional Life at Work ; 14. The Preservation of Quality of Emotional Life As We Age ; 15. The Emotional Community ; 16. Some Conclusions

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