Stress, coping, and development : an integrative perspective
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Stress, coping, and development : an integrative perspective
Guilford Press, 2009
2nd ed
- : pbk
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This ed. originally published: 2007
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial stress and the implications of different coping strategies for adaptation and health across the lifespan. Carolyn M. Aldwin synthesizes a vast body of knowledge within a conceptual framework that emphasizes the transactions between mind and body and between persons and environments. She analyzes different kinds of stressors and their psychological and physiological effects, both negative and positive. Ways in which coping is influenced by personality, relationships, situational factors, and culture are explored. The book also provides a methodological primer for stress and coping research, critically reviewing available measures and data analysis techniques.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Purpose of the Book
2. Why Is Stress Important?
3. Definitions of Stress
4. The Physiology of Stress
5. Design and Measurement Issues in Stress Research
6. Why is Coping Important?
7. Theoretical Approaches to Coping
8. Measurement of Coping Strategies
9. Statistical Issues in Coping Research
10. Coping and Mental Health
11. Coping and Physical Health
12. Coping with Traumatic Stress
13. Sociocultural Aspects of Coping
14. Developmental Studies of Coping
15. Stress-Related Growth and Transformational Coping
16. Self-Regulation, Self-Development, and Wisdom
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