Describes a model for school-based group designed to enhance the social and coping skills of depressed or subclinically depressed middle-school students. Details goals for treatment and correspondent topics, techniques, and homework assignments in a format that accommodates the school setting. Weekly themes reflect central features of coping skill…

A self-report measure, the Coping with Health Injuries and Problems Scale (CHIP), was developed to identify basic coping dimensions for responding to health problems. The CHIP factor structure, established with samples of 532 adults and 598 adults in Canada, is cross-validated with 390 general medical patients and 286 chronic back pain patients.…

The effect of a precoronary angioplasty education and counseling program on knowledge and psychological status of patients and on knowledge and quality of life/coping status of their spouses was evaluated. Knowledge, psychological status, and coping status of patients (N=40), their spouses, and controls were assessed. Results show that education…

Tests male and female high school band members' performing solos under three levels of audience presence: no audience, one observer, and a larger audience with recording equipment. Reports that self-reported anxiety rose with each step but that measures of physical stress only rose on the third step. (DSK)

Stressful life events, cognitive appraisals of their impact, desirability of these events, and psychological symptoms were assessed for 745 Chinese adolescents from Hong Kong. Adolescents reported experiencing an average of seven or eight stressful events in the past year. Implications of cognitive appraisals for adolescent coping are discussed.…

Tracked the effects of general stress, depression, and anxiety on college students' (N=94) strategies for coping with perceived demands during the first year of a two-year program. Implications for student support services are discussed. (EMK)

When rapid growth and major educational changes created turbulence in Verona, Wisconsin, educators and community members used six strategies to weather the storm and improve conditions. They moved from controversial to less emotional issues, stressed consensus in decision making, imported a neutral listener, developed a forum for dialog,…

A study investigated various psychosocial factors related to the distress of 102 mothers whose children disclosed sexual abuse. Emotional distress was related to a maternal history of childhood sexual abuse, a maternal history of adolescent sexual abuse, lack of social support, and greater use of avoidance coping strategies. (Author/CR)

Describes the association between stress and maladaptive coping and stress-related mental disorders; the severity of problems due to stress and stress-related mental disorders; and the need for primary prevention that teaches coping skills. Recommendations are given for providing cognitive-behavioral coping-skills training and educating consumers…

Uses the Job Loss Coping Behavior Scale to examine the coping behavior of 131 unemployed male and female managers. Results indicate that men have higher job-search efficacy than women. Encourages career counselors to be mindful of this and to help unemployed women to develop proactive job-search behaviors and skills. (MKA)

Analysis of the coping strategies of 40 adult women who had been sexually abused in childhood found that overall, abuse characteristics did not predict outcome. However, women who "deliberately suppressed" the abuse incidents were more likely to have low self-esteem and women who "reframed" the sexual abuse event were significantly less likely to…

Presents essays that describe the fears, anxieties, hopes, problems, and triumphs of 11 students who chose to go to college early. Difficulties faced included initial academic failures due to immaturity and a lack of well-developed study skills; however, overall achievement was high and the experience was perceived as positive. (CR)

Renewed teachers are an integral part of their schools and have a philosophical/spiritual center; a commitment to students, lifelong learning, and school; a sense of collegiality, leadership, and personal responsibility; a strong love for life; and the ability to appreciate people as individuals, communicate, and banish their egos. (MLH)

This article reviews "Facing Learning Disabilities in the Adult Years" by Joan Shapiro and Rebecca Rich, a book that discusses the definitions, causes, and characteristics of learning disabilities as well as many interventions for successful adult adjustment. The information is aimed at helping families and professionals, as well as the adults…

Recounts the author's own experience writing about deeply painful experiences in her own life, and the gift of healing this journey offered. Argues that such writing takes a special kind of courage, and that these books (a volume of poetry about sexual abuse, and the other a novel about a troubled family) hold out a promise of hope and healing.…