The relationship between stressful life transitions and wellbeing is well established,
however, the protective role of social connectedness has received mixed support. We test …

We propose an explanation of how identities influence the way people experience distress.
The formulation we offer draws on the strengths of sociological and psychological theories of …

In this paper I develop and discuss the concept of" identity-relevant stressors." Identities refer
to individuals' conceptions of themselves in terms of the social roles that they enact (eg …

This paper focuses on the question of what characteristic of life events is responsible for
their link to psychological disorder. Is it the readjustment (ie, change) inherent in such events …

Every day, disasters strike somewhere, with more or less proximity and severity. In health
psychology, attention is directed to the factors that translate between adversity and mental …

Major life changes and role transitions are often treated as stressors that create a
generalized demand for adjustment by the individual. Empirically, however, these transitions …

In order to understand the role of identities in the stress process, I begin with a short
discussion of the nature of social identities as understood in the context of identity theory …

A perceived availability of social support measure (the ISEL) was designed with
independent subscales measuring four separate support functions. In a sample of college …

The relationship between identity and stress has been the focus of numerous studies. An
assumption of much of this research is that the impact of stress on psychological distress is …

This chapter focuses on the necessity for new approaches to concepts of stress and
adaptation directed toward making the paradigm more useful in studies of the adult life …