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9781433803963

Medical Illness and Positive Life Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9781433803963

  • ISBN10:

    1433803968

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-09-01
  • Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

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"The idea that people experience positive change through their struggles with adversity is not new - it appears in the oldest cultural traditions. However, only recently has this idea generated widespread empirical research attention." "This book examines these issues in depth and draws out their implications for research and clinical practice. Because medical illness has been one of the primary contexts in which researchers have studied the phenomenon of positive life change, this book focuses on how positive life change might be fostered in the context of medical illness."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. xi
Forewordp. xiii
Prefacep. xv
Introductionp. 3
Conceptual and Methodological Issuesp. 9
Overview of Theoretical Perspectivesp. 11
Assessing Positive Life Change: In Search of Meticulous Methodsp. 31
Challenges in Studying Positive Change After Adversity: Illustrations From Research on Breast Cancerp. 51
Developmental Issuesp. 63
Benefit Finding Among Children and Adolescents With Diabetesp. 65
Life Span Developmental Perspectives on Stress-Related Growthp. 87
Factors That Influence Positive Life Changep. 105
Lessons Learned About Benefit Finding Among Individuals With Cancer or HIV/AIDSp. 107
Illness Perceptions and Benefit Finding Among Individuals With Breast Cancer, Acoustic Neuroma, or Heart Diseasep. 125
Positive Life Change and the Social Context of Illness: An Expanded Social-Cognitive Processing Modelp. 139
Effects of Positive Life Changep. 153
Biological Correlates: How Psychological Components of Benefit Finding May Lead to Physiological Benefitsp. 155
Is Benefit Finding Good for Individuals With Chronic Disease?p. 173
Clinical Applicationsp. 195
Enhancing Positive Adaptation: Example Intervention During Treatment for Breast Cancerp. 197
The Clinician as Expert Companionp. 215
Afterwordp. 237
Author Indexp. 241
Subject Indexp. 251
About the Editorsp. 261
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