The author reviews ways in which teachers reorganize to deal with stress, noting that such behaviors as rigidity, aggression, negativism, and withdrawal work toward disorganization and dissolution of the self. (CL)

To cope well with the second half of one's life, planning and active preparation are necessary, says the author. She suggests some resources which might help in this planning. (Author/KC)

Results suggest that characteristics of the marital lifestyle may impede or facilitate adjustment to marital separation, although salient characteristics may vary for men and women, and change with age. The existence of separate avenues for self-expression constitutes a major resource in coping with the transition to singlehood. (Author)

Although acknowledging stressful aspects of dual-career living, most participants defined their life-style positively. Achieving a balance between the advantages and disadvantages of the lifestyle appears to be the overriding concern of most dual-career couples. (Author)

Although restorative psychotherapy is primarily curative, counseling is largely an educative and growth-oriented activity. Successful coping requires continual adaptation to the array of changing environments and life roles. The balance between thought and emotion is important for personal effectiveness as well as for creative productivity.…

The sources of the role conflict differed significantly for men and women. Differences fell along traditional sex-role lines. In addition, females consistently reported higher role conflict and emotional distress than did males. A two-step process to assist reentry students in dealing with role conflict is presented. (Author)

Presents a case for group counseling, a curricular intervention that aids young people in learning how to make decisions, take charge of their emotions and reorder their thinking, and focus on themselves as human beings. They learn to shed their erroneous zones and to opt for a neurosis-free, self-actualized life. (Author/BEF)

"Transitions in Education, Work and Leisure" is a course designed to prepare people who serve as intermediaries or catalysts. The curriculum is based upon the intermediary's function of assisting adults in transitional periods to cope with constant changes in the labor market and social environment. (SK)

Reviews the research on stress and the environment using a basic attitude change paradigm; presents models of stress and a classification of stressors. (EF)

Investigated the use of cognitive coping strategies in meeting the stressfulness of a testing situation and the relation of these strategies to performance and test anxiety. Rationalization and isolation were associated with better performance, preoccupation and resignation with higher anxiety and poorer performance, and denial with lower anxiety.…

A selection of fiction and nonfiction for children dealing with some of their real concerns: wearing eyeglasses, having learning problems, being obese, wearing braces, being left-handed. (SJL)

This study of the impact of the criminal justice system on the deserting, nonsupporting father in relation to the fulfillment of his role as provider furnishes data for rethinking our approach in aiding him to cope with his dilemma as well as our own. (Author)

Probationers' problems with probation officers and employers were used in a role-play test. Groups of probationers received behavior training in petitioning and justification skills and were able to learn the responses as assessed during role-played situations. (JAC)

Isolates active ingredients of the coping-skills component: sensory discriminative (SD), motivational affective (MA), and cognitive evaluative (CE) skills. Checks on independent variable manipulation reveal that SD skills are learned and employed, MA skills are already known but refined, and CE skills are largely ignored. (Author)