Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Miller, Thomas W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Public health.; Psychiatry.; Sociology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Public Health.

The modern life cycle is characterized by stressful transitions, when unexpected events—and even many expected ones—challenge people’s functioning, health, and sense of self-worth. The international, multidisciplinary perspectives provided in the Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Processing Transitions in the Life Span
• Life Stress and Transitions in the Life Span
• Life Transitions and Stress in the Context of Psychosocial Development
• The Neurobiology of Stress Throughout the Life Cycle
• Life as a Source of Theory: Erik Erikson’s Contributions, Boundaries, and Marginalities
• Education and Career Transitions
• College-to-Workplace Transitions: Becoming a Freshman Again
• Coping with Job Transitions over the Work Life
• Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event
• Marriage, Family and Sexual Life Cycle Transitions
• Family Transitions Following Natural and Terrorist Disaster: Hurricane Hugo and the September 11 Terrorist Attack
• The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood
• Transitioning the Impact of Divorce on Children Throughout the Life Cycle
• Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood
• Sexual Transitions in the Lives of Adult Women
• Family and Spousal Adaptation to Transitioning a Traumatic Event
• Legal, Ethical and Financial Transitions
• Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Lifespan
• Money in (E)Motion Experienced in Stressful Financial Transitions
• Dual Cognitive Processes and Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Transitioning Adolesence
• Life Threatening Transitions in Maturation and Health
• Life Stress and Managing Transitions Unanticipated Change of Course: The Diagnosis of Chronic Progressive Neurological Disease: No Deal!
• Transitions Throughout the Cancer Experience: Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship, and End of Life
• Loss of the Safety Signal in Childhood and Adolescent Trauma
• An Unexpected Traumatic Change in Life: Where to Go from Here?
• The Role of Self-Awareness and Communication in Issues of Health and Aging
• Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Influences in Life's Transitions
• Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions
• Time, Culture, and Life-Cycle Changes of Social Goals
• Refugees’ Life Transitions from Displacement to Durable Resettlement
• Religious Worldviews and Stressful Encounters: Reciprocal Influence from a Meaning-Making Perspective
• Life Stress Buffer: The Salubrious Role of African-Centered Spirituality
• Directions and Interventions in Stressful Life Transitions
• Surviving and Thriving: How Transition Psychology May Apply to Mass Traumas and Changes
• Posttraumatic Growth: A Positive Consequence of Trauma
• Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing
• Functional Fitness, Life Stress, and Transitions Across the Life Span
• Nutrition Through the Life Span: Needs and Health Concerns in Critical Periods
• The Role of Animals and Animal-Assisted Therapy in Stressful Life Transitions
• The Role of Humor in Transforming Stressful Life Events
• Concluding Comments and Future Considerations for Stressful Life Events and Transitions Across the Life Span.