Helplessness. on depression, development, and death

Part I. Processing transitions in the life span --
Life stress and transitions in the life span / T.W. Miller --
Life transitions and stress in the context of psychosocial development / J.E. Marcia --
The neurobiology of stress throughout the life cycle / J. Kay --
Life as a source of theory : Erik Erikson\'s contributions, boundaries, and marginalities / J.J. Clark --
Part II. Education and career transitions --
College-to-workplace transitions : becoming a freshman again / P.I. Hettich --
Coping with job transitions over the work life / J.R. Rudisill, et al. --
Transitioning into retirement as a stressful life event / T.F. Holcomb --
Part III. Marriage, family, and sexual life cycle transitions --
Family transitions following natural and terrorist disaster : Hurricane Hugo and the September 11 terrorist attack / C.L. Cohan --
The transition to adoptive parenthood / A.E. Goldberg --
Transitioning the impact of divorce on children throughout the life cycle / B. Barczak, et al. --
Stress, mindful parenting, and the transition to adulthood / J.J. Chadwick --
Sexual transitions in the lives of adult women / E. Koert, J.C. Daniluk --
Family and spousal adaptation to transitioning a traumatic event / T.W. Miller, C. Dunn, Ila Patel --
Part IV. Legal, ethical, and financial transitions --
Ethical and legal issues in transitioning the lifespan / S. Nisenbaum, M.C. Weiss, D. Shapiro --
Money in (e)motion experienced in stressful financial transitions / J.V. Boardman --
Assessing, moderating, and modifying implicit cognitive processes in alcohol and drug misuse in transitioning adulthood / M. Krank --
Part V. Life threatening transitions in maturation and health --
Life stress and managing transitions unanticipated change of course : the diagnosis of chronic progressive neurological disease / W.D. Weitzel, J.K. Carney --
Transitions throughout the cancer experience : diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end of life / D.A. Brockopp, et al. --
Loss of the safety signal in childhood and adolescent trauma / T.W. Miller, A. Beane --
An unexpected traumatic change in life : where to go from here? / R. Welsh, et al. --
The role of self-awareness and communication in issues of health and aging / J.P. Fox --
Part VI. Cultural, religious, and spiritual influences in life\'s transitions --
Self-regulation across some life transitions / K. Lacković-Grgin, Z. Penezić --
Time, culture, and life-cycle changes of social goals / H.H. Fung, T.M.Y. Siu --
Refugees\' life transitions from displacement to durable resettlement / M.-A. Sossou --
Religious worldviews and stressful encounters : reciprocal influence from a meaning-making perspective / C.L. Park, D. Edmondson, M.A. Mills --
Life stress buffer : the salubrious role of African-centered spirituality / E.A. Wheeler --
Part VII. Directions and interventions in stressful life transitions --
Surviving and thriving : how transition psychology may apply to mass traumas and changes / Dai Williams --
Posttraumatic growth : a positive consequence of trauma / C.M. Lindstrom, K.N. Triplett --
Psychological impact of genetic testing / D.T. Miller --
Functional fitness, life stress, and transitions across the life span / J. Nyland, J.D. Abbott --
Nutrition through the life span : needs and health concerns in critical periods / J.Z. Ilich, R.A. Brownbill --
The role of animals and animal-assisted therapy in stressful life transitions / J.M. Miller Adams --
The role of humor in transforming stressful life events / C.C. Kuhn, M.R. Nichols, B.L. Belew --
Concluding comments and future considerations for stressful life events and transitions across the life span / T.W. Miller.