"... how a man rallies to life's challenges and weathers its storms tells everything of who he is
and all that he is likely to become."—St. Augustine It has long been understood that how a …

Most people take the process of coping for granted as they go about their daily activities. In
many ways, coping is like breathing, an automatic process requiring no apparent effort …

As we go through life, we can resist temptation, exercise to deal with depression, reinterpret
loss, talk ourselves through challenges, avoid confronting an opponent, seek help, etc …

The concept of coping has been important in psychology for well over forty years. It provided
an organizing theme in clinical description and evaluation in the 1940s and 1950s and is …

BACKGROUND There are a number of constructs and principles relevant to coping which
are important throughout this book. Although there is still considerable discussion about …

Coping, defined as the thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external
demands of situations that are appraised as stressful, has been a focus of research in the …

This entry includes the following topics: theory; coping as a transaction; elaborations and
further considerations; ways of coping; problem-focused and emotion-focused coping; …

Despite the impression conveyed by the media that stress is a killer, not everyone becomes
sick, depressed, or dysfunctional when faced with stress. In fact, most people manage to …

In this essay in honor of Donald Oken, I emphasize coping as a key concept for theory and
research on adaptation and health. My focus will be the contrasts between two approaches …

Coping strategies are the thoughts and behaviors used to manage the internal and external
demands of a stressful situation. In this chapter, we describe the coping process, some of the …