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In this chapter and the subsequent two, we address strategies for changing and modifying individual perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors to enhance individual health and well-being. This set of three chapters is about individual preventive stress management and concerns the question, What can I do as an individual to responsibly manage my own stress? This chapter discusses primary prevention for individuals and considers the use of stressor-directed strategies aimed at preventing individual distress and managing the stress response in everyday work life. The primary prevention strategies considered fall into three groups: (a) managing personal perceptions of stress, (b) managing the personal work environment, and (c) managing lifestyle. The strategies discussed are ones for which there is a conceptual and/or evaluation research basis for their use and effectiveness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)