Dispositional and contextual perspectives on coping: Introduction to the special issue

✍ Scribed by Rudolf H. Moos; Charles J. Holahan; Larry E. Beutler

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 40 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10218

✦ Synopsis

This issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology presents the second of two special series on coping. In these special series, we have introduced a new feature for the journal by undertaking a critical review of how effectively it is adding important information to extant literature. Like the first issue, this one is comprised of articles that have been published by this journal over the past ten years, along with a review and discussion of the concept under review and with an eye toward evaluating the degree to which the articles presented here have contributed to the current state of knowledge.

The first special issue on this topic was devoted to "Coping and Coping Styles in Personality and Treatment Planning" and was comprised of ten articles drawn from articles on this topic, followed by an integrative discussion.

This second special issue focuses on "Dispositional and Contextual Perspectives on Coping." The coping literature spans a diversity of concepts and contrasting perspectives. Dispositional approaches emphasize stable, person-based factors that mold habitual Preparation of this article was supported in part by NIAAA Grant AA12718 and by Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service Funds. The views expressed here are the authors' own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.