Building Resistance to Stress and Aging: The Toughness Model

By Richard A Dienstbier

Book Overview

The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and ultimately build our mental and psychological capacities degenerated by stress and by aging.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349498033
• ISBN13: 9781349498031
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"