Stress and mental health : contemporary issues and prospects for the future / edited by William R. Avison and Ian H. Gotlib.

I. Introduction. II. Stressful life events. Unraveling complexity : strategies to refine concepts, measures, and research designs in the study of life events and mental health / Diane E. McLean and Bruce G. Link
Measuring life stress and assessing its impact on mental health / Scott M. Monroe and John R. McQuaid. III. Chronic strains. Sampling the stress universe / Blair Wheaton
The daily grind : work stressors, family patterns, and intergenerational outcomes / Elizabeth G. Menaghan. IV. Psychosocial resources and mediators. General and specific perceptions of social support / Irwin G. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce, and Barbara R. Sarason
Psychosocial resources and the stress process / R. Jay Turner and Patricia Roszell.

V. Vulnerability to stress. Life stressors and mental health : advances in conceptualizing stress resistance / Charles J. Holahan and Rudolf H. Moos
The disaggregation of vulnerability to depression as a function of the determinants of onset and recurrence / Ronald C. Kessler and William J. Maʺee. VI. The dependent variable in stress research. The advantages of indexes over diagnoses in scientific assessment / John Mirowsky
Psychophysiological and behavioral measurement of stress : applications to mental health / Naomi Lester, Linda E. Nebel, and Andrew Baum. VII. Conclusion. Future prospects for stress research / William R. Avison and Ian H. Gotlib.