This text provides students with ideas and guidelines, based on research evidence, for enhancing personal wellness and the wellness of others through effective stress management. This fourth edition contains examples, stories and vignettes bringing abstract ideas to life in a way readers should be able to relate to their own experiences. The author places personal stress within social context and fosters a broader view of how personal stress is influenced by social forces and how these need to be addressed. This edition includes a new separate Activities Manual for more options of in-and-out-of-class activities.