Stress, Stress Theories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald F Lackey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss283 |
| OpenAlex | W3048244253 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
What differentiates the study of stress in sociology from similar work in fields like biology or medicine is the attention given by sociologists to the social distribution of mental health and well‐being. Sociological inquiry focuses on how the causes of stress, the resources for coping with stress, and the outcomes of stress vary across subgroups in the population. As distinct from a psychological or biological approach, the sociological study of stress focuses on how the social condition can determine a number of different stress outcomes. A significant step forward in this endeavor was made by Pearlin et al. (1981) when they formalized a sociological theory of the stress process
Coping (psychology · Mental health · Psychological stress · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociological theory · Sociology · Stress (linguistics · Clinical Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |