Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist widely credited with founding modern stress research.
Facts
BirthplaceVienna, Austria-Hungary 1 Death PlaceMontreal, Quebec, Canada 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionProposed the general adaptation syndrome in 1936, describing the body's alarm, resistance and exhaustion stages in response to sustained stress, and helped establish stress as a distinct field of biological and psychological study. 2 Notable Work Connections
Associated With
His General Adaptation Syndrome research founded the stress-and-health science behavioral medicine draws on.
In Branch
Source Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome
Theories and Concepts Developed
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hans Selye
Wikimedia Foundationinfobox
October 16, 1982
Early life
Selye was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on January 26, 1907
Later life and death
His book The Stress of Life appeared in Hungarian as Az Eletunk es a stressz in 1964 and became a bestseller.
Introduction
was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: General Adaptation Syndrome
Wikimedia FoundationGeneral adaptation syndrome definition section
The general adaptation syndrome (GAS), developed by Hans Selye, is a profile of how organisms respond to stress
In Branch: Health Psychology, Origin of stress term section
The current usage of the word stress arose out of Hans Selye's 1930s experiments.
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