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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451992003321

Autore

Aldwin Carolyn M

Titolo

Stress, coping, and development [[electronic resource] ] : an integrative perspective / / Carolyn M. Aldwin ; foreword by Emmy E. Werner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12415-X

9786611124151

1-59385-744-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

155.9/042

Soggetti

Stress (Psychology)

Adjustment (Psychology)

Stress (Psychology) - Research

Adjustment (Psychology) - Research

Developmental psychology

Mind and body

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-417) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front Matter; 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 CopingChapter 15--Stress-Related Growth and Transformational Coping; Chapter 16--Self-Regulation, Self-Development, and Wisdom; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 stress