Learning to cope [electronic resource] : developing as a person in complex societies / edited by Erica Frydenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frydenberg, Erica, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence.

Adolescent psychology.

Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 360 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1999.

Summary:

There are many stressful factors in modern society affecting young people. Much has been written about adult coping strategies, but relatively little has been written about the developmental aspects and issues surrounding this topic. As well as providing a much-needed theoretical framework, this title evaluates practical applications and programmes, signposts to what works and what does not work. As such, it will be useful to developmental psychologists, social scientists, educators, and those involved in child welfare.

Contents:

Understanding coping: towards a comprehensive theoretical framework / Erica Frydenberg

Resilience and coping: the role of individual temperament / Margot Prior

Learning to cope: a discursive perspective / Roger Säljö

Sexuality in adolescence: a suitable case for coping? / Susan Moore

The development of social coping skills / Michael Argyle

Families as the crucible of competence in a changing social ecology / Don Edgar

The effect of family talk on young children's development and coping / Susan M. Chambers

The experience of divorce and separation in the family: a dynamic systems perspective / Solly Dreman

Coping in context: goal frustration an goal ambivalence in relation to academic and interpersonal goals / Monique Boekaerts

Learning to cope with conflict and violence: how schools can help youth / Susan Opotow and Morton Deutsch

Decision making and coping in adolescence / Leon Mann and Isaac Friedman

Strengthening the family-school partnership through 'check and connect' / Sandra L. Christenson and E. Brooke Carroll

Parental and school resources that assist adolescents in coping with negative peer influences / Sanford M. Dornbusch, Jennifer Laird, and Robert Crosnoe

Coping in children and adolescents: a prevention model for helping kids avoid or reduce at-risk behaviour / Stephen A. Rollin, C. Wayne Anderson, and Robert M. Buncher

Children, young people, and war: learning to cope / Orla Muldoon and Ed Cairns

Constructing a research agenda / Erica Frydenberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-180792-3