TY - BOOK TI - Handbook of stressful transitions across the lifespan SN - 9781441907479 (hbk. : acidfree paper) U1 - 616.89 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Life change events KW - Stress (Psychology) KW - Medicine and psychology KW - Adaptability (Psychology) KW - Adjustment (Psychology) KW - Stress, Psychological KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Life Change Events N1 - 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 ER -