Coping with Chronic Stress
Much of what we know about the subject of coping is based on human behavior and cognition during times of crisis and transition. Yet the alarms and m~or upheavals of life comprise only a portion of those experiences that call for adaptive efforts. There remains a vast array of life situations and co...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
| Series: | Springer Series on Stress and Coping
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: Introduction
- 1. Conceptual and Measurement Issues in the Study of Coping with Chronic Stress
- II: Theory and Perspectives
- 2. The Nature of Chronic Stress
- 3. Theories of Coping with Chronic Stress: Illustrations from the Health Psychology and Aging Literatures
- 4. Effortful and Involuntary Responses to Stress: Implications for Coping with Chronic Stress
- III: The Social Context of Coping with Chronic Stress
- 5. Social-Environmental Influences on the Chronic Stress Process
- 6. Coping with Chronic Stress: An Interpersonal Perspective
- 7. Families Accommodating to Chronic Stress: Unintended and Unnoticed Processes
- 8. Reciprocity in the Expression of Emotional Support among Later-Life Couples with Stroke
- IV: Considerations of Efficacy in Coping with Chronic Stress
- 9. Changes in Coping with Chronic Stress: The Role of Caregivers’ Appraisals of Coping Efficacy
- 10. The Role of Two Kinds of Efficacy Beliefs in Maintaining the Well-Being of Chronically Stressed Older Adults
- V: Illustrations of Coping with Pervasive Life Difficulties
- 11. Positive Meaningful Events and Coping in the Context of HIV/AIDS
- 12. A Framework for Understanding the Chronic Stress of Holocaust Survivors
- 13. Coping with Chronic Work Stress