Life crises and experiences of loss in adulthood / edited by Leo Montada, Sigrun-Heide Filipp, Melvin J. Lerner.

Other author Montada, Leo.
Other author Filipp, Sigrun-Heide.
Other author Lerner, Melvin J., 1929-
Format Book
Publication InfoHillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1992.
Descriptionxxxii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Life change events--Congresses.
Loss (Psychology)--Congresses.
Stress (Psychology)--Congresses.
Adjustment (Psychology)--Congresses.

Contents Bereavement and health : processes of adjusting to the loss of a partner / Wolfgang Stroebe, Margaret S. Stroebe -- Could it be worse? The diagnosis of cancer as a prototype of traumatic life events / Sigrun-Heide Filipp -- Psychological factors related to the recuperation process of accident victims / Dieter Frey -- Abortion : a case of crisis and loss? An examination of empirical evidence / Nancy E. Adler -- A plea for realistic pessimism : on objective reality, coping with stress, and psychological dysfunction / Michael Frese -- Stress and coping in the context of caring / David A. Chiriboga, Barbara W.K. Yee, Philip G. Weiler -- Antecedents and consequences of causal attributions for critical life events / Friedrich Försterling -- Attribution of responsibility for losses and perceived injustice / Leo Montada -- Blame avoidance : toward an attributional intervention program / Kelly G. Shaver -- The counterfactual fallacy : confusing what might have been with what ought to have been / Dale T. Miller, William Turnbull.
Contents (cont.) The role of similarity in coping through downward comparison / Thomas Ashby Wills -- Social comparison and affiliation under threat / Shelley E. Taylor ... [et al.] -- Employees' reactions to an anticipated plant closure : the influence of positive illusions / Melvin J. Lerner, Darryl G. Somers -- Monitoring and blunting in the face of threat : implications for adaptation and health / Suzanne M. Miller -- Reality negotiation and valence/linkage self-theories : psychic showdown at the "I'm ok" corral and beyond / Charles R. Snyder ... [et al.] -- Coping with discrepancies between aspirations and achievements in adult development : a dual-process model / Jochen Brandtstädter, Gerolf Renner -- Is it coping or is it growth? A cognitive-affective model of contentment in the elderly / Melvin J. Lerner, Monique A.M. Gignac -- Reconsidering assumptions about coping with loss : an overview of current research / Camille B. Wortman, Roxane Cohen Silver -- Mutual impacts of toughening on crises and losses / Richard A. Dienstbier.
Contents (cont.) Constructive thinking and mental and physical well-being / Seymour Epstein -- Trust and trust worthiness / Hans Werner Bierhoff -- Social support and mental health : a conceptual and empirical overview / Ralf Schwarzer, Anja Leppin -- The cost of social support following negative life events : can adversity increase commitment to caring in close relationships? / John E. Lydon, Mark P. Zanna -- Coping with rape : a social psychological perspective / Barbara Krahé -- Negative social reactions to victims : an overview of responses and their determinants / Tracy Bennett Herbert, Christine Dunkel-Schetter -- Quandary : correlation coefficients and contexts / Robyn M. Dawes.
General noteBased on a conference held at the University of Trier in July 1989.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 91038257
ISBN0805810013

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Joyner General Stacks RC455.4.L53 L52 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold