Although studies indicate that as many as 22 percent of women have been raped, few of these women seek help immediately after the rape. Most rape victims experience a postrape distress response which may not be resolved for some victims. Long-term symptom patterns include fear/avoidance responses, affective constriction, disturbances of…

This discussion typifies various persons potentially affected by an adoption and describes 19 stresses adopted children may experience at one time or another. Nine signs of stress in children and 17 ways adopted children and adoptive parents can cope with stress are listed. A concluding packet of resource materials lists books for adopted children…

Written for parents, the paper describes experiences of 16 parents of handicapped children. Discussion includes excerpts of parents' initial feelings at their child's diagnosis, their reactions (largely negative) to medical and other professionals, their growing awareness that their own instincts were of most value in raising the child, difficulty…

The extent to which various factors were stress producing, the effects of stress, and coping methods used by 274 regular and special educators and administrators were examined. Ss completed questionnaires on descriptive variables (such as age, sex, type of assignment and level of academic preparation) and indicated stress of 52 factors. They also…

The study examined differences between 57 learning disabled (LD) and 24 non-LD college students on measures of psychoeducational assessment. In addition, differences between LD students with good and poor academic performance were studied, and coping strategies were identified for both sub-groups. A variety of standardized tests were administered…

In a number of studies, using the Adolescent Coping scale as a measure of coping, we are able to see clearly that young people from different communities cope in different ways. For example, in studies of Australian, Columbian, German, Irish and Palestinian young people it was found that coping varied in the different countries, but even within…

A review of existing stress and coping models and an analysis of the distress caused by childhood cancer suggest that a broader conceptualization of coping that includes "pleasure management" is needed. Presently, successful coping is identified as the employment of strategies which allow the individual to adapt to stress. Traditional…

The twelve items in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system intended to help administrators in coping with stress. The publications cited deal with causes of stress, how to manage stress, how to make life style changes, how to recognize stressors, and work patterns associated with Type A behavior. The publications listed also…

The Coping Inventory, a criterion referenced scaled observation instrument used to assess adaptive coping behavior in handicapped children, is described. The adaptive behavior summaries of two children, a 5 year old in a special education class and a 15 year old handicapped high school student, are used to show how the Coping Inventory results are…

The rise in the American divorce rate since the early 1960's emphasizes the need to examine the factors associated with adjustment to marital separation. The impact of the legal system upon post-separation adjustment in Pennsylvania, which has adversary divorce statutes, is explored with 205 individuals, separated 26 months or less. Satisfaction…

Counselors who want to offer culturally meaningful services to Puerto Rican, single-parent women should concentrate on providing educational services. Teaching them to read and write English is most important, followed by career and vocational training for those with competence in English. (Author)

In light of the significance of widowhood as a precipitator of loneliness in adult life, research in the areas of family sociology, psychology and social gerontology is surveyed with a view to illuminating the problem of loneliness in widowhood and old age. (Author)

Discusses and describes some active Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). An EAP is a stress intervention program that, when combined with other stress prevention procedures, can serve as an effective base for developing a comprehensive managerial system for combating organizational stress. (Author/IRT)

Addresses the issue of training elementary school counselors in using puppets. Offers suggestions for using puppets in counseling children by using fantasy to help children cope with their emotions and with real world problems. Cautions the counselor to practice shifting from reality to fantasy and back again. (ABB)

Examined competencies that hospice practitioners and experts in the field would agree upon as necessary attributes to being an effective hospice team member. Results indicated strong positive agreement between the rankings of the practitioners on emotional and interpersonal characteristics needed by hospice personnel to effectively function with…