Life-span Developmental Psychology: Perspectives on Stress and Coping

by Cummings; E. Mark

• ISBN13: 9780805803716
• ISBN10: 0805803718
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-03-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Although there has been a significant increase in studies of stress and coping processes in recent years, researchers have often approached these topics from rather narrow and constrained perspectives. Furthermore, little communication has occurred across disciplines and research directions, resulting in the emergence of several relatively isolated literatures. An outgrowth of the Eleventh Biennial West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Development, this volume emphasizes two major themes: the importance of taking a life-span approach to the study of stress and coping, and the development of new and more complete conceptual models of stress and coping processes. The first to approach these subjects from a life-span perspective, this book includes papers by distinguished researchers from each of the major periods of the life-span, and brings together the cognitive and socioemotional traditions in the study of dealing with pressures. The editors hope that this facilitation of communication among researchers with diverse views will help create a broadening and integration of perspectives.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
References	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Theoretical Issues	p. 1
Coping across the Life Span: Theoretical Issues	p. 3
A Diacritical Function Approach to Emotions and Coping	p. 21
Infancy	p. 43
Stress and Coping from Pregnancy through the Postnatal Period	p. 45
A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Maternal Stress and Protective Factors on the Development of High-Risk Children	p. 61
Normative Stress and Coping Processes in Infancy	p. 85
Childhood	p. 109
Stress during Childhood and Adolescence: Sources of Risk and Vulnerability	p. 111
Children's Coping with Angry Environments: a Process-Oriented Approach	p. 131
The Protective Role of Competence Indicators in Children at Risk	p. 151
Adolescence	p. 175
Understanding Coping within Adolescence: Ego Development and Coping Strategies	p. 177
Variation in Stress Reactivity during Adolescence	p. 195
Adulthood	p. 211
Older Adulthood	p. 259
Epilogue	p. 295
Author Index	p. 327
Subject Index	p. 341
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