This empirically based book focuses on typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. Numerous case studies illustrate the difficulty of balancing normative development and adherence to the therapeutic regimen. The combination of theory, research, and practice guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in developmental and clinical psychology, pediatric medicine and other healthcare professionals concerned with the care of chronically...

Perspektiven aus Entwicklungspsychologie und Psychotherapie integrieren

Trotz der offenkundigen Beruhrungspunkte zwischen Entwicklungspsychologie und Psychotherapie fuhrten beide Disziplinen lange Zeit ein Dasein als "feindliche Schwestern." Dabei sind bestimmte pathologische Veranderungen erst mit entwicklungspsychologischen Kenntnissen verstandlich. Auch die Entwicklungspsychologie profitiert von den Erkenntnissen psychotherapeutischer Behandlung und gelangt so zu einem besseren Verstandnis von Entwicklungsprozessen.

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Das Buch behandelt die Auseindandersetzung mit chronischen Erkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Sowohl aus der Sicht der Eltern als auch der Kinderwerden Belastungen und Bew{ltigungsprozesse bei schweren Krankheiten, medizinischen Eingriffen und Tod beleuchtet. Die Beitr{ge internationler Autoren zu diesem in der Forschung bisher vernachl{ssigten Gebiet werden neue Perspektiven f}r Forschung u. Praxis er- ffnen.

This empirically based book focuses on typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. Numerous case studies illustrate the difficulty of balancing normative development and adherence to the therapeutic regimen. The combination of theory, research, and practice guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in developmental and clinical psychology, pediatric medicine and other healthcare professionals concerned with the care of chronically...

Unique and comprehensive, this volume integrates the most updated theory and research relating to adolescent coping and its determinants. This book is the result of the author's long interest in, and study of, stress, coping, and relationships in adolescence. It begins with an overview of research conducted during the past three decades and contrasts research trends in adolescent coping in the United States and Europe over time. Grounded on a developmental model for adolescent coping, the conceptual issues and major questions are outlined. Supporting research ties together the types of...