Introduction and purpose of the book -- Why is stress important? -- Definitions of stress -- The physiology of stress -- Design and measurement issues in stress research -- Why is coping important? -- Theoretical approaches to coping -- Measurement of coping strategies -- Statistical issues in coping research -- Coping and mental health -- Coping and physical health -- Coping with traumatic stress -- Sociocultural aspects of coping -- Developmental studies of coping -- Stress-related growth and transformational coping -- Self-regulation, self-development, and wisdom
Summary
Now in a thoroughly revised and significantly expanded second edition, this volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial stress, the strategies individuals use to cope with it, and the implications 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 also provides a methodological primer for stress and coping research, critically reviewing available measures and the latest data analysis techniques. New in t
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-417) and index
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