Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability Theoretical, Empirical, and Clinical Aspects /

Individuals’ responses to their chronic illness or disability (CID) vary widely. Some are positive and productive, some negative and self-defeating, and some have elements of both. Coping with Chronic Illness and Disability synthesizes the growing literature on these coping styles and strategies by...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Martz, Erin. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Livneh, Hanoch. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48670-3
Table of Contents:
  • I
  • An Introduction to Coping Theory and Research
  • Psychodynamic and Cognitive Theories of Coping
  • Hierarchical Coping: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Coping Within the Context of Chronic Illness and Disability
  • The Social Context of Coping
  • Reauthoring the Self: Chronic Sorrow and Posttraumatic Stress Following the Onset of CID
  • Adaptive Tasks and Methods of Coping with Illness and Disability
  • II
  • Coping with AIDS: The Challenges of an Evolving Disease
  • Coping with Arthritis: From Vulnerability to Resilience
  • Coping with Burn Injury: Research Summary and a New Model of~the~Influence of Coping on Psychological Complications
  • Coping with Cancer: Findings of Research and Intervention Studies
  • Coping with Diabetes: Psychological Determinants of Diabetes Outcomes
  • Coping with Epilepsy: Research and Interventions
  • Coping and Heart Disease: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
  • Coping with Multiple Sclerosis: Considerations and Interventions
  • Coping with Chronic Pain: A Stress-Appraisal Coping Model
  • Coping with Severe Mental Illness: A Multifaceted Approach
  • Coping with Spinal Cord Injuries: Wholeness Is a State of Mind
  • Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury: Existential Challenges and Managing Hope.