Wayfinding through life's challenges : coping and survival

571 Pages·2011·19.921 MB·English

by  Celinski, Marek J., Gow, Kathryn

8-PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS, MOTIVATIONS AND ACTIONS

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AYFINDING THROUGH IFE S
CHALLENGES: COPING AND SURVIVAL
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SYCHOLOGY OF MOTIONS OTIVATIONS
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PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS, MOTIVATIONS AND ACTIONS

W L '
AYFINDING THROUGH IFE S
CHALLENGES: COPING AND SURVIVAL

KATHRYN M. GOW
AND
MAREK J. CELINKSI
EDITORS

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Wayfinding through life's challenges : coping and survival / editors,
Kathryn M. Gow, Marek J. Celinski.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61942-698-6 (EBook)
1. Adjustment (Psychology) 2. Resilience (Personality trait) I. Gow,
Kathryn M. II. Celinski, Marek J.
BF335.W39 2011
155.2'4--dc22
2010043931

 New York
Our Earthly Condition
Is Essentially That of Wayfarers,
of Incompleteness
Moving Towards Fulfillment
And Therefore of
Struggle

Yves Conger

CONTENTS

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Overview 1
Kathryn M. Gow and Marek J. Celinski
Part 1: A Closer Look at Some of the Concepts and Measures Relating
to Coping and Resilience
Chapter 2 Trends in Resilience Theory and Research 13
Vladimír Kebza and Iva Šolcová
Chapter 3 Life is More Than Survival: Exploring Links between Antonovsky‟s
Salutogenic Theory and the Concept of Resilience 31
Monica Eriksson and Bengt Lindström
Chapter 4 Social and Emotional Intelligence: Contributors
to Resilience and Resourcefulness 47
Anna M. Palucka, Marek Celinski,
J. Douglas Salmon Jr.and Peter Shermer

Chapter 5 Personality Characteristics Related to Resilience: Seeking
for a Common Core 63
Iva Šolcová and Vladimír Kebza
Chapter 6 Measuring Coping Versus Symptom Intensity:
Implications for Clinical Practice 81
J. Douglas Salmon, Jr. and Marek J. Celinski

Chapter 7 Use of „R-SOPAC‟ in Cases of Physical and Psychological
Trauma and Stress 97
J. Douglas Salmon, Jr. and Marek J. Celinski
Part 2. How Humans Cope and Survive in a Wide Variety of Life’s Challenges
Chapter 8 The Role of Coping in the Development and Treatment
of Chronic Pain 123
Angela Dougall and Robert J. Gatchel
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Chapter 9 Religious Orientation and its Relationship to Well Being and Open-
Close Mindedness across Religious Groups 141
Kathryn Gow, Britt Separovich, Alexandra Whitehead,
Beverly Hii, and Victoria Gibbs
Chapter 10 Life‟s Stressors, Personality and Nightmares 163
Thania Siauw and Sandra Sacre
Chapter 11 Coping, Stress and Anxiety in Elite Athletes 181
Angela Christie and Kathryn Gow
Chapter 12 The Relationship between Ego Strength, Coping Style and
Adjustment to Marital Separation 201
Sandra Sacre and Kathryn Gow
Part 3. How Humans Cope When All Hell Breaks Loose
Chapter 13 Factors Influencing Differential Resiliency among
Holocaust Survivors 221
Janine Lurie-Beck, Poppy Liossis and Kathryn Gow

Chapter 14 Exploring Coping Factors on Psychological Distress of Practising
Religious Flood Victims 245
Catherine Pritchard and Kathryn Gow
Chapter 15 A Soldier‟s Tale: Resilience as a Collective, Rather Than as
an Individual, Response to Extreme Challenge 269
Jacques J. Gouws
Chapter 16 How Emergency Service Workers Cope With, and Grow From,
Work-Related Stress and Trauma 281
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Chapter 17 Psychological Resilience Training in the Australian Defence Force 297
Andrew Cohn, Monique F. Crane and Stephanie E. Hodson
Part 4. Surviving Work Pressures and Organisational Life
Chapter 18 Predicting Adaptability in Mixed-Culture Teams
in an Airport Simulation 315
Tamera R. Schneider, Charlene K. Stokes and Joseph B. Lyons
Chapter 19 Coping Strategies and Health among Call Centre Operators 331
Richard E. Hicks and Verity Stoker-Biersteker

Chapter 20 Employee Perceived Workplace Stress: Examining Core
Self-Evaluations, Political Skill, Coping Strategies and Support 349
Deborah Farrell and Kathryn Gow
Chapter 21 Stress and Stress Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, and
Perfectionism in an Australian Workplace Sample 369
Margo E. Crowther and Richard E. Hicks