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Hardiness Turning Stressful Circumstances into Resilient Growth

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ISBN-10: 9400752210

ISBN-13: 9789400752214

Edition: 2013

Authors: Salvatore R. Maddi

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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 opportunities and fulfillment, thereby enhancing their performance, sense of fulfillment, and health. Hardiness as the pathway to resilience under stress has become of considerable interest, it is beginning to have an influence on the emerging emphasis of positive psychology by expanding this approach beyond mere happiness, to the courage and strategies needed to make the most of difficult times. The book…    
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Book details

List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 9/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 88
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

The Importance of Resiliency in Daily Living
The Naturally Stressful Nature of the Personal Development Process
We Live in the Centuries of Change
The Ongoing Need for Thriving Under Stress
References
Personal Hardiness as the Basis for Resilience
Hardiness as the Pathway to Resilience
The Longitudinal Study of Stress at Illinois Bell Telephone
Hardiness Helps Turn Stresses into Growth Opportunities
References
Thirty Years of Hardiness Validational Research and Practice
Hardiness Emerges as a Distinctive Pattern of Attitudes and Strategies
Hardiness Improves Health Under Stress
Hardiness Improves Performance and Conduct Under Stress
The Relative Effectiveness of Hardiness and Other Individual Characteristics
Where Does Hardiness Come From?
References
Hardiness Assessment and Training
The Development and Effectiveness of Hardiness Assessment
The Initial Development of Hardiness Training
The First Hardy Coping Step is Situational Reconstruction
The Second Hardy Coping Step is Focusing
The Third Hardy Coping Step is Compensatory Self-Improvement
The Previous Steps Lead to Formulating and Carrying out an Action Plan
The Effectiveness of the Initial Form of Hardiness Training
The Further Development of the HardiTraining Program
The Effectiveness of the HardiTraining Program
Becoming a Certified Hardiness Trainer
References
Raising Hardy Children
The Hardy Attitudes
Supportive Early Interactions Build the Hardy Attitude of Commitment
Early Environments Permitting Mastery Build the Hardy Attitude of Control
Ongoing Changes Construed as Richness Build the Hardy Attitude of Challenge
The Hardy Strategies
Parents Need to Emphasize Problem-Solving Coping
Parents Need to Emphasize Supportive Social Interactions
Parents Need to Emphasize Taking Care of Oneself
In all this, Parents Need to Admire, Respect, and Love Their Young
References
Applying Hardiness to Teaching and Counseling
Teaching Hardiness in Schools
Obtaining the School's Approval for the Hardiness Course
Effectiveness of the Hardiness Training Course on Students
Teaching Hardiness in Counseling
Conformism and Existential Sickness
Specifics of Hardiness Counseling
Case Examples from Hardiness Counseling
References
Hardiness as a Relationship and Work Facilitator
The Changing Nature of Relationships and Work Situations
The Importance of Learning Through Failures as Well as Successes
Deepening Significant Relationships into Intimacy
Engaging in Fulfilling Work by Learning all the Time
Neither Relationships Nor Work Settings Need Last Forever
References
How Hardiness Facilitates Functioning in Military and Safety Roles
The Special Importance of Hardiness
Relevant Hardiness Research
How Military and Safety Personnel Need to Function in Times of Terrorism
References
The Importance of Hardy Organizations
How Organizations Thrive in Turbulent Times Through Hardiness
Culture, Climate, Structure, and Personnel of Hardy Organizations
What are the Advantages of Hardi Organizations?
What are the Disadvantages of Organizations that are not Hardy?
Can Hardi Organizations Be Built Simply Through a "Greening Effect"?
Assessing and Developing the Hardiness of Organizations
References
The Psychology of Possibility