Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

CONCEPTUAL ISSUES.

Coping and Defense: A Historical Overview (J. Parker & N.Endler).

Personality and Coping: A Reconceptualization (P. Costa, etal.).

ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH METHODS.

The Interplay Among Design, Data Analysis, and Theory in theMeasurement of Coping (J. Benson & K. Hagtvet).

An Approach to Assessing Daily Coping (L. Porter & A.Stone).

FACETS OF COPING.

Coping in Occupational Settings (S. Cartwright & C.Cooper).

Coping with Chronic Pain (J. Katz, et al.).

Coping with Multiple Stressors in the Environment (S. Lepore &G. Evans).

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.

Individual Differences in Coping (H. Krohne).

Age Differences, Coping, and the Adult Life Span (S. Strack &H. Feifel).

CLINICAL PARAMETERS: ADAPTIVE COPING AND INTERVENTIONS.

Adaptative and Maladaptative Coping (M. Zeidner & D.Saklofske).

Facilitating Coping with Chronic Physical Illness (G. Devins &Y. Binik).

Indexes.

About the Author

MOSHE ZEIDNER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University ofHaifa School of Education, Israel. He also has faculty appointmentsat Stanford University and California State University at San Jose,and a visiting fellowship at Oxford University. His other booksinclude Psychological Testing: An Inside View and InternationalHandbook of Personality and Intelligence.

NORMAN S. ENDLER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at YorkUniversity, Ontario. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,the American Psychological Association, and the CanadianPsychological Association. His other books include the two-volumePersonality and the Behavior Disorders (coedited with J. M. Hunt),Holiday of Darkness, and Depression: New Directions in Theory,Research, and Practice.