Although stress is an everyday fact of life, it can lead to poor health outcomes, particularly
when intense or prolonged. However, humans have unique cognitive abilities and thus may …

Background. Recent years have seen a significant body of research independently
associating the presence of happiness and well-being with a lower risk of mortality and with …

Mental well‐being (MWB) depends upon a wide range of mental, physical, social, and
spiritual supports. In turn, MWB serves as a powerful buffer against varied stressors …

The Stress Model: Many studies have now convincingly shown that acute and chronic stress
negatively impact health (Cohen, Tyrrell et al. 1991; Kiecolt-Glaser 1999; Sternberg 2001) …

Chronic stress is a ubiquitous problem shouldered by many people worldwide. Although the
stressors are myriad (eg, loneliness, finances, health, discrimination), the corporal response …

Abundant evidence highlights the important role of personality traits, age, and social
relationships in the experience of subjective well-being. Experiential factors influence well …

Research on emotional experience in behavioral medicine has been focused primarily on
negative characteristics such as depression, anxiety, and hostility. This chapter outlines …

Although the relation between psychological processes and health (both mental and
physical) is not new, historically there has been a preponderance of research on the …

Rationale It has long been known that factors of the mind and of interpersonal relationships
influence health, but it is only in the last 50 years that an independent scientific field of health …

One of the consistent claims of books like these is that happiness is associated with all sorts
of good life outcomes, including—most promisingly—good health. Many studies have noted …