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 …

Although research on coping over the past 30 years has produced convergent evidence
about the functions of coping and the factors that influence it, psychologists still have a great …

How do people cope with stressful experiences? What makes a coping strategy effective for
a particular individual? This volume comprehensively examines the nature of psychosocial …

Providing care to a spouse or partner who is dying and then losing that person are among
the most stressful of human experiences. A longitudinal study of the caregiving partners of …

In 3 studies, the authors investigated the functional role of psychological resilience and
positive emotions in the stress process. Studies 1a and 1b explored naturally occurring daily …

For many decades, the stress process was described primarily in terms of negative
emotions. However, robust evidence that positive emotions co-occurred with negative …

This article develops the hypothesis that intervention strategies that cultivate positive
emotions are particularly suited for preventing and treating problems rooted in negative …

This text deals with the same kinds of problems addressed by self-help books and self-
realization programs: anxiety, frustration, loneliness, depression, self-control. However, it …

BACKGROUND: Telomerase activity is a predictor of long-term cellular viability, which
decreases with chronic psychological distress (Epel et al., 2004). Buddhist traditions claim …

VV hen we consider human well being, hope should be of interest to everyone. Because
there is relatively little research to draw on, my speculations about hope derive largely from …