To make conflict resolution easier, this article advises board members to determine nature of the conflict and choose an appropriate course of action. Situation might call for quick, decisive action; establishing a discussion date; reaching a temporary consensus; or working with involved parties to reach a positive resolution. Sidebar offers tips…

Tested Bugen's Coping with Death Scale. Individuals who had written wills, planned estates and funerals, and signed organ donor cards scored higher on the Coping with Death Scale. Because Coping with Death scores were more consistently different in those who prepared for death, this scale may help in efforts to predict those who will engage in…

In a laboratory procedure, 66 infants of 12 months were given happy, fearful, and conflicting emotional signals by their mothers and fathers with reference to five unusual toy stimuli. There were marked differences among infants in their capacity for and style of coping with conflict. A variety of specific responses to conflict were observed. (RH)

Interviews and a life-history questionnaire collected data from 21 retired and 30 employed professionals over 60. Both groups were involved in meaningful relationships and were satisfied with their lives. Those employed valued career prestige and challenge; the retired valued supportive relationships and task completion. (SK)

Examined relationship between coping resources and attachment to parents and peers in 60 college students. Different sets of coping resources predicted maternal, paternal, and peer attachment among subjects. Maternal and paternal attachment were associated with greater number of coping resource than was peer attachment. Findings suggest that…

Presents brief annotations of 48 illustrated children's books that enable readers to explore the unusual, unbelievable, or unreal. Presents the books in the following grouping: unbelievable characters; coping with adversity; incredible accomplishments; unreal tales from real places; unusual plants and animals; unreal phenomena; and…

To stay on the job, exhausted teachers need to get massages or do yoga, exercise regularly, get a pet or a plant to care for, recruit "wannabe" friends to teaching, surround themselves with appreciative friends, seek colleagues' assistance, and take real vacations to recharge batteries. (MLH)

The relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, coping strategies, and academic success is investigated. A self-report measure of ADHD symptoms and two measures of coping behaviors were used. Results indicated high-symptom students used fewer coping behaviors. However, intelligence was associated with academic…

Studied the influences African Americans perceived to be affecting their family relationships through an ethnographic case study focusing on 14 participants, ranging in age from 17 to 72 years, from 4 families. Participants perceived a number of social factors to be major influences on their family life, and they recognized an equal number of…

Describes a research-based self-care health education program for recently widowed people. Program aims to provide a foundation of knowledge, motivation, and encouragement to initiate positive behavioral changes, and to establish a support network. Preliminary analysis suggests the program is achieving many of the intended outcomes. (Author/JDM)

Reflects on the author's own personal background as a reader, including how television led her to more books and sparked her interest in a literary career. Discusses why, in a technological society, people care about literature. Argues that the Internet has its valuable uses, and that literature and technology can be good friends. (SR)

Describes the nature of positive life experiences of 13 people coping exceptionally well while living with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's, disease and the resulting significant physical disabilities. Emerging themes were the use of cognitive reappraisal, reframing, and intellectual stimulation as coping mechanisms;…

Thirty-five women experiencing various stages of HIV were interviewed. Five components were found to be important in their psychological and spiritual growth: reckoning with death, life affirmation, creation of meaning, self-affirmation, and redefining relationships. Discusses implications for social work practice and future research. (Author/MKA)

To assess the contribution of situational factors to alcohol use during a naturally occurring high-stress time, 73 undergraduate students were studied. Contrary to the prediction of a simple tension-reduction model, results showed that students preferred to address heightened anxiety by studying to pass exams. Programmatic implications are…

The Adaptation Nursing Model suggests that nursing students' level of adaptation to stress is influenced by their hardiness and use of social resources. Faculty can use the information to facilitate students' coping. (SK)