A study of 50 parents of adults with disabilities investigated aspects of positive and negative adaptation to parenting stress. Responses suggested an overall pattern of "bonadaptation". Parents reported use of various cognitive coping strategies and personal growth, including increased compassion, sympathy for others, flexibility, tolerance, and…

Investigates the causal links between different types of stressors, coping styles, and adolescent symptomatology. Analyzes longitudinal associations between life events, everyday stressors, a dysfunctional coping style and symptomatology via a path-analytic model. Critical life events and daily stressors were found to be strongly related over…

Although the E-Rate has been a catalyst for school technology purchases, there are no subsidies for hiring qualified technology support staff. District technology coordinators are relying on technology support systems and shoestring survival strategies, employing standardized equipment and hard-drive configurations, desktop lockdowns, anti-virus…

Evaluates sex and ethnic differences in perceived career-related and educational barriers and coping efficacy among college students (N=286). Results reveal that women and ethnic minorities anticipated significantly more career-related barriers. Ethnic minorities also exhibited more perceived educational barriers and lower self-efficacy for coping…

Summarizes a case study that examines how art assists in the healing process of a person suffering from a life-threatening illness. Takes a qualitative approach to illustrate the participant's engagement with art in self-healing. Demonstrates how art can illuminate insights that emerge from the experiences of a critical illness, and how it can…

First semester college students (N=139) were surveyed to assess the role of family structure, family conflict, family coping, and individual coping on adjustment to college. Family conflict and family coping were related to adaptation to college. Individual coping also significantly correlated with adaptation to college. Results support a…

Offers brief descriptions of 14 recently published books for young adult readers that deal with difficult topics but that also shed light and offer hope. Organizes them into: collections of stories and poems; stories that deal with memoirs, memories and dreams; and stories of friends and family. (SR)

Interviews with 46 adults with deafness or hearing impairments found that three discursive positions were evident in relation to deafness (disability, logistic complexity, and community/culture). Life stories produced in the interviews entailed variations on the theme of fragmentation: the losing, missing, and finding of viable life circumstances.…

Found that the correlation between psychopathology and course grades in a sample of college students (n=326), was not significant. However, psychopathology was significantly related to students' motivation and use of learning strategies that were, in turn, related to academic performance. Structural equation modeling provided evidence that…

Interviews 164 late middle-aged and elderly Israelis with respect to their emotional and behavioral reactions to Scud missile attacks in Israel during the Gulf War. Discusses findings in light of the uniquely subjective, interpretive context of stress phenomena, and the need to identify those variables that explain individual differences among…

Describes the physical losses suffered by various Head Start facilities in the Midwest during the 1993 floods and how program staff helped Head Start children and their families cope with the negative effects of the flood. (HTH)

Discusses children's perceptions of death in several stages of children's development. Lists typical stages of grief experienced by children and adults, and describes typical and abnormal expressions of grief. Explains four basic concepts about death that teachers can discuss with children. Lists 10 general tips and 11 specific strategies for…

Examines coping strategies adopted by eight Manitoba principals in light of current environmental (fiscal) restraints. Identified both general coping strategies (proactive planning, decentralized decision making, and alternative resource generation) and unique approaches (routinization of problems, negotiated order, and support groups). Confronted…

Compares blacks' and whites' coping patterns in racially and generally stressful situations and determines whether race differences in coping interact with type of stress. Findings show blacks engaged in more problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Whites and blacks elicited more confrontive coping in racially stressful situations, but less…

Studies respondents with spinal cord injuries. Shows their causal attributions for the event are distinguishable from their perceptions of availability, the latter frequently focusing on mutable aspects of their own behavior. Discusses research results. Implications for the study of self-blame and perceived availability are discussed. (KW)