Stressed to the Limit: Finding Resilience
Resilience, the ability to bounce back despite life's difficulties, has become an important research topic in psychology. Two cancer survivors talk about their response to their disease, and how they learned to take the cancer experience and turn it...
Lives in Balance: People Who Respond Positively to Stress
Why is it that some people seem to deal with stress more effectively than others? In conducting a longitudinal study of this phenomenon with workers whose jobs were threatened by the break up of A T & T, Dr. Salvatore Maddi found that some people fa...
Family Violence: Implementing Intervention Strategies
If violence has its grips on a family or a community, prevention is no longer enough; it is time to intervene. Shelters that house abused women and children and support groups combined with individual therapy can be extremely helpful as we see in t...
Career Resilience and Survival
Over the long haul of a career, resilience often proves to be a key to survival. Beyond that, an important strategy for the employee is to be aware of hidden barriers that might prevent career advancement.