The development of counseling guidelines for use in helping persons accept a loss is discussed. The types of research activity in the areas of coping with loss are identified, and suggestions are made for making investigations more relevant to the concerns of counselors. (Author/SBH)

Focuses on some guidelines for facilitating healthful life-style changes including the cultivation of good nutritional habits, good exercise habits, self-awareness, letting-go techniques, and personal planning. (Author/IRT)

Compassion fatigue, or secondary traumatic stress response, describes the reaction of counselors, teachers, and others who work with trauma survivors. They may experience stress or restimulation of their own traumatic experiences. Cognitive and behavioral techniques focused on prevention and intervention can help them cope. (SK)

States that 118 individuals reported the rituals they exercised to dissolve relationships or cope with relationship disengagement. Finds that self-enhancement rituals were performed most often during and after various relationship disengagements, and both "leavers" and "lefts" turned to their network to cope with dissolved…

Coping responses of suicide attempters were compared to those of non-attempters. Suicide attempters made fewer effortful-approach and more automatic-approach coping responses, and were judged by trained raters to have coped less effectively. Discusses findings in light of model of coping that incorporates both individual differences and…

Assesses associations between risk behaviors and perceptions of benefit and risk in these behaviors, and the associations between risk measures and problem-focused, support and avoidance coping strategies among Israeli adolescents. Results suggest that perception of benefit and the use of avoidance coping strategies may constitute significant…

Discusses how counselors can assist individuals, families, and communities to prepare and effectively deal with first-year anniversaries of traumatic events. Emphasizes five areas for counselors to consider: expected anniversary reactions; education that can help prepare for an anniversary; mental health services; how counselors can help schools;…

Explored relation between self-nurturance and disordered eating among bulimic (N=18), dieting restrainer (N=20), and nonrestrainer (N=20) women. Results indicated that bulimics were less likely to nurture themselves in non-food-related ways and derived greater percentage of total self-nurturance from food than either restrainers or nonrestrainers.…

Associated different types of "relapse crises" and coping responses with resumption of smoking in previously heavy smokers (N=102) who had achieved initial abstinence. Analyses of posttreatment assessments indicated that any smoking lapse was strongly related to subsequent relapse. Situational characteristics, number of coping responses,…

Assessed extent of loneliness among late adolescent college students (N=559). Findings suggest that, although moderate loneliness was reported by most participants, number of respondents evidenced high degree of loneliness. Comparison of lonely and nonlonely adolescents yielded relatively few significant differences. Lonely and nonlonely…

Notes that rural family is vulnerable to overwhelming crises and that adolescent suicide may result from or add to stress. Identifies and examines specific stressors with which rural adolescent must deal, coping mechanisms used, and how failure of coping strategies can lead to suicidal behavior. Examines therapeutic modalities available and…

Suggests that being fired is not the stigma it once was. Looks at 20 famous "failures" and where they are now, including Steven Jobs, Michael Milken, William Agee, Jimmy Johnson, and Ivan Boesky. (JOW)

Explores approach to dealing with human death. Describes floating perspective, based on insights from Choron and Jaspers, as suggesting it is possible to deal with human death by refraining from taking ultimate position on the problem. Position encourages openness to death. Examines role of anxiety and describes possible meaningful outcomes of…

Examined effectiveness of 4 self-help books given randomly to 64 participants who had recently experienced divorce or breakup. Books were either behaviorally oriented, based on stage theories, or focused on general life crises. All groups significantly improved in depressive, general psychiatric, and loss-specific symptoms from pretest to posttest…

Identified in population of older adults different types of couples and linked resulting typology to way handicaps are handled. Four types of couples were identified and types varied in their management of disabilities. Findings from elderly couples suggest that one must take functioning of couple into account to fully understand situation of…