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- English
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction and Purpose of the Book
- Chapter 2 - Why Is Stress Important?
- Chapter 3 - Definitions of Stress
- Chapter 4 - The Physiology of Stress
- Chapter 5 - Design and Measurement Issues in Stress Research
- Chapter 6 - Why Is Coping Important?
- Chapter 7 - Theoretical Approaches to Coping
- Chapter 8 - Measurement of Coping Strategies
- Chapter 9 - Statistical Issues in Coping Research
- Chapter 10 - Coping and Mental Health
- Chapter 11 - Coping and Physical Health
- Chapter 12 - Coping with Traumatic Stress
- Chapter 13 - Sociocultural Aspects of Coping
- Chapter 14 - Developmental Studies of Coping
- Chapter 15 - Stress-Related Growth and Transformational Coping
- Chapter 16 - Self-Regulation, Self-Development, and Wisdom
- References
- Index
- About Guilford Publications
- From the Publisher