Presents and discusses four poems that record the approach, occurrence, and after-effects of being laid off. Poems state the problems the author encountered, suggest solutions to those problems, and helped the author deal with the unavoidable distress of being laid off. (SR)

Children (n=75) with learning disabilities and children without (n=75) used either a three-step or seven-step coping strategy or no strategy on a complex figure text. Nondisabled children had better recall, but experimental groups did better than controls, indicating that strategies that break down complex information can facilitate recall for…

Identifies two theoretical frameworks for adoption research: stress and coping literature and life-span developmental psychology. Recognizes that placing adoption within these larger study areas encourages differentiated, conditional questions such as when does adoption have which types of impacts for which types of individuals. (DLH)

Interviews with two Cambodian immigrant families over 2 years revealed how they relied on each other more than formal service providers to cope with difficulties. They focused on children's education and safety, insulation of the family from external influences, and interdependence with the immigrant community. (SK)

Hypothesizes a model of acculturation, coping, and work happiness for immigrants that describes acculturation styles (integration, assimilation, separation, marginalization) and preventive and combative coping methods. Describes appropriate career counseling interventions. (SK)

Scores of 125 adolescents on the Coping with Career Indecision, Problem Solving Inventory, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale, Career Decision Scale, Career Barriers Inventory, and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule were subjected to factor and cluster analyses. Four dimensions were identified related to level of agency (low/high) and…

Examines coping responses in a female college population by focusing on a common definable stressful situation experienced by all students: final exam week. Identifies the coping responses that differentiate between freshmen students and the more experienced juniors and seniors. (MKA)

Concrete, objective information that describes the experience from the patient's point of view in unambiguous terms is effective in reducing negative emotional response during threatening health care procedures. A four-stage process that permits systematic development of comprehensive and accurate messages using concrete objective information is…

Describes how the author's own breakdown propelled her to research resiliency. Outlines five characteristics of young survivors. Argues that young adult fiction offers catharsis for healing, rebuilding, and changing. Discusses three young adult novels in particular, discussing how the five characteristics of resilience are expressed in them. (SR)

Offers strategies for adapting elementary level physical education content to fit into alternative spaces (when no gymnasium is available) while maintaining the integrity and flow of the curriculum. The paper focuses on: program quality; preparing for the unpredictable when it is necessary to quickly adapt to alternative spaces; planning for the…

Discusses a pedagogy for teaching middle school students how to grieve when one of their classmates dies. Considers the steps of the grieving process, and dealing with different types of death: murder, suicide, accidents, and illness. (JPB)

Findings of a qualitative study of three health and human services agencies determined that strategies of survival inherent in the culture of homelessness are rarely considered by those agencies in providing services to homeless people. Programs should develop cultural sensitivity and use a cultural perspective in planning. (JOW)

Social problems such as poverty, homelessness, prenatal drug exposure, and teen pregnancy require teachers who can identify those at risk and help them cope so that they can learn. (SK)

In interviews with 38 adults returning to education, many expressed the need to redress a perceived imbalance. Their initial motivation was often vocational, but the experience of transition caused situational or dispositional imbalances in their lives that they sought to correct through education. (SK)

Uses existing theory and research on general stress and coping responses to describe responses to stigma-related stressors and discuss the adaptiveness of these responses. Research suggests that different stressors evoke different responses from different individuals. Stigmatized people have different life experiences than nonstigmatized people,…