This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience, a construct connoting the maintenance
of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity. As …

The study examined the relation among three types of control strategies (persistence,
positive reappraisals, lowering aspirations) and subjective well-being across adulthood (N …

Adult levels of subjective quality of life (SQOL) are remarkably stable on a population basis.
This has been explained through the operation of a homeostatic system that acts to maintain …

A theoretical model that links social support with global beliefs in primary control and
provides a developmental perspective on how normative age-related changes alter control …

Two models of cognitive determinants of distress under adversity were tested in the
experiences of two samples of newly treated breast cancer patients (ns= 144 and 202). One …

Evolutionary and comparative perspectives on motivation and emotion are almost absent
from contemporary social and behavioral sciences. The history of psychology, particularly …

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of 2 different measures of personal
control on mortality in late life. The 1st reflects control over the 3 roles that are most important …

There are two basic meanings of the term meaning. One refers to what is signified and
represents the ideas associated with something, for example an event or experience. In this …

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a series of focus groups that were
designed to explore the content domain of negative interaction in the church. Altogether …

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