Learning to cope: Developing as a person in complex societies

Providing a theoretical framework for the development of young people in a stressful society, this book evaluates practical applications and signposts what works and what does not. 304 Theoretical Overview; understanding coping, E. Frydenberg; towards a comprehensive theoretical framework; development, resilience and coping - the role of individual temperament, M. Prior; learning to cope - a discursive perspective; sexuality and adolescence - A suitable case for coping, S. Moore; coping with people; family M. Argyle; families as the crucible of competence in a changing social ecology, D. Edgar; family talk and the long term implications on young children's development and coping, S. Chambers; the experience of divorce and separation in the family - a dynamic systems perspective; school, S. Dreman; coping in context - goal frustration and goal ambivalence in relation to academic and interpersonal goals, M. Boekaert; learning to cope with conflict and violence - how schools can help youth, S. Opotow, M. Deutsch; decision making and coping in adolescence, L. Mann, I. Friedman; strengthening the family school partnership through check and connect; peers and community, S. Christenson, E. Brooke Carroll ; parental and school resources that assist adolescents in coping with negative peer influences, S. Dornbusch, J. Laird and R. Crosnoe; coping in children and adolescents - a prevention model for helping kids avoid or reduce at-risk behaviour, S. Rolling, W. Anderson and Ro Buncher ; children, young people and war; learning to cope; the way forward, Orla Muldoon and Ed Cairns; learning to cope - constructing research agendas, E. Frydenberg.