I review existing knowledge, unanswered questions, and new directions in research on
stress, coping resource, coping strategies, and social support processes. New directions in …

Family processes affecting the socioemotional functioning of children living in poor families
and families experiencing economic decline are reviewed. Black children are of primary …

This paper presents evidence from three samples, two of college students and one of
participants in a community smoking-cessation program, for the reliability and validity of a 14 …

The reissue of a classic work, now with a foreword by Daniel Goleman! Here is a
monumental work that continues in the tradition pioneered by co-author Richard Lazarus in …

When faced with a crisis, why do some people turn to religion to help them cope, while
others turn away? Is religious belief merely a defense or a form of denial? Is spirituality a …

This chapter differentiates the stressful consequences of social organization from the
stressful antecedents of psychological disorder. The pivotal distinction concerns whether the …

How do the attitudes people bring with them to the workplace-attitudinal baggage-affect
thoughts, feelings, and actions in organizations? How are the attitudes of those outside an …

Providing a practical overview for graduates and professional researchers, this book
highlights the central issues involved in the design of medium to large scale social and …

Cognitive theories of adherence to difficult courses of action and findings from previous
survey research on coping with a major life event—job loss—were used to generate a …

Eight years ago, four psychologists with varying backgrounds but a common in terest in the
impact of environmental stress on behavior and health met to plan a study of the effects of …