Personality, Stress, and Coping: Implications for Education (Hc)

ISBN-13: 9781617355240 Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Publication date: 08/19/2011 Series: Research on Stress and Coping in Education Pages: 338 Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d) A volume in Research on Stress and Coping in Education Series Editors Gordon S. Gates, Walter H. Gmelch, and Mimi Wolverton Nearly all chapters in this volume are contemporary original research on personality, stress, and coping in educational contexts. The research spans primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Research participants are students and teachers. The volume brings together contributions from the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Scotland, and Hong Kong. Outcomes of interest in the studies include achievement (e.g., grades), cognitive processes such as problem solving, and psychological/ emotional health and well-being. The book is divided into two sections. Part I focuses on personality, stress, and coping in children and young people and Part II addresses pe