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Boerner, Kathrin; Jopp, Daniela – Human Development, 2007
This article focuses on the common and unique contributions of three major life-span theories in addressing improvement/maintenance and reorientation, which represent central processes of coping with major life change and loss. For this purpose, we review and compare the dual-process model of assimilative and accommodative coping, the model of…
Descriptors: Improvement, Maintenance, Orientation, Coping
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Thomae, H. – Human Development, 1981
The role of beliefs in expected unchangeability of life stress (EU) was studied in a sample of 194 elderly persons with economic and/or health problems and a control group. The research model integrated different approaches to cognitive theories of adjustment to aging. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Coping, Epistemology, Expectation
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Ginsberg, Aniela M.; Gioielli, Margarita M. P. – Human Development, 1979
Reports on an investigation of the degree of acculturation and of adaptation stress of the sons of Japanese immigrants living in Brazil. (SS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Coping
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Newman, Barbara N. – Human Development, 1979
Describes the results of four longitudinal studies of adolescent development that focus on coping styles, maturity of defenses, adaptation to school environments, and predictors of educational and occupational attainment. Implications are discussed in terms of linking adolescence with other phases of development. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Longitudinal Studies
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Diaz-Guerrero, R. – Human Development, 1979
Discusses the meaning of coping style and reviews research tasks which appear to be particularly sensitive measures of cross-cultural differences in active-passive coping style. (SS)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Assertiveness, Associative Learning, Children
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Holtzman, W. H. – Human Development, 1979
Reviews the research methods, design, and main findings of the Austin-Mexico City cross-cultural study of personality and intellectual development using an overlapping longitudinal design. A span of 12 years of development was extrapolated from six years of repeated testing with children ages 6, 9, and 12 years. (SS)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies