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Welcome to the companion website for Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life, Third Edition, a student-friendly text that integrates Eastern and Western concepts of stress while emphasizing an experiential approach to learning through the use of exercises, activities, and self-reflection. The book contains chapters on conflict resolution, mindfulness meditation, time management, prevention of health risks, and cognitive restructuring. Included throughout are an emphasis on mindfulness and the neuroscience behind it, more theories, and new techniques for stress reduction and time management.

While you explore the website, you’ll find we have material for both instructors and students. For instructors, we feature chapter material, including lecture slides, chapter outlines, and student activities, downloadable as PDF files. Also available for instructors is our special feature entitled Questbank, which includes multiple-choice, true and false, matching, as well as short answer and essay questions.

For students, we have a series of test sections available, including Fill in the Blank, Matching, Multiple Choice, and True and False.

Accessible for both students and instructors are ten brand new videos for this third edition as well as 14 videos from the previous edition which feature students discussing stressful situations in their lives and how they overcame these challenges. Also available for both students and instructors are four new audio files, which are a series of relaxation clips in which the instructor takes the listener through calming exercises.

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What People Are Saying about Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life, Third Edition

“An excellent book from which all students of stress management will benefit. From clearly presented theories and concepts to vivid, real-world examples, the information provided by Dr. Chen is stimulating and thought-provoking. Dr. Chen takes more of a positive psychological perspective when presenting stress management topics, not leaving out cultural differences that may exist. The highlighted Reflection boxes are especially helpful in allowing students time to ponder over the information recently read and applying it to their everyday life experiences.“—Dr. Steven J. Radlo, PhD, associate professor of stress management and sport & exercise psychology, Western Illinois University

“This third edition has evolved into a more ‘mindfulness’ approach to stress management within a positive psychology framework. The student-centered explanations to the neuroscience underlying the concepts are presented at a level of complexity that is appreciated by science majors, but reasonably comprehensible to the non-science major as well. The video-based activities and the ‘Reflection’ exercises provide self-assessment of individual stress levels, which enhances active student engagement. Text content addresses multiple individual and interpersonal health belief models, thus successfully linking theory to practice.”—Ellen Lee, RN, MS, EdD, CHES, adjunct faculty, Health Science Department, California State University, Fullerton

“Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life is a well-organized and remarkable tool for teaching stress management. Students find the material interesting to read and the exercises throughout the text useful and impactful. Dr. Chen's book delivers scientific research about the effects of stress, along with holistic modalities designed to help students increase their coping skills and the quality of their lives.”—Karen Fazio, MSG, HHP, gerontologist, holistic health practitioner, health science and gerontology Instructor, California State University, Fullerton

“Stress Management and Prevention by Dr. Chen is both insightful and comprehensive, while being understandable and straightforward. He has written a book that anyone can digest, regardless of their stress-management knowledge. The real-life examples are immediately applicable, allowing for instant absorption. A fantastic piece of work.”—Gina Harmston, MS, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Health Science, California State University, Fullerton