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Book: Between Stress and Hope
edited by Rebecca Jacoby & Giora Keinan
Click below to read
the entire Chapter
"Cultivating the Seeds of Hope by
Albert Pesso"
reprinted by
permission of Greenwood
Publishing Group The trauma book Between
Stress and Hope; From a Disease-Centered to a Health-Centered Perspective, edited by Rebecca Jacoby and Giora Keinan
was published by Greenwood Publishing Group October 30th,
2003. Al Pesso
wrote one of the last chapters in this book, "Cultivating the Seeds of Hope". The
editors are professors in the Psychology Department of the University
of Tel Aviv, in Israel. Ms Jacoby has taken some training in PBSP® with Al Pesso in Israel and
NH, USA. This book is available directly from Greenwood
Publishing Group, or
from Amazon.com. The Editors:
REBECCA JACOBY is currently
head of the Medical Psychology graduate program at the Tel-Aviv Yaffo Academic
College and chair of the professional committee of Medical Psychology at the
Israel Ministry of Health.
Rebecca trained with Al Pesso in PBSP® up till 1987 when he stopped traveling to Israel;
she has also attended several training workshops at
Strolling Woods since then. GIORA KEINAN is Associate
Professor of Psychology at Tel-Aviv University and at one time served as Chief
Psychologist for the Israel Navy, as well as Senior Researcher and Director for
the Wolfe Center for the Study of Psychological Stress at the University of
Haifa. FROM THE PUBLISHER
1.) Between Stress and Hope
From a Disease-Centered to a Health-Centered Perspective
Author(s): Rebecca Jacoby, Giora
Keinan
With modern life being a major cause of stress, and stress being one of the
major causes of illness, there is much interest today in studying the psychology
of stress, as well as the psychology of another concept that can power better
health: hope. This volume brings together research in both of those areas.
(Praeger Publishers, 10/30/2003) ISBN: 0-275-97640-8. 360 pages. $79.95
Series Title: Praeger
Series in Health Psychology See Greenwood Publishing's flyer
on this book at http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail_pf.asp?pf=0&dept_id=1&sku=C7640 Book
Description
This volume focuses on the concepts of stress and hope,
their psychological and physical outcomes. Past research has focused primarily
or exclusively on either stress or hope and its effect on health. This work
discusses them side by side and highlights their interrelations. Various
theoretical approaches dealing with stress and hope are discussed, and a review
of the most recent empirical data is presented. Also included are reports on
individuals and groups that have been exposed to various stressful situations,
such as racial prejudice, life threatening illness, or imprisonment. The role of
hope in coping with these sitatuions is emphasized.
Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Theoretical Underpinning of Stress and Hope
Between Stress and Hope: A Historical Perspective by Rebecca Jacoby
Dispositional Optimism as a Moderator of the Impact of Health Threats on Coping
and Well Being by Jenifer L. Culver, Charles S. Carver, and Michael F. Scheier
The Hopeful Ones: A Psychological Inquiry Into the Positive Mind and Heart by C.
R. Snyder, Laura Yamhure Thompson, Hal S. Shorey, and Laura Heinze
Fact or Artifact: The Relationship of Hope to a Caravan of Resources by Stevan
E. Hobfoll, Melissa Briggs-Phillips, and Lisa R. Stines
The Dominance of Fear Over Hope: Can It Be Changed? by Maria Jarymowicz and
Daniel Bar-Tal
Magical Thinking as a Way of Coping with Stress by Giora Keinan
Threat and Hope in Coping with Stressful Life Experiences
Hope and Fantasy Among Women Coping Infertility and Its Treatments by Yael
Benyamini
Hope and Recovery: The Experience of Prisoners of War During the Attrition War
by Amia Lieblich
Threat and Hope in Coping with Cancer for Health Care Professionals by Ronna F.
Jevne and Cheryl L. Nekolaichuk
Vulnerability and Resilience Intertwined: A Review of Research on Holocaust
Survivors by Dov Shmotkin
African Americans' Hope and Coping with Racism Stressors by Virgil H. Adams III,
Kevin L. Rand, Kristin Kahle, C. R. Snyder, Carla Berg, Elisa A. King, and
Alicia Rodrigues-Hanley
From Hopeless Future to Futureless Hope: Temporality Among the Aged by Haim
Hazan
Interventions
Cultivating the Seeds of Hope by Albert Pesso
The Never Ending Story: A Model for the "Work of Hope" by Rebecca
Jacoby
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