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From the moment we are born, we are under pressure — to take our first steps, to learn to read and write, to do well at school/college/university, to find a job, to buy a home, and to have a decent burial when we kick the proverbial bucket — the pressures in life are endless!

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© 2014 Brian Claridge and Cary L. Cooper

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Claridge, B., Cooper, C.L. (2014). Introduction. In: Stress in the Spotlight. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137292353_1

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