This paper reviews literature relating to social and emotional (SE) issues that affect students within the school context. The three themes that emerged from the reviews include the particular SE issues affecting school performance, interventions and strategies assisting students who experience SE issues, and supportive people and environments.…

Presents an overview of the published literature delineating variables associated with dual career couples, including the numerous benefits or incentives, common conflicts and stressors, and the personality dynamics shared by these couples. Dysfunctional coping strategies as well as adaptive strategies are also described. (Author)

Adolescents experience numerous changes; coping with a chronic illness adds yet another dimension to their lives. This paper reviews the literature on chronically ill adolescents, addressing social, biological, psychological, cognitive, and cultural issues. (Author)

Older women who participate in physical activity programs find physical benefits in the improvement of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. The psychosocial benefits which result from physical activity include an increase in self-esteem, increased social contacts, a counteraction to depression, and improved stress management. Suggestions…

Teachers can learn to cope with many of the stresses of their jobs, especially if they can develop a positive, strong self-image. Teachers should be given realistic expectations about what they can accomplish in today's classrooms, adjust their lives to accommodate psychological needs, and learn to deal with criticism. (PP)

Hope has motivational importance to individuals who have suffered a major physical loss. Theories of adjustment to a spinal cord injury take one of three approaches: (1) premorbid personality, which highlights the individual's past experiences, personal meanings, and body image; (2) typologies of injury reactions, which range from normal to…

The most critical problems faced by widowers include: (1) dealing with the emotional stress of grief and loneliness; (2) re-establishing identity as a single man; (3) recognizing emotional needs; and (4) coping with the stress of role transition. Unlike the widow, the widower goes through the grieving process alone; he needs help in developing…

Intergenerational conflict has always existed, but it is increasing as life spans increase. Generations of older adult children now coexist with a sizable older parental generation. The major task of coping with intergenerational conflict involves four major tension areas: (1) distance and closeness; (2) submission and dominance; (3) connectedness…

This article discusses how transference shapes relationships between teachers and students. It centers on transference as it affects teachers and teaching, as it emerges through teachers' behavior and their dreams. It also discusses and how consultation and emotional education can become vehicles for professional education and personal change.…

Several theories of the alcoholic personality have been devised to determine the relationship between the clusters of personality characteristics of alcoholics and their abuse of alcohol. The oldest and probably best known theory is the dependency theory, formulated in the tradition of classical psychoanalysis, which associates the alcoholic's…

Educators, administrators, and service personnel who work with the developmentally disabled must define the aged developmentally disabled population. The term "developmental disability" refers to an individual with substantial developmental problems manifested during the first 22 years of life. Those who became disabled after age 22 are classified…

This paper presents a complex causal model of teacher stress based on data received from the responses of 1,466 teachers from Malmo, Sweden to a questionnaire. Also presented is a method for treating the model variables as higher-order factors or higher-order theoretical constructs. The paper's introduction presents a brief review of teacher…