Surveyed 129 K-12 educators teaching in alternative programs concerning their stress and well-being. Respondents experienced moderate to high stress; high stress was negatively related to several domains of well-being. Major stressors included student demands, physical demands of collegial interactions, and inadequate funding. (Contains 35…

Examined associations among emotion display rule use, negative emotional reactivity, and fourth-graders' social competence. Found negative relation between self-reported negative emotional coping strategies and observed measures of display rule use. Found children who reported using more effective coping strategies for managing negative emotions…

Examines the expectancies, beliefs, coping patterns, and psychological adjustment associated with loss due to death, parental divorce, or illness and the level of disability in a college population. Results indicate that loss groups did not differ from each other or from a no-loss group on cognitive variables, coping, or psychological adjustment.…

Offers an account of one person's struggles with the effects of a mild brain injury. Framed within the context of current literature on mild head injuries, this first-person account discusses how the changes in sense of self created feelings of disconfirmation, confusion, and emotional distress. Discusses ways of coping with internal changes when…

Confirmatory factor analysis was used to derive and cross-validate the factor structure of the Pain Response Inventory (PRI), a measure of children's coping responses to recurrent pain, with 688 school children, 120 children with abdominal pain, and 175 former abdominal pain patients. Results suggest that different health outcomes are predicted by…

Adolescents' views of communication with their parents are examined in relation to measures of family satisfaction, adolescent decision making, disagreement with parents; self-esteem, well-being, and coping. Two studies provide psychometric support for the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale. Good family communication, satisfaction with family,…

Danger signals and escape mechanisms used by 304 older adults who successfully avoided consumer scams were compared with public agency informational materials on confidence swindles. This information will help improve the case-study-based materials. (SK)

Discusses the feelings and behaviors experienced in a child care situation by children whose parents have recently separated or divorced. Discusses the importance of caregivers' acknowledging family changes and provides suggestions for adjustments. (JOW)

Investigates stress, coping responses, and social support variables as predictors of psychological distress among 171 Mexican American men and women. Data indicate that although men and women did not differ significantly in the rate of depressive symptoms, they did differ in the sources of stress and social support associated with depression.…

A research review identified sources of teacher stress and suggested directions for research: (1) monitoring the effect of education reforms on stress levels; (2) exploring why some teachers cope with career reappraisal better than others; (3) clarifying the stress process in terms of two triggers--excessive demands and concern with self-image;…

Undergraduates (N=204) completed three scales of the student adaptation to college questionnaire. Measures of coping and emotional adjustment revealed differences among the three groups of students labeled adaptive, maladaptive, and non-perfectionists. Perfectionism and coping predicted emotional adjustment but coping as a moderator or mediator in…

This article discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the experiences of 9 adult women living with a learning disability. It addresses the hidden costs associated with learning disabilities and explores a cyclic relationship discussed by the participants involving perfectionism, panic or anxiety, and exhaustion. (Contains references.)…

Discusses the volitional basis of Personality Systems Interaction Theory (PSI) and applies it to the improvement of conditions for learning and psychological treatment. The theory explains motivational and volitional phenomena, including concentration, coping with failure, identification and intrinsic commitment to personal goals, persistence, and…

Beginning superintendents should reconsider before buying homes and settling into new communities. Today's superintendent, like the Old West hired gun, has a short, precarious tenure. Superintendents should be prepared, learn to recognize signs of trouble, quit while they're ahead, and keep their (metaphorical) bags packed. Board hostility is…

Individuals should address prejudicial statements made in their presence by pulling the prejudice out of the comment and restating it in a calm and objective way; stating their own personal beliefs clearly and assertively; making a positive statement about the specific subjects of the prejudice; and gently turning the subject to a new direction.…