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  • Coping across the lifespan

    Author(s)
    Skinner, EA
    Zimmer-Gembeck, M
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Coping, a basic process integral to adaptation and survival, depicts how people detect, appraise, deal with, and learn from stressful encounters. Decades of research in the social and medical sciences have examined coping in many domains across the life span. Mainstream research, focusing on measurement of individual differences and correlates of coping, suggests that coping can buffer or exacerbate the effects of stress on mental and physical health and functioning, as well as directly shape the development of psychopathology and resilience. New directions include construction of developmental theories, measurement schemes ...
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    Coping, a basic process integral to adaptation and survival, depicts how people detect, appraise, deal with, and learn from stressful encounters. Decades of research in the social and medical sciences have examined coping in many domains across the life span. Mainstream research, focusing on measurement of individual differences and correlates of coping, suggests that coping can buffer or exacerbate the effects of stress on mental and physical health and functioning, as well as directly shape the development of psychopathology and resilience. New directions include construction of developmental theories, measurement schemes that augment self-report questionnaires, and designs that capture coping processes.
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    Book Title
    International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.26015-7
    Subject
    Psychology not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141638
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