A survey of 148 industrial corporations examines mangerial actions to determine the reasons for retention of the ineffective subordinate and the coping processes used. (Author/MLF)

Outlines indicators and causes of stress; provides a checklist of elements of stress in environmental, organizational, and interpersonal classifications; and suggests techniques for effectively coping with identified areas of concern, which can lead to a positive, growth-producing situation. (JD)

The ways in which high school teachers cope with the potential boredom of their work runs the gamut from self-improvement through in-service education to leaving the teaching profession. (LH)

A "people watching" tour through a school depicts mature, professional, responsible people doing immature, unprofessional, irresponsible things. When priorities of institutions and individuals do not mesh, a staff may become frustrated. Types of people and ways to serve their individual needs are examined in the context of building a…

The article discusses a study of the effects of adolescence on gifted students, in which 500 adolescents were surveyed on self-awareness of internal changes and behavior. (PHR)

A survey of published research determined that individual and group reactions to natural disasters differ greatly and depend partially on the predisaster personality. Four models are examined to explain individual and group reactions to natural disasters. A conglomerate model and a possible structure to future disaster research are offered.…

Discusses an alternate treatment approach for helping minority students learn a variety of academic and coping skills. A special services course was designed. The goals of this course were to help students develop a more positive set of self-evaluations and to increase individual responsibility and group cooperation among the students. (Author)

Examines whether religiosity and spirituality are inversely associated with personal distress. Data taken from 282 upper division students produced mixed results. The importance of religion showed a positive association, belief in the existence of God a curvilinear relationship, and having a sense of meaning and direction an inverse association…

Surveyed 115 undergraduates to examine how their differing abilities to reflect upon and manage emotions could predict measures of coping resource effectiveness. Results show that generalized expectancies for alleviating negative moods predicted overall levels of perceived coping resources. Findings suggest that metaperspectives, like mood, are…

Interviews with 10 female reentry students at a large Canadian university were used to study the intersection of mother, student, and family roles. Their management strategies involved interactions with self, primary relationships, and institutions. They built supports into their lives to accommodate the competing demands of different roles. (JOW)

Studied the dimensions that underlie family coping with head injury by replicating and extending an earlier study. Identified two dimensions: (1) using social support versus cognitive coping; and (2) head injury--focused coping versus family tension management. Results provide additional evidence regarding the structure of family coping across…

Outlines Hardin L. K. Coleman's model of six strategies that individuals use to cope with cultural diversity. Suggests that conflict in multicultural counseling relationships is often the result of divergence in the strategies used by counselors and clients to cope with cultural diversity. Suggests two ways of resolving such conflicts. (RJM)

This article discusses findings from interviews with 204 families of children with developmental disabilities to measure parental religiosity. It was found that mothers who spontaneously mentioned religion in their interview rated themselves higher on the religiosity scale, made positive comments about religion, and used religion as a coping…

School-related stress during the transition to junior high school was evaluated in 59 students with learning disabilities and 402 nondisabled students. Although the groups differed on their responses to stress, they did not differ in their perceived stressfulness of any of the 11 stressful school events examined. (Author/DB)

Investigated whether anxious children favor the processing of threatening or concern-related information. Tested 47 "high anxious" and "low anxious" children in stressful (medical center) and neutral (classroom) situations, and 50 such subjects in only non-stressful situations. Found that both high and low anxious children gave…