Handbook of stressful transitions across the lifespan /
Handbook of stressful transitions across the lifespan /
edited by Thomas W. Miller.
- New York : Springer, c2010.
About the Contributors xiii
Part I Processing Transitions in the Life Span
1 Life Stress and Transitions in the Life Span 3
Thomas W. Miller
2 Life Transitions and Stress in the Context
of Psychosocial Development 19
James E. Marcla
3 The Neurobiology of Stress Throughout the Life Cycle 35
Jerald Kay
4 Life as a Source of Theory: Erik Erikson's Contributions,
Boundaries, and Marginalities 59
James J. Clark
Part II Education and Career Transitions
5 CoIlege-to-Workplace Transitions: Becoming
a Freshman Again 87
Paul I. Hettich
6 Coping with Job Transitions over the WorkLife 111
John R. Rudisill, Jean M. Edwards, Paul J. Hershberger,
Joyce E. Jadwin, and John M. McKee
7 Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event 133
Thomas F. Holcomb
Part III Marriage, Family, and Sexual Life Cycle Transitions
8 Family Transitions Following Natural and Terrorist
Disaster: Hurricane Hugo and the September 11
Terrorist Attack
Catherine L. Cohan
9 The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood
Abbie E. Goldberg
10 Transitioning the Impact of Divorce on Children
Throughout the Life Cycle
Brian Bare/ak, Thomas W. Miller, Lane J. Vellkamp,
Sarah Barezak, Clay Hall, and Robert Kraus
11 Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood...
Jeanne Joseph Chadwick
12 Sexual Transitions in the Lives of Adult Women
Emily Koert and Judith C. Daniluk
13 Family and Spousal Adaptation to Transitioning
a Traumatic Event
Thomas W. Miller, Cindy Dunn, and Ila Patel
Part IV Legal, Ethical, and Financial Transitions
14 Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Lifespan
Steven Nisenbaum, Madelaine Claire Weiss, and Daniel Shapiro
15 Money in (E)Motion Experienced in Stressful
Financial Transitions
John V. Boardman
16 Assessing, Moderating, and Modifying Implicit Cognitive
Processes in Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Transitioning
Adulthood
Marvin Krank
Part V Life Threatening Transitions in Maturation and Health
17 Life Stress and Managing Transitions Unanticipated
Change of Course: The Diagnosis of Chronic
Progressive Neurological Disease: NoDeal!
William D. Weitzel andJudith K. Carney
18 Transitions Throughout the Cancer Experience: Diagnosis,
Treatment, Survivorship, and End of Life
Dorothy Ann Brockopp, Krisla Moe, Judith A. .Schrcibcr,
n \ W '
Loss of the Safety Signal in Childhood
and Adolescent Trauma 367
Thomas W. Miller and Allan Beanc
An Unexpected Traumatic Change in Life: Where
to Go from Here? 377
Richard Welsh, Lane J. Veltkamp, Thomas W. Miller,
Ronald Goodman, and Emily Rosenbaum
The Role of Self-Awareness and Communication in Issues
of Health and Aging 389
Joseph R Fox
rt VI Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Influences in Life's Transitions
Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions 411
Katica Lackovic-Grgin and Zvjezdan Penezic'
Time, Culture, and Life-Cycle Changes ofSocial Goals 441
Helene H. Fung and Tasia M. Y. Siu
Refugees' Life Transitions from Displacement to Durable
Resettlement 465
Marie-Antoinette Sossou
Religious Worldviews and Stressful Encounters:
Reciprocal Influence from a Meaning-Making Perspective 485
Crystal L, Park, Donald Fdmondson, and Mary Alice Mills
Life Stress Buffer: The Salubrious Role of African-Centered
Spirituality ^^3
Evangeline A. Wheeler
irt VII Directions and Interventions in Stressful Life Transitions
' Surviving andThriving: How Transition Psychology May
Apply to Mass Traumas and Changes 523
Dai Williams
[ Posttraumatic Growth: APositive Consequence ofTrauma 569
Cassie M. Lindstrom and Kelli N. Triplett
> Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing 585
David T, Miller
) Functional Fitness, Life Stress, and Transitions
Across the Life Span
John Nyland and James D. Abbott
^ Nutrition Through the Life Span: Needs and Health
Concerns in Critical Periods
Jasminka Z. Ilich and Rhonda A. Brownbill
\ The Role of Animals and Animal-Assisted Therapy
in Stressful Life Transitions
Jeanine M. Miller Adams
The Role of Humor in Transforming Stressful Life Events.
Clifford C. Kuhn, Michael R. Nichols, and Barbara L. Belew
Concluding Comments and Future Considerations
for Stressful Life Events and Transitions Across
the Life Span
Thomas W. Miller
9781441907479 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 1441907475 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9781441907486 (eISBN) 1441907483 (eISBN)
Life change events.
Stress (Psychology)
Medicine and psychology.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Stress, Psychological.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Life Change Events.
616.89 / MIL/H
About the Contributors xiii
Part I Processing Transitions in the Life Span
1 Life Stress and Transitions in the Life Span 3
Thomas W. Miller
2 Life Transitions and Stress in the Context
of Psychosocial Development 19
James E. Marcla
3 The Neurobiology of Stress Throughout the Life Cycle 35
Jerald Kay
4 Life as a Source of Theory: Erik Erikson's Contributions,
Boundaries, and Marginalities 59
James J. Clark
Part II Education and Career Transitions
5 CoIlege-to-Workplace Transitions: Becoming
a Freshman Again 87
Paul I. Hettich
6 Coping with Job Transitions over the WorkLife 111
John R. Rudisill, Jean M. Edwards, Paul J. Hershberger,
Joyce E. Jadwin, and John M. McKee
7 Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event 133
Thomas F. Holcomb
Part III Marriage, Family, and Sexual Life Cycle Transitions
8 Family Transitions Following Natural and Terrorist
Disaster: Hurricane Hugo and the September 11
Terrorist Attack
Catherine L. Cohan
9 The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood
Abbie E. Goldberg
10 Transitioning the Impact of Divorce on Children
Throughout the Life Cycle
Brian Bare/ak, Thomas W. Miller, Lane J. Vellkamp,
Sarah Barezak, Clay Hall, and Robert Kraus
11 Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood...
Jeanne Joseph Chadwick
12 Sexual Transitions in the Lives of Adult Women
Emily Koert and Judith C. Daniluk
13 Family and Spousal Adaptation to Transitioning
a Traumatic Event
Thomas W. Miller, Cindy Dunn, and Ila Patel
Part IV Legal, Ethical, and Financial Transitions
14 Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Lifespan
Steven Nisenbaum, Madelaine Claire Weiss, and Daniel Shapiro
15 Money in (E)Motion Experienced in Stressful
Financial Transitions
John V. Boardman
16 Assessing, Moderating, and Modifying Implicit Cognitive
Processes in Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Transitioning
Adulthood
Marvin Krank
Part V Life Threatening Transitions in Maturation and Health
17 Life Stress and Managing Transitions Unanticipated
Change of Course: The Diagnosis of Chronic
Progressive Neurological Disease: NoDeal!
William D. Weitzel andJudith K. Carney
18 Transitions Throughout the Cancer Experience: Diagnosis,
Treatment, Survivorship, and End of Life
Dorothy Ann Brockopp, Krisla Moe, Judith A. .Schrcibcr,
n \ W '
Loss of the Safety Signal in Childhood
and Adolescent Trauma 367
Thomas W. Miller and Allan Beanc
An Unexpected Traumatic Change in Life: Where
to Go from Here? 377
Richard Welsh, Lane J. Veltkamp, Thomas W. Miller,
Ronald Goodman, and Emily Rosenbaum
The Role of Self-Awareness and Communication in Issues
of Health and Aging 389
Joseph R Fox
rt VI Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Influences in Life's Transitions
Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions 411
Katica Lackovic-Grgin and Zvjezdan Penezic'
Time, Culture, and Life-Cycle Changes ofSocial Goals 441
Helene H. Fung and Tasia M. Y. Siu
Refugees' Life Transitions from Displacement to Durable
Resettlement 465
Marie-Antoinette Sossou
Religious Worldviews and Stressful Encounters:
Reciprocal Influence from a Meaning-Making Perspective 485
Crystal L, Park, Donald Fdmondson, and Mary Alice Mills
Life Stress Buffer: The Salubrious Role of African-Centered
Spirituality ^^3
Evangeline A. Wheeler
irt VII Directions and Interventions in Stressful Life Transitions
' Surviving andThriving: How Transition Psychology May
Apply to Mass Traumas and Changes 523
Dai Williams
[ Posttraumatic Growth: APositive Consequence ofTrauma 569
Cassie M. Lindstrom and Kelli N. Triplett
> Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing 585
David T, Miller
) Functional Fitness, Life Stress, and Transitions
Across the Life Span
John Nyland and James D. Abbott
^ Nutrition Through the Life Span: Needs and Health
Concerns in Critical Periods
Jasminka Z. Ilich and Rhonda A. Brownbill
\ The Role of Animals and Animal-Assisted Therapy
in Stressful Life Transitions
Jeanine M. Miller Adams
The Role of Humor in Transforming Stressful Life Events.
Clifford C. Kuhn, Michael R. Nichols, and Barbara L. Belew
Concluding Comments and Future Considerations
for Stressful Life Events and Transitions Across
the Life Span
Thomas W. Miller
9781441907479 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 1441907475 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9781441907486 (eISBN) 1441907483 (eISBN)
Life change events.
Stress (Psychology)
Medicine and psychology.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Stress, Psychological.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Life Change Events.
616.89 / MIL/H