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Handbook of multicultural perspectives on stress and coping / P.T. Wong, L.C. Wong, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International and cultural psychology seriesPublication details: New York ; London : Springer, 2005.Description: 725 pISBN:
  • 9780387262369 (hbk.) :
  • 9780387262369
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.196/98 22
LOC classification:
  • BF335
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- 1.Beyond stress and coping: the positive psychology of transformation. Paul T. . Wong, Lilian C. J. Wong and Carolyn Scott -- Section 1.Theoretical issues -- 2.Culture: a fundamental context for the stress and coping paradigm. Chi-Ah Chun, Rudolf H. Moos, and Ruth C. Cronkite -- 3.A new theoretical model of collective coping. Christine J. Yeh, Agnes Kwong Arora, and Katherine A. Wu -- 4.Coping with suffering: the buddhist perspective. Yu-Hsi Chen -- 5.The way of nature as a healing power. Yu-Hsi Chen -- 6.Advance in the study of religious and spiritual coping. Derrick W. Klaasen, Marvin J. McDonald, and Susan James -- 7.Coping strategies and culturally influenced beliefs about the world. Roger G. Tweed and Lucian G. Conway, III -- 8.Personality systems and a biosocioexistential model of posttraumatic responses based on a Korean sample. Hong Seock Lee -- Section 2.Methodological issues -- 9.Frequently ignored methodological issues in cross-cultural stress research. Juan I, Sanchez, Paul E. Spector, and Cary L. Cooper -- 10.Problems and strategies when using rating scales in cross-cultural coping research. Roger G. Tweed and Anita DeLongis -- 11.A resource-congruence model of coping and the devleopment of the coping schema inventory. Paul T. P. Wong, Gary T. Reker, and Edward J. Peacock. -- Section 3.Acculturative stress -- 12.Acculturative stress. John W. Berry -- 13.The effects of acculturative stress on the hispanic family. Amado M. Padilla and Noah E. Borrero -- 14.Coping with domestic violence by Japanese Canadian women. Yoshiyuki Takano -- 15.How visible minority students cope with supervision stress. Lilian C. J. Wong -- 16.Psychological skills related to intercultural adjustment. David Matsumoto, Satoko Hirayama, and Jeffrey A. LeRoux -- Section 4.Culture, coping, and resilience -- 17.Hardiness considered across cultures.Salvatore R. Maddi and Richard H. Harvey -- 18.Resilience as a coping mechanism: a common story of Vietnamese refugee women. Tan Phan -- 19.Stress and coping among Asian Americans: Lazarus and Folkman's model and beyond. Edward C. Chang, Michele M. Tugade, and Kiyoshi Asakawa -- 20.The agony, silent grief, and deep frustration of many communities in the middle east: challenges for coping and survival. Jaji Abi-Hashm -- 21.Stress, culture, and racial socialization: making an impact. Mical L. McCreary, Jeral N. Cunningham, Kathleen M. Ingram, and John E. Fife -- 22.Adjustment and coping in aboriginal people. Roderick McCormich and Paul T. P. Wong -- Section 5.Occupational stress -- 23.Towards an understanding of occupational stress among Asian Americans. Frederick T. L. Leong and Dwight Tolliver -- 24.A multicultural perspective on work-related stress: development of a collective coping scale. Dan Zhang and Bonita C. Long -- 25.Knowledge gaps about sress and coping in a multicultural context. Paul B. Pedersen.
Summary: It is important for those in the helping profession, such as psychologists, counsellors, social workers, to understand the difficulties of ethnic minorites in coping and adjustment. Therefore, this volume has a dual emphasis on research and application.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.19698 WON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 223726

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- 1.Beyond stress and coping: the positive psychology of transformation. Paul T. . Wong, Lilian C. J. Wong and Carolyn Scott -- Section 1.Theoretical issues -- 2.Culture: a fundamental context for the stress and coping paradigm. Chi-Ah Chun, Rudolf H. Moos, and Ruth C. Cronkite -- 3.A new theoretical model of collective coping. Christine J. Yeh, Agnes Kwong Arora, and Katherine A. Wu -- 4.Coping with suffering: the buddhist perspective. Yu-Hsi Chen -- 5.The way of nature as a healing power. Yu-Hsi Chen -- 6.Advance in the study of religious and spiritual coping. Derrick W. Klaasen, Marvin J. McDonald, and Susan James -- 7.Coping strategies and culturally influenced beliefs about the world. Roger G. Tweed and Lucian G. Conway, III -- 8.Personality systems and a biosocioexistential model of posttraumatic responses based on a Korean sample. Hong Seock Lee -- Section 2.Methodological issues -- 9.Frequently ignored methodological issues in cross-cultural stress research. Juan I, Sanchez, Paul E. Spector, and Cary L. Cooper -- 10.Problems and strategies when using rating scales in cross-cultural coping research. Roger G. Tweed and Anita DeLongis -- 11.A resource-congruence model of coping and the devleopment of the coping schema inventory. Paul T. P. Wong, Gary T. Reker, and Edward J. Peacock. -- Section 3.Acculturative stress -- 12.Acculturative stress. John W. Berry -- 13.The effects of acculturative stress on the hispanic family. Amado M. Padilla and Noah E. Borrero -- 14.Coping with domestic violence by Japanese Canadian women. Yoshiyuki Takano -- 15.How visible minority students cope with supervision stress. Lilian C. J. Wong -- 16.Psychological skills related to intercultural adjustment. David Matsumoto, Satoko Hirayama, and Jeffrey A. LeRoux -- Section 4.Culture, coping, and resilience -- 17.Hardiness considered across cultures.Salvatore R. Maddi and Richard H. Harvey -- 18.Resilience as a coping mechanism: a common story of Vietnamese refugee women. Tan Phan -- 19.Stress and coping among Asian Americans: Lazarus and Folkman's model and beyond. Edward C. Chang, Michele M. Tugade, and Kiyoshi Asakawa -- 20.The agony, silent grief, and deep frustration of many communities in the middle east: challenges for coping and survival. Jaji Abi-Hashm -- 21.Stress, culture, and racial socialization: making an impact. Mical L. McCreary, Jeral N. Cunningham, Kathleen M. Ingram, and John E. Fife -- 22.Adjustment and coping in aboriginal people. Roderick McCormich and Paul T. P. Wong -- Section 5.Occupational stress -- 23.Towards an understanding of occupational stress among Asian Americans. Frederick T. L. Leong and Dwight Tolliver -- 24.A multicultural perspective on work-related stress: development of a collective coping scale. Dan Zhang and Bonita C. Long -- 25.Knowledge gaps about sress and coping in a multicultural context. Paul B. Pedersen.

It is important for those in the helping profession, such as psychologists, counsellors, social workers, to understand the difficulties of ethnic minorites in coping and adjustment. Therefore, this volume has a dual emphasis on research and application.

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