Describes a workshop format developed for stress management based on a mechanical model of stress. Uses an adaption of the Holmes-Rahe stress test. Offers students a personal awareness of their own stressors and stress signals, plus sharing ideas on how to manage their stress. (Author/RC)

Described a psychological autopsy analyzing deaths modified for analyzing marriage and separation. This interview and investigation technique was administered to a pilot sample of divorced, married, and unmarried adults. Significant differences were found between the groups on four of the six measured variables. (RC)

The study assessed the personality styles, attitudes, perspectives, and coping strategies of 133 mothers and 93 fathers of diabetic, asthmatic, cystic fibrotic, and hearing impaired children. (Author)

Results indicated that the support program was effective in reducing nursing stress and increasing job satisfaction at the .05 level. In addition, preliminary evidence indicated that the program may have resulted in a decrease in staff turnover. (Author)

The introduction of life-coping skills into the preschool curriculum provides the catalyst for the acquisition of skills essential for the development of a healthy individual. Life-coping skills taught at this level allow for the engagement of the child's entire developmental spectrum. (Author)

Outlines a coping skills-based approach to serving youth employment and training needs. Discusses critical components of career education programs (job mobility, technological change, and specific skill training); a coping skills model; how coping skills are learned; and the role of schools in developing coping skills. (CT)

A framework for understanding and changing conflict between teachers and parents of handicapped children is presented. Specific steps are seen to include reassessing blame-oriented assumptions about the parent's motives, understanding the stress experienced by parents of exceptional children, developing a sense of shared goals and feelings…

Analyzes the development of the runaway problem and the dramatic increases in number of runaways. This typology classifies runaways by level of alienation with family and the degree to which the child internalizes running away as response to stress. Treatment is discussed. (Author/NRB)

Relatively few widows enter the labor force, but this is due to the high percentage who are already working. Results suggest a probable overestimation of the usefulness of jobs as role replacements or income producers for widows. (Author)

Frequent and severe threats to the individual's well-being, different life contexts upon which threats impinge, limited options for addressing a problem, and lack of environmental response complicate the individual's coping efforts. In most cases, these women have very little objective control over institutional forces in their lives. (Author)

Findings indicate that wives attempt to treat husbands' alcoholism at home long before they seek professional help. Wives' strategies reflect their changing beliefs about alcoholism, about their marital relationships, and about their failure to cope. Home treatment strategies of amelioration under stress contribute to the stress as well.…

Content areas of a course on preparing for work include employability skills, coping skills, decision making skills, and career planning. (Editor)

Pleasant imagery relieves pain and may account for much of the effectiveness of stress inoculation training. Women who used imagery controlled their pain better; women who did not use imagery had longer tolerance when they heard pain conceptualized as a multistage process. Self-instruction did not affect pain control. (Author)

The death of one's spouse brings trauma, grief, and the necessity of restructuring one's life. Some widowed persons experience economic hardships, emotional and social problems, and ill health. Help should be offered to widowed persons in such a way that they are not made to feel dependent. (Author)

Research on the link between parental abuse and delinquent behavior indicates that abuse is more likely to lead to withdrawn, rather than aggressive, behavior. (Author/MP)