The Oxford handbook of stress, health, and coping / edited by Susan Folkman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Stress, health, and coping : an overview / Susan Folkman -- Stress and coping across the lifespan / Carolyn Aldwin -- Perceived control and the development of coping / Ellen A. Skinner and Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck -- Gender, stress, and coping / Vicki S. Helgeson -- Affiliation and stress / Shelley E. Taylor -- Couples coping with chronic illness / Tracey A. Revenson and Anita DeLongis -- Conservation of resources theory : its implication for stress, health, and resilience / Stevan E. Hobfoll -- Coping with bereavement / Margaret S. Stroebe -- Resilience : the meanings, methods, and measures of a fundamental characteristic of human adaptation / Alex J. Zautra and John W. Reich -- Positive emotions and coping : examining dual-process models of resilience / Michele M. Tugade -- Hedonic adaptation to positive and negative experiences / Sonja Lyubomirsky -- Meaning, coping, and health and well-being / Crystal L. Park -- Benefit finding and sense making in chronic illness / Kenneth I. Pakenham -- Religion and coping : the current state of knowledge / Kenneth I. Pargament -- Coping, spirituality, and health in hiv / Gail Ironson and Heidemarie Kremer -- Self-regulation of unattainable goals and pathways to quality of life / Carsten Wrosch -- Future-oriented thinking, proactive coping, and the management of potential threats to health and well-being / Lisa G. Aspinwall -- Regulating emotions during stressful experiences : the adaptive utility of coping through emotional approach / Annette L. Stanton -- The dynamics of stress, coping, and health : assessing stress and coping processes in near real time / Mark D. Litt, Howard Tennen, and Glenn Affleck -- Coping interventions and the regulation of positive affect / Judith Tedlie Moskowitz -- Stress, coping, and health in hiv/aids / Michael H. Antoni -- Stress, health, and coping : synthesis, commentary, and future directions / Susan Folkman.