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Human adjustment /

By: Halonen, Jane S.
Contributor(s): Santrock, John W.
Publisher: Madison, WI : Brown & Benchmark, c1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxvi, 460, [50] p. ; col. ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0697235718; 9780697235718.Subject(s): Adjustment (Psychology) | Adaptability (Psychology)DDC classification: 150.1943
Contents:
Nature of adjustment -- Personality -- Self and identity -- Stress -- Coping -- Social thinking and behavior -- Interpersonal communication -- Gender -- Human sexuality -- Caring and close relationships -- Adult lifestyles -- Careers and work -- Adult development and aging -- Abnormal psychology -- Therapies -- Health -- Values and religion -- Critical thinking about sociocultural issues.
Summary: The first edition of [the book] was a unique departure from the standard adjustment text. How the sociocultural contexts in which we live influence the way we adjust in our lives was woven throughout the book. The emphasis on sociocultural contexts, culture, ethnicity, and gender, has been retained in the second edition.... An important change in the second edition is the dramatic increase in emphasis on critical thinking. -Pref.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 150.1943 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0038217
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nature of adjustment -- Personality -- Self and identity -- Stress -- Coping -- Social thinking and behavior -- Interpersonal communication -- Gender -- Human sexuality -- Caring and close relationships -- Adult lifestyles -- Careers and work -- Adult development and aging -- Abnormal psychology -- Therapies -- Health -- Values and religion -- Critical thinking about sociocultural issues.

The first edition of [the book] was a unique departure from the standard adjustment text. How the sociocultural contexts in which we live influence the way we adjust in our lives was woven throughout the book. The emphasis on sociocultural contexts, culture, ethnicity, and gender, has been retained in the second edition.... An important change in the second edition is the dramatic increase in emphasis on critical thinking. -Pref.

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