Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan - Miller, Thomas W.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Processing Transitions in the Life Span -- Life Stress and Transitions in the Life Span -- Life Transitions and Stress in the Context of Psychosocial Development -- The Neurobiology of Stress Throughout the Life Cycle -- Life as a Source of Theory: Erik Erikson's Contributions, Boundaries, and Marginalities -- Education and Career Transitions -- College-to-Workplace Transitions: Becoming a Freshman Again -- Coping with Job Transitions over the Work Life -- Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event -- Marriage, Family and Sexual Life Cycle Transitions -- Family Transitions Following Natural and Terrorist Disaster: Hurricane Hugo and the September 11 Terrorist Attack -- The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood -- Transitioning the Impact of Divorce on Children Throughout the Life Cycle -- Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood -- Sexual Transitions in the Lives of Adult Women -- Family and Spousal Adaptation to Transitioning a Traumatic Event -- Legal, Ethical and Financial Transitions -- Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Lifespan -- Money in (E)Motion Experienced in Stressful Financial Transitions -- Dual Cognitive Processes and Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Transitioning Adolesence -- Life Threatening Transitions in Maturation and Health -- Life Stress and Managing Transitions Unanticipated Change of Course: The Diagnosis of Chronic Progressive Neurological Disease: No Deal! -- Transitions Throughout the Cancer Experience: Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship, and End of Life -- Loss of the Safety Signal in Childhood and Adolescent Trauma -- An Unexpected Traumatic Change in Life: Where to Go from Here? -- The Role of Self-Awareness and Communication in Issues of Health and Aging -- Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Influences in Life's Transitions -- Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions -- Time, Culture, and Life-Cycle Changes of Social Goals -- Refugees' Life Transitions from Displacement to Durable Resettlement -- Religious Worldviews and Stressful Encounters: Reciprocal Influence from a Meaning-Making Perspective -- Life Stress Buffer: The Salubrious Role of African-Centered Spirituality -- Directions and Interventions in Stressful Life Transitions -- Surviving and Thriving: How Transition Psychology May Apply to Mass Traumas and Changes -- Posttraumatic Growth: A Positive Consequence of Trauma -- Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing -- Functional Fitness, Life Stress, and Transitions Across the Life Span -- Nutrition Through the Life Span: Needs and Health Concerns in Critical Periods -- The Role of Animals and Animal-Assisted Therapy in Stressful Life Transitions -- The Role of Humor in Transforming Stressful Life Events -- Concluding Comments and Future Considerations for Stressful Life Events and Transitions Across the Life Span.
Keywords: Child psychology; School psychology; Psychiatry; Developmental psychology; Sociology; Public health; Child and School Psychology; Psychiatry; Developmental Psychology; Sociology, general; Public Health