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    Medical illness and positive life change : can crisis lead to personal transformation? / edited by Crystal L. Park [and others].

    • Title:Medical illness and positive life change : can crisis lead to personal transformation? / edited by Crystal L. Park [and others].
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Park, Crystal L.
      American Psychological Association.
    • Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2009.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Sick--Psychology.
      Life change events.
      Clinical health psychology.
      Self-actualization (Psychology)
    • Medical Subjects: Life Change Events.
      Adaptation, Psychological.
      Personality Development.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xv, 261 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
    • Series:Decade of behavior.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    • ISBN:9781433803963 (cloth)
      1433803968 (cloth)
    • Contents:Overview of theoretical perspectives / Crystal L. Park
      Assessing postivie life change : in search of meticulous methods / Howard Tennen and Glenn Affleck
      Challenges in studying positive change after adversity : illustrations from research on breast cancer / Charles S. Carver, Suzanne C. Lechner, and Michael H. Antoni
      Benefit finding among children and adolescents with diabetes / Vicki S. Helgeson, Lindsey Lopez, and Constance Mennella
      Life span developmental perspectives on stress-related growth / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Michael R. Levenson, and Linda Kelly
      Lessons learned about benefit finding among individuals with cancer or HIV/AIDS / Suzanne C. Lechner and Kathryn E. Weaver
      Illness perceptions and benefit finding among individuals with breast cancer, acoustic neuroma, or heart disease / Keith J. Petrie and Arden Corter
      Positive life change and the social context of illness : an expanded social-cognitive processing model / Stephen J. Lepore and William D. Kernan
      Biological correlates : how psychological components of benefit finding may lead to physiological benefits / Julienne E. Bower, Elissa Epel, and Judith Tedlie Moskowitz
      Is benefit finding good for individuals with chronic disease? / Sara B. Algoe and Annette L. Stanton
      Enhancing positive adaptation : example intervention during treatment for breast cancer / Michael H. Antoni, Charles S. Carver, and Suzanne C. Lechner
      The clinician as expert companion / Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun.
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