This study was conducted to explore the differences and/or similarities in how men and women cope with relationship problems. Aside from gender, various other demographic as well as attitude variables were explored in their relationship with coping. This study found that there was no difference in coping strategies used by men and women in coping…

In the ethos of Caribbean peoples, migration is simply one way of pursing one's life objectives and of getting by in a world over which one has no control. (Author/GC)

People undergoing physical or mental stress should consider the therapeutic value of religious faith and spiritual understanding. (Author/RW)

The article develops a workable set of intervention strategies based on programs developed for children experiencing significant emotional conflict who were seen in two centers. Sections address reduction of stress and development of coping skills and resources. (SB)

Describes the purported nature of environmental illness, suggested causes, and management approaches used by doctors practicing environmental medicine. Suggests how home economists can help people learn to cope with and reduce environmental stressors. (JOW)

Common approaches to coping are discussed, followed by a description of the process of women coping with breast cancer as it is expressed in their own poems. Qualitative analysis was conducted on eight poems, with the results opening new avenues for counselors who work with women suffering from breast cancer. (Contains 54 references.) (GCP)

Describes a solution-focused approach to working with suicidal clients that can be used in conjunction with traditional approaches and which focus on establishing safety as well as assessing risk. Working from this model the clinician shifts to identifying client strengths and coping skills, to collaborating with the client to establish goals and…

Explores the basic features and background of "the blues" as a musical tool, or archetype, for understanding the universal condition of human suffering, for confronting diseases of disability and separation, and for coping or adapting to such suffering. Offers the blues as a method for looking at the spirit of human tragedy and…

Attempts to expand Lazarus and Folkman's stress model to include culture-relevant dimensions. Discusses cultural factors that influence each component of the stress model, including types and frequency of events experienced, appraisals of stressfulness of events, appraisals of available coping resources, selection of coping strategies, and…

Results of the Uses of Reminiscence Scale completed by 89 60-year olds, 95 80-year olds, and 104 centenarians identified 17 reasons for thinking or talking about the past. Three factors were most important: therapeutic, informative, and enjoyment. (SK)

Notes that Westerners tend to think of glasnost and perestroika in global, abstract terms when in actuality, they affect individual people in many ways. Profiles five Soviet women (Moscow Intourist guide, editor of women's magazine, concert pianist, college graduate, and worker at Chernobyl) and their differing responses to the changes sweeping…

Instructor at Air Force Institute of Technology describes role in preparing officers and noncommissioned officers to care for Air Force's dead, thus making them mortuary officers. Notes that officers possess no special skills, are not tested for psychological aptitude, and are not given any initial special/additional training. Describes…

Offers the author's (a psychiatric nurse) personal perspective on the self-healing aspects of writing poetry. (SR)

Tells the author's own story of surviving the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles, and how the practice of memorizing poetry helped her to recover from that trauma. (SR)

Examines how stigmatized individuals receive socioemotional support via personal relationships with others, arguing that nonstigmatized people are less likely to develop personal relationships with or give affection and respect as socioemotional support to stigmatized people. Presents facilitators and barriers to stigmatized individuals'…