Physical Description:print xx, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York ; London : Plenum Press, c1997.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Conceptual and Measurement Issues in the Study of Coping with Chronic Stress / Benjamin H. Gottlieb -- 2. The Nature of Chronic Stress / Blair Wheaton -- 3. Theories of Coping with Chronic Stress: Illustrations from the Health Psychology and Aging Literatures / Carolyn M. Aldwin and Jennifer Brustrom -- 4. Effortful and Involuntary Responses to Stress: Implications for Coping with Chronic Stress / Bruce E. Compas, Jennifer Connor and Dana Osowiecki [et al.] -- 5. Social-Environmental Influences on the Chronic Stress Process / Stephen J. Lepore -- 6. Coping with Chronic Stress: An Interpersonal Perspective / Tess Byrd O'Brien and Anita DeLongis -- 7. Families Accommodating to Chronic Stress: Unintended and Unnoticed Processes / Rena L. Repetti and Jenifer Wood -- 8. Reciprocity in the Expression of Emotional Support among Later-Life Couples with Stroke / Mary Ann Parris Stephens and Sarah L. Clark -- 9. Changes in Coping with Chronic Stress: The Role of Caregivers' Appraisals of Coping Efficacy / Monique A. M. Gignac and Benjamin H. Gottlieb -- 10. The Role of Two Kinds of Efficacy Beliefs in Maintaining the Well-Being of Chronically Stressed Older Adults / Alex J. Zautra, Jeanne M. Hoffman and John W. Reich -- 11. Positive Meaningful Events and Coping in the Context of HIV/AIDS / Susan Folkman, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz and Elizabeth M. Ozer [et al.] -- 12. A Framework for Understanding the Chronic Stress of Holocaust Survivors / Boaz Kahana, Eva Kahana and Zev Harel [et al.] -- 13. Coping with Chronic Work Stress / C. Gail Hepburn, Catherine A. Loughlin and Julian Barling.