Hardiness Turning Stressful Circumstances into Resilient Growth /

• Main Author: Maddi, Salvatore R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Quality of Life.; Quality of Life > Research.; Psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5222-1

These are turbulent times in which it becomes increasingly important to survive and thrive despite stressful circumstances. Hardiness is the pattern of attitudes and skills that provides the courage and strategies that helps people be resilient by turning potential disasters into growth opportunitie...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Importance of Resilience in Daily Living.-Chapter 2: Personal Hardiness as the Basis for Resilience
• Chapter 3: Thirty Years of Hardiness Validational Research and Practice
• Chapter 4: Hardiness Assessment and Training
• Chapter 5: Raising Hardy Children
• Chapter 6: Applying Hardiness to Teaching and Counseling
• Chapter 7: Hardiness as a Relationship and Work Facilitator
• Chapter 8: How Hardiness Facilitates Functioning in Military and Safety Roles
• Chapter 9: The Importance of Hardy Organizations
• Chapter 10: The Psychology of Possibilities
• References.-.