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1 online resource (xxiii, 691 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Processing transitions in the life span -- Life stress and transitions in the life span / T.W. Miller -- Life transitions and stress in the context of psychosocial development / J.E. Marcia -- The neurobiology of stress throughout the life cycle / J. Kay -- Life as a source of theory : Erik Erikson's contributions, boundaries, and marginalities / J.J. Clark -- Part II. Education and career transitions -- College-to-workplace transitions : becoming a freshman again / P.I. Hettich -- Coping with job transitions over the work life / J.R. Rudisill, and others -- Transitioning into retirement as a stressful life event / T.F. Holcomb -- Part III. Marriage, family, and sexual life cycle transitions -- Family transitions following natural and terrorist disaster : Hurricane Hugo and the September 11 terrorist attack / C.L. Cohan -- The transition to adoptive parenthood / A.E. Goldberg -- Transitioning the impact of divorce on children throughout the life cycle / B. Barczak, and others -- Stress, mindful parenting, and the transition to adulthood / J.J. Chadwick -- Sexual transitions in the lives of adult women / E. Koert, J.C. Daniluk -- Family and spousal adaptation to transitioning a traumatic event / T.W. Miller, C. Dunn, Ila Patel -- Part IV. Legal, ethical, and financial transitions -- Ethical and legal issues in transitioning the lifespan / S. Nisenbaum, M.C. Weiss, D. Shapiro -- Money in (e)motion experienced in stressful financial transitions / J.V. Boardman -- Assessing, moderating, and modifying implicit cognitive processes in alcohol and drug misuse in transitioning adulthood / M. Krank -- Part V. Life threatening transitions in maturation and health -- Life stress and managing transitions unanticipated change of course : the diagnosis of chronic progressive neurological disease / W.D. Weitzel, J.K. Carney -- Transitions throughout the cancer experience : diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end of life / D.A. Brockopp, and others -- Loss of the safety signal in childhood and adolescent trauma / T.W. Miller, A. Beane -- An unexpected traumatic change in life : where to go from here? / R. Welsh, and others -- The role of self-awareness and communication in issues of health and aging / J.P. Fox -- Part VI. Cultural, religious, and spiritual influences in life's transitions -- Self-regulation across some life transitions / K. Lacković-Grgin, Z. Penezić -- Time, culture, and life-cycle changes of social goals / H.H. Fung, T.M.Y. Siu -- Refugees' life transitions from displacement to durable resettlement / M.-A. Sossou -- Religious worldviews and stressful encounters : reciprocal influence from a meaning-making perspective / C.L. Park, D. Edmondson, M.A. Mills -- Life stress buffer : the salubrious role of African-centered spirituality / E.A. Wheeler -- Part VII. Directions and interventions in stressful life transitions -- Surviving and thriving : how transition psychology may apply to mass traumas and changes / Dai Williams -- Posttraumatic growth : a positive consequence of trauma / C.M. Lindstrom, K.N. Triplett -- Psychological impact of genetic testing / D.T. Miller -- Functional fitness, life stress, and transitions across the life span / J. Nyland, J.D. Abbott -- Nutrition through the life span : needs and health concerns in critical periods / J.Z. Ilich, R.A. Brownbill -- The role of animals and animal-assisted therapy in stressful life transitions / J.M. Miller Adams -- The role of humor in transforming stressful life events / C.C. Kuhn, M.R. Nichols, B.L. Belew -- Concluding comments and future considerations for stressful life events and transitions across the life span / T.W. Miller. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Provides perspectives on the stressful transitions across the lifespan, this book discusses the transitions and balances theoretical knowledge with practical applications from transitions in health, adulthood and aging, to spirituality and cultural influences in the life cycle. It is suitable for mental health researchers and professionals. |
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Life change events.
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Stress (Psychology)
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Medicine and psychology.
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Life change events. (OCoLC)fst00998231
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Medicine and psychology. (OCoLC)fst01015154
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Stress (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01134918
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| Added Author |
Miller, Thomas W., 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of stressful transitions across the lifespan. New York ; London : Springer, ©2010 9781441907479 1441907475 (OCoLC)401157506 |
| ISBN |
9781441907486 |
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1441907483 |
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