Ebook: Coping with Negative Life Events: Clinical and Social Psychological Perspectives
- Tags: Personality and Social Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling
- Series: The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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"Like a Bridge over Troubled Waters" The surge of current interest in the interface between clinical and social psychology is well illustrated by the publication of a number of general texts and journals in this area, and the growing emphasis in graduate programs on providing training in both disciplines. Although the bene fits of an integrated clinical-social approach have been recognized for a number of years, the recent work in this area has advanced from the oretical extrapolations of social psychological models to clinical issues to theory and research that is based on social principles and conducted in clinical domains. It is becoming increasingly common to find social psy chologists pursuing research with clinical populations and clinical psy chologists investigating variables that have traditionally been in the realm of social psychology. A major area of interface between the two disciplines is in research and theory concerned with how individuals respond to negative events. In addition to the trend toward an integrated clinical-social approach, the growing body of literature in this area reflects the explosion of cur rent interest in the area of health psychology; work by clinical and social psychologists on the topics of stress and coping has been one of the major facets of this burgeoning field. The purpose of the present volume is to provide a common forum for recent advances in the clinical and social literature on responses to negative life outcomes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Effects of Theoretical Perspective on the Analysis of Coping With Negative Life Events....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-17
Help-Seeking as a Coping Mechanism....Pages 19-50
Coping Difficulty, Energy Mobilization, and Appraisals of a Stressor....Pages 51-79
Effort Expenditure Following Failure....Pages 81-103
Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Self-Regulatory Perseveration....Pages 105-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-133
Coping with Traumatic Life Events....Pages 135-159
Daily Life Events and Mood....Pages 161-189
Coping After a Relationship Ends....Pages 191-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-215
Social Comparison and Illusions of Invulnerability to Negative Life Events....Pages 217-242
Downward Comparison as a Coping Mechanism....Pages 243-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-272
Threats to Identity....Pages 273-321
Coping with the Prospect of Social Disapproval....Pages 323-346
The Role of Similarity/Difference Information in Excuse-Making....Pages 347-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-372
Stress and Coping....Pages 373-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-420
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Effects of Theoretical Perspective on the Analysis of Coping With Negative Life Events....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-17
Help-Seeking as a Coping Mechanism....Pages 19-50
Coping Difficulty, Energy Mobilization, and Appraisals of a Stressor....Pages 51-79
Effort Expenditure Following Failure....Pages 81-103
Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Self-Regulatory Perseveration....Pages 105-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-133
Coping with Traumatic Life Events....Pages 135-159
Daily Life Events and Mood....Pages 161-189
Coping After a Relationship Ends....Pages 191-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-215
Social Comparison and Illusions of Invulnerability to Negative Life Events....Pages 217-242
Downward Comparison as a Coping Mechanism....Pages 243-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-272
Threats to Identity....Pages 273-321
Coping with the Prospect of Social Disapproval....Pages 323-346
The Role of Similarity/Difference Information in Excuse-Making....Pages 347-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-372
Stress and Coping....Pages 373-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-420
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