Coping with Negative Life Events

1. Front Matter

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2. Introductory Theoretical Viewpoint

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Effects of Theoretical Perspective on the Analysis of Coping With Negative Life Events

      • C. R. Snyder, Carol E. Ford, Robert N. Harris

      Pages 3-13

3. Effort Expenditure Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-17

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   2. Help-Seeking as a Coping Mechanism

      • Thomas Ashby Wills

      Pages 19-50

   3. Coping Difficulty, Energy Mobilization, and Appraisals of a Stressor

      • Rex A. Wright

      Pages 51-79

   4. Effort Expenditure Following Failure

      • Carol E. Ford, Jack W. Brehm

      Pages 81-103

   5. Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Self-Regulatory Perseveration

      • Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg

      Pages 105-129

4. Control/Mastery Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-133

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   2. Coping with Traumatic Life Events

      • Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, Christine Timko

      Pages 135-159

   3. Daily Life Events and Mood

      • John M. Neale, Jill M. Hooley, Lina Jandorf, Arthur A. Stone

      Pages 161-189

   4. Coping After a Relationship Ends

      • Sharon S. Brehm

      Pages 191-212

5. Social Comparison Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-215

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   2. Social Comparison and Illusions of Invulnerability to Negative Life Events

      • Linda S. Perloff

      Pages 217-242

   3. Downward Comparison as a Coping Mechanism

      • Thomas Ashby Wills

      Pages 243-268

6. Image Maintenance Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-272

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   2. Threats to Identity

      • Barry R. Schlenker

      Pages 273-321

   3. Coping with the Prospect of Social Disapproval

      • Ann H. Baumgardner, Robert M. Arkin

      Pages 323-346

   4. The Role of Similarity/Difference Information in Excuse-Making

      • C. R. Snyder, Robert N. Harris

      Pages 347-369

7. Overview Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 371-372

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"Like a Bridge over Troubled Waters" The surge of current interest in the interface between clinical and social psychology is well illustrated by the publication of a number of general texts and journals in this area, and the growing emphasis in graduate programs on providing training in both disciplines. Although the bene­ fits of an integrated clinical-social approach have been recognized for a number of years, the recent work in this area has advanced from the­ oretical extrapolations of social psychological models to clinical issues to theory and research that is based on social principles and conducted in clinical domains. It is becoming increasingly common to find social psy­ chologists pursuing research with clinical populations and clinical psy­ chologists investigating variables that have traditionally been in the realm of social psychology. A major area of interface between the two disciplines is in research and theory concerned with how individuals respond to negative events. In addition to the trend toward an integrated clinical-social approach, the growing body of literature in this area reflects the explosion of cur­ rent interest in the area of health psychology; work by clinical and social psychologists on the topics of stress and coping has been one of the major facets of this burgeoning field. The purpose of the present volume is to provide a common forum for recent advances in the clinical and social literature on responses to negative life outcomes.

• Depression
• attention
• psychology
• social psychology
• stress

• Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

  C. R. Snyder

• Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

  Carol E. Ford

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