Psychosocial crises may inhibit the ability of adolescent students to meet the demands of nursing curriculum and to develop the skills of reflective practice. Educational and clinical support for young nursing students is recommended. (SK)

Provides an overview of disability in families. The goal of the article is to raise awareness of the status of people with disabilities and their families to develop culturally relevant psychological support. An international literature review is provided with consideration of cultural meanings of disability, preparation for dealing with…

This commencement speech encourages graduates to aspire to moral and intellectual integrity, asserting that i they are well educated, they will experience failure as well as success and know that failing does not make them failures. It encourages graduates to neither underestimate nor overestimate themselves and to learn to cope as inhabitants of…

Phenomenological methods were used to explore the experience of grief after bereavement. Nine bereaved adults volunteered to participate in interviews in which they discussed their experience of grief after the death of a loved one. An analysis of the interviews revealed the following themes in the experience of grief after bereavement: Coping,…

Family therapists offer a valuable but underutilized resource for families affected by cancer. This article reviews a number of clinical interventions directed toward the following four core strategies: (a) enhancing communication and emotional contact, (b) accommodating structural changes within the family, (c) facilitating a sense of meaning,…

This study focused on one question: Do caregiver responses--emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, appraisal of burden, and appraisal of satisfaction--mediate or moderate the effects of caregiving stress on psychological well-being? Findings indicate that development of interventions that focus on how caregivers appraise their situation,…

Hospital nursing managers (n=31) in a rural Texas hospital completed a self-paced module on stress and hardiness (beliefs related to control, commitment, and challenge). Pre/posttest scores showed the module had a significant effect on understanding of stress and coping and increased their hardiness levels. (Contains 25 references.) (SK)

Examined sources of stress for women (N=162) in administrative/managerial positions to determine whether these sources were different from those for men (N=153) in equal positions, and from those for women (N=268) in non-managerial positions. Found women perceived higher levels of stress than men; women non-managers higher levels of stress than…

Parents of 30 children with phenylketonuria, classified as being in good or poor dietary control, engaged in verbal and written problem-solving situations under conditions of both high and low time-pressure induced stress. Overall, compliant parents gave higher quality verbal and written problem-solving solutions than noncompliant parents.…

Proposes a model that identifies four elements contributing to coping that can be disrupted by disability and the type of intervention that each affected element may require: restoring or replacing assets and skills; reintegrating the self-image; reformulating goals; and restructuring the environment. Discusses functions of rehabilitation…

Examined whether positive and negative social ties moderate effects of negative daily events on psychological distress of 110 older adults. Effect of negative daily events on psychological distress significantly decreased as positive social ties increased. Negative social ties did not interact with negative daily events to influence psychological…

Discusses potential benefits of humor when it is integrated with guided imagery to alleviate stress. Indroduces the Humorous Imagery Situation Technique, a therapeutic method of systematically using humor for stress management which produces a method for the client to use humor to reflect on major problem areas. Includes a case example which…

Describes development and evaluation of workshop program to help people become more confident and effective as decision makers in which participants (N=76) learned about the major decisional coping patterns and the critical steps of decision making. Found workshops promoted increased confidence in decision making and less reported use of…

Suggests that illusions by clients about themselves and their environments could be purposeful and facilitative, perhaps serving as an effective coping mechanism against a painful experience. Presents counselors with several examples and one brief case study in a condensed synthesis of research and theory on the accommodating and positive reasons…

Distinguishes between unchosen transitions (children maturing and leaving, parents aging, companies downsizing) and chosen ones (moving, divorce, marriage, career changes). Describes the steps one goes through: uneasiness, renewed energy, complaining, exploration, partial transition, and the completed transition. (JOW)