Primary prevention programs aimed at helping adolescents develop personal and social coping skills have received empirical support as methods capable of reducing the incidence of substance use. This study examined the effectiveness of school-based coping skills training with adolescents at high-risk for substance abuse. Students (N=279) at 29…

Stress is recognized as a problem for both males and females in today's high-technology society. However, research comparing men and women in the workplace has shown that females typically experience higher levels of stress on the job than males experience. This study attempted to compare male and female levels and areas of work-related stress in…

This study was conducted to investigate the effect that a parent support group and a counseling group had on the stress levels, self-esteem, and degree of coping of parents (N=48) of developmentally delayed or handicapped infants enrolled in an infant intervention program. It was hypothesized that, compared to parents in the control group, parents…

There is a need for a conceptual and methodological approach which can effectively elucidate individuals' experience of problematic transactions with their institutional system, and point to a healing process. The descriptive understanding of the meaning context of the phenomenon of alienation may shed light on the actions of the individual and…

Field research on the relationships among environmental stressors, psychological reactions, and health outcomes has either been correlational or of a program evaluation nature. Neither of these alternatives is satisfactory for testing hypotheses concerning the causal status of variables in process models of stress coping. A theory driven…

The paper examines ways to help learning disabled (LD) adolescents adjust to the fact that they have learning disabilities. Underlying assumptions, such as the belief that learning disabilties are lifelong and affect social and psychological aspects, are reviewed. The importance of blending attitude and techniques in working with LD adolescents is…

Although some researchers have distinguished the concepts of pain and suffering and despite the recent rise of many centers for pain management in the United States, medical educators and practitioners have given little attention to the topic of suffering. In the studies which have been conducted, patients differed in styles of coping with and…

This document describes "Coping with Stress: A Cognitive Intervention Program for Children," a six-session program that was designed to expand children's awareness of how their thoughts and feelings affect the process of coping with stress. The first three sessions concentrate on skill building; the last three sessions allow participants to apply…

Professionals working with pediatric oncology patients recognize that the degree of pain the child experiences during painful medical procedures is related to both the physical insult and the child's degree of anxiety and fear. Two major lines of research in the area of pediatric pain management include the assessment of distress and training…

Self-control and self-efficacy have played a central role in recent behavioral medicine work on the control of chronic physical pain. Little work investigating the concepts of self-control and self-efficacy has been done with the elderly in spite of the fact that coping strategies in the elderly have been associated with a variety of health and…

This brochure presents guidelines for victims of rape and sexual offenses in preparation for the legal and medical procedures which will follow the reporting of such an assault. The brochure states the hope that these guidelines will be useful to a victim in regaining control over the situation and in managing a difficult situation effectively.…

Little research exists that addresses the issue of rehabilitation of women prisoners. To examine the effectiveness of a group psychotherapy program in assisting women prisoners to make the transition to the community and their families, 16 institutionalized women participated in a workshop. The program involved both individual and group…

Black women have been described as being in "double jeopardy" due to the combined effects of racism and sexism. To explore the multiple effects of institutional discrimination and prejudice based on race and/or sex, the experiences of 52 highly successful older black women were examined, using tapes from the Black Women Oral History…

Dependable Strengths Articulation Process (DSAP) is a self-development process designed to facilitate positive self-constructions and improved personal functioning through a systematic intervention that enables participants to recognize, articulate, communicate and use their Dependable Strengths. Because it is a peer-assisted process, each…

The goal of this study was to examine the complex interplay among family, neuropsychological, psychosocial, psychiatric, and immunological variables with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected homosexual/bisexual men and their families. The subjects were a broad spectrum of 29 outpatient HIV-infected homosexual/bisexual men between the ages…