Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. Contents xi
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. 1 What This Book Is About 1
6. 2 Pertinent Situations 9
7. 3 Design 30
8. 4 The Stress-Inducing Situations 44
9. 5 Descriptions of the Samples and Measures 53
10. 6 Introduction to the Results of the Stress Experiments 68
11. 7 The First Stress Experiment: The Problems Situation 72
12. 8 The Second and Third Stress-Inducing Situations 86
13. 9 Other Observations on Stress Reactions 101
14. 10 The Ability to Master or Failure to Master Stress 120
15. 11 The Stress Experiments During the Second Year 142
16. 12 The Acute Emergency Reactions and the Ability to Handle Stress as Time Passed 153
17. 13 Formulation of the Stress Reactions 157
18. 14 Introduction to the Personality and Social Data 181
19. 15 The Perception of Parents by the Students 186
20. 16 The Internal Concept of Self 206
21. 17 Fantasy in the Thematic Apperception Test and Reactions During Laboratory Stress 214
22. 18 The Social Conflict and Interpersonal Indices 224
23. 19 The Assessment of Reality 229
24. 20 The Phrase Association Interview 234
25. 21 Perception of Parents and Social Attitudes 244
26. 22 Other Personality Studies 265
27. 23 Summary and Formulation 272
28. Bibliography 315
29. Index 323