{"product_id":"handbook-of-coping-9780471599463","title":"Handbook of Coping","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...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  \u003cp\u003eIt has long been understood that how a person adjusts to life stresses is a major component of his or her ability to lead a fulfilling life. Yet it wasn''t until the 1960s that coping became a discrete topic of psychological inquiry. Since then, coping has risen to a position of prominence in the modern psychological discourseespecially within the personality, cognitive, and behavioral spheresand, within the past decade alone, many important discoveries have been made about its mechanisms and functioning, and its role in ongoing psychological and physical health and well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA book whose time has come at last, the Handbook of Coping is the first professional reference devoted exclusively to the psychology of coping. Reporting the observations and insights of nearly sixty leading authorities in stress and coping from a wide ran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CONCEPTUAL ISSUES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping and Defense: A Historical Overview (J. Parker \u0026amp; N.Endler).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Personality and Coping: A Reconceptualization (P. Costa, etal.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH METHODS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Interplay Among Design, Data Analysis, and Theory in theMeasurement of Coping (J. Benson \u0026amp; K. Hagtvet).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Approach to Assessing Daily Coping (L. Porter \u0026amp; A.Stone).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e FACETS OF COPING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping in Occupational Settings (S. Cartwright \u0026amp; C.Cooper).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping with Chronic Pain (J. Katz, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping with Multiple Stressors in the Environment (S. Lepore \u0026amp;G. Evans).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Individual Differences in Coping (H. Krohne).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Age Differences, Coping, and the Adult Life Span (S. Strack \u0026amp;H. Feifel).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CLINICAL PARAMETERS: ADAPTIVE COPING AND INTERVENTIONS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adaptative and Maladaptative Coping (M. Zeidner \u0026amp; D.Saklofske).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Facilitating Coping with Chronic Physical Illness (G. Devins \u0026amp;Y. Binik).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515430756695,"sku":"9780471599463","price":267.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-of-coping-9780471599463","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}