The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping

Focuses on how coping develops across the lifespan, drawing together theory and research from across the psychological sciences.

Ellen A. Skinner (Edited by), Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck (Edited by)

9781108831420, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 July 2023

700 pages
25.1 x 17.6 x 4.7 cm, 1.44 kg

'The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping is a magnificent undertaking with fresh insights on this most useful of constructs from researchers and practitioners. First from a systems perspective, then traversing childhood and adolescence through to adult perspectives, it includes inputs from neuroscience, psychology, interpersonal relationships, and applications. The field of stress and coping continues to grow, and this comprehensive book conveys cutting-edge research to a wide range of professionals, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the social sciences.' Erica Frydenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia

Despite broad interest in how children and youth cope with stress and how others can support their coping, this is the first Handbook to consolidate the many theories and large bodies of research that contribute to the study of the development of coping. The Handbook's goal is field building - it brings together theory and research from across the spectrum of psychological, developmental, and related sciences to inform our understanding of coping and its development across the lifespan. Hence, it is of interest not only to psychologists, but also to neuroscientists, sociologists, and public health experts. Moreover, work on stress and coping touches many areas of applied social science, including prevention and intervention science, education, clinical practice, and youth development, making this Handbook a vital interdisciplinary resource for parents, teachers, clinical practitioners, social workers, and anyone interested in improving the lives of children.

1. A systems perspective on the development of coping: 'we're going to need a bigger boat'
Part I. Theoretical Perspectives on the Development of Coping: 2. Towards a lifespan theory of coping development: a social ecological approach
3. Attachment, regulation and the development of coping
4. Social context, psychological needs and the development of coping
5. Processes of stress resistance, stress resilience: role of behavioral control and the medial prefrontal corte
Part II. Methods for Studying the Development of Coping: 6. Capturing coping: innovative designs and considerations for studying the topography of adolescents' coping
7. Resilience and coping in development: pathways to integration
Part III. Neurophysiological and Experiential Bases of the Development of Coping: 8. The development of neurobiology underlying stress and coping
9. Biological systems underlying the development of adaptive functioning and coping
10. Childhood adversity and the development of coping
11. Adolescence, physiological adaptation, and the development of stress responses
Part IV. Psychological Foundations of the Development of Coping: 12. Attention, temperament, self-regulation and the development of coping
13. The development of emotion regulation and coping in early childhood
14. Towards a more inclusive, contextualized approach to studying executive functions and self-regulation in the context of coping
15. The development of accommodative coping: conditions and consequences from a lifespan perspective
16. The development of temperament and personality traits and coping in childhood and adolescence
Part V. Social Contexts and the Development of Coping: 17. Coping development as an everyday interpersonal process: broadening definitions and investigations of coping
18. Parenting, emotion socialization, and the development of coping
19. Temperament, family context and the development of coping
20. Interparental conflict, parental relationship dissolution and the development of children's coping
21. Autonomy, self-determination and the development of coping in adolescence
22. Peer stressors and peer relationship dynamics in the development of coping
23. Income, income inequality, community and the development of coping: the reformulated adaptation to poverty-related stress model
24. Culture, diversity, context and the development of coping: a phenomenological perspective
Part VI. Application and the Development of Coping: 25. Social media use and misuse, stress and the development of coping
26. Clinical treatments for child emotional disorders and the development of coping: the case of irritability
27. Fostering the development of academic coping: a multi-level systems perspective
28. Youth programs and the development of coping.

Subject Areas: Coping with personal problems [VFJ], Educational psychology [JNC], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]