Uses an existentialist perspective to examine the current empirical stress/adaptation model that guides caregiving of persons with dementia. Compares and contrasts key elements, strengths, and limitations of each model and isolates areas of convergence/divergence in both perspectives. Identifies implications for future theory development,…

This article considers the perseverative and passive behavior patterns common in children with intellectual disabilities and often the focus of educational interventions. It suggests that, instead of always being an impediment to progress, these behaviors may sometimes be appropriate and adaptive responses of a slow mind to coping in a world that…

Pre- and post-intervention, female high school students with signs of depression completed surveys about risk and protective factors. Students participated in a weekly support group that enhanced coping skills and provided emotional support. Before the intervention, students were at risk for suicide. At the end, there was a 55 percent reduction in…

Studied evaluation practices and the attitudes of teachers in the Netherlands toward these practices through a survey of 617 teachers and 214 principals. Findings show assessment routines to be strongly domain-dependent. Teachers have a preference for curriculum-embedded tests and the grading of work sheets above norm-referenced tests. Overall,…

Tests the universal nature of stress and coping behavior among overseas college students in China and provides basic information towards understanding the problems that result from stress and coping which can best be defined in cultural terms. Results indicated that academic and interpersonal sources of stress were the most common Stressors…

Study examined contribution of individual and family variables to depressive symptoms among youths in a family-centered culture. Participants were 262 Mexican adolescents. At individual level, gender and higher levels of perceived stressfulness of life events and ruminative coping style correlated with higher frequency of depressive symptoms.…

Study examined relationships among self-reported stress, drinking related problems (socio-emotional, community-related), and gender, with three distinct drinking contexts (convivial, intimate, negative coping). Results support the relationship between stress and excessive drinking across all three contexts, but also show stress and self-reported…

Examined the relationship of perceived stress, self-esteem, acculturation, and gender to the coping response of Mexican American adolescents. Data from self-report surveys indicated that adolescents had relatively high perceived stress levels, low acculturation, and a moderate self-esteem, with no significant gender differences. Self-esteem was…

Discusses the implementation of action theory with adolescents in Israel making the transition to military life. Suggests that action theory offers a comprehensive strategy for counseling persons who are confronting a stressful episode in life through a more detailed and socially embedded collaboration between the counselor, client, and peers.…

Comparison of 37 families with a child having an autistic spectrum disorder and 66 control families found lower levels of coping were associated with greater strains on the family system, that strains on the family system were greater in families with an autistic child, and that the two groups differed in their patterns of coping behavior.…

Shows how young children in one early childhood classroom used art materials to express their feelings one day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Maintains that adults should help children use art activities to work out an understanding of violent events, regain control, and reach some…

Examines appraisal, coping, and distress among Korean American, Filipino American, and Caucasian American protestants. Reports that the Korean and Filipino Americans used more strategies of accepting responsibility, religious coping, distancing, and escape-avoidance than the Caucasian Americans. Includes references. (CMK)

Examined attitudes toward retirement in 805 Israeli people on verge of retirement. The results pointed to importance of distinguishing between perceptions of gains and losses in retirement development transition; identification of blue-collar workers with ambivalent attitudes as a high-risk group; and importance of strong sense of coherence in…

Examined differences in cognitive functioning of bulimic (N=18) and nonbulimic (N=23) female college students by comparing participants on cognitive and behavior coping and self-efficacy variables. Found differences between bulimic and nonbulimic women on all measures. Found bulimic women demonstrated higher levels of dietary restraint; lower…

Reviews several assumptions commonly made about the grieving process: that depression is inevitable; that distress is necessary and failure to experience it indicates pathology; that it is necessary to "work through" a loss; and that recovery and resolution are to be expected following loss. Notes that available empirical work fails to support and…