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Coping: The Psychology of What Works
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In this article, the authors discuss the social construction of Silk Purses from Sows' Ears, and share one's story to translate emotional experiences into words as a coping tool.Abstract:
1. Coping: Where Have You Been? 2. Reality Negotiation and Coping: The Social Construction of Silk Purses from Sows' Ears 3. Coping and Ego Depletion 4. Sharing One's Story: Translating Emotional Experiences into Words as a Coping Tool 5. Focusing on Emotion: An Adaptive Coping Strategy 6. Personality, Affectivity, and Coping 7. Coping Intelligently: Emotional Intelligence and the Coping Process 8. Learned Optimism in Children 9. Optimism 10. Hoping 11. Mastery-Oriented Thinking 12. Coping with Catastrophes and Catastrophizing 13. Finding Benefits in Adversity 14. Rebuilding Shattered Assumptions After Traumatic Life Events: Coping Processes and Outcomes 15. Coping: Where Are You Going?read more
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Handbook of positive psychology
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TL;DR: The Handbook of Positive Psychology as mentioned in this paper provides a forum for a more positive view of the human condition and provides an analysis of what the foremost experts believe to be the fundamental strengths of humankind.
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Psychometric properties of the 42-item and 21-item versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales in clinical groups and a community sample.
TL;DR: Lovibond et al. as discussed by the authors examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS; S. H. Lovibond & P. F. Lempitsky, 1995) and the 21-item short form of these measures, and found that the DASS distinguishes well between features of depression, physical arousal, and psychological tension and agitation.
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Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent transition: a longitudinal study and an intervention
TL;DR: The role of implicit theories of intelligence in adolescents' mathematics achievement was explored and an intervention teaching an incremental theory to 7th graders promoted positive change in classroom motivation, compared with a control group.
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Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences.
TL;DR: Mediational analyses revealed that the experience of positive emotions contributed, in part, to participants' abilities to achieve efficient emotion regulation, demonstrated by accelerated cardiovascular recovery from negative emotional arousal and by finding positive meaning in negative circumstances.
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Coping: Pitfalls and Promise
TL;DR: This work discusses three primary challenges for coping researchers (measurement, nomenclature, and effectiveness), and highlights recent developments in coping theory and research that hold promise for the field, including previously unaddressed aspects of coping, new measurement approaches, and focus on positive affective outcomes.