Psychology for Living

Karen Duffy is a Distinguished Service Professor—emerita, at the State University of New York College at Geneseo. She received her Ph.D. in social and personality psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. Duffy served as a family mediator for the New York Unified Court System. She has also served on the executive committee and as the chief instructor for the training insti-tute for the New York State Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as on the board of di-rectors for a shelter for domestic violence and on an educational committee for a family planning agency. She has consulted to a variety of work settings on stress management, EAPs, and other work issues. She is a member of the American Psychological Society. Dr. Duffy has written sev-eral other books, including Community Mediation: A Handbook for Practitioners and Research-ers and Community Psychology. She also edits several hard-copy and web-based annual editions for another publisher, on topics including psychology of personality, social psychology, intro-ductory psychology, and adjustment. She has held two Fulbright Fellowships to St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. While in Russia, she worked with AIDS International, several children’s shelters, and other community agencies. More recently, she completed a hu-manitarian aid trip to Mongolia.Steven J. Kirsh is a Professor of Psychology at The State University of New York at Geneseo. Dr. Kirsh’s primary areas of research focus on the influence of violent media on emo-tion recognition and social information processing. He has published Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research (2006) and Media and Youth: A Developmental Perspective (2010) as well as numerous scientific articles and book chapters.

• In this Section: Brief Table of ContentsFull Table of Contents1. Brief Table of Contents Chapter 1: Self-Direction in a Changing WorldChapter 2: The Puzzle of ChildhoodChapter 3: Affirmative Aging — AdulthoodChapter 4: Seeking SelfhoodChapter 5: Toward Better HealthChapter 6: Taking ChargeChapter 7: Managing Motives and EmotionsChapter 8: Making and Keeping FriendsChapter 9: Leader or Follower?Chapter 10: At Work and PlayChapter 11: SexualityChapter 12: Love and CommitmentChapter 13: StressChapter 14: Understanding Mental DisordersChapter 15: If You Go for HelpChapter 16: Good Grief and Death 2. Full Table of Contents PART 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Self-Direction in a Changing World Social ChangeThe Challenge of Self-DirectionThemes of Personal GrowthPART 2: Becoming Chapter 2: The Puzzle of Childhood Perspectives on Child DevelopmentKey Foundational Elements of ChildhoodChapter 3: Affirmative Aging—Adulthood Adult DevelopmentDecisions, Decisions, Decisions—Early AdulthoodSame Old, Same Old?—Middle AdulthoodAging Gracefully—Late AdulthoodChapter 4: Seeking Selfhood What Is Self-Concept?The Components of the SelfCore Characteristics of Self-ConceptThe Self-Concept and Personal GrowthChapter 5: Toward Better Health Body ImageHealth and the Mind–Body RelationshipCoping with IllnessPromoting WellnessChapter 6: Taking Charge Personal ControlDecision MakingDecisions and Personal GrowthChapter 7: Managing Motives and Emotions Understanding MotivationUnderstanding EmotionsPART 4: Being Social Chapter 8: Making and Keeping Friends Meeting PeopleKeeping FriendsWhen It's Hard to Make FriendsChapter 9: Groups: Belonging, Following, and Leading Kinds of GroupsCreating and Joining GroupsWhat Goes on in Groups?When Groups Go WrongGroup LeadershipChapter 10: At Work and Play At WorkAt PlayPART 5: Being Intimate Chapter 11: Sexuality Sexuality and Shared PartnershipsSexual ResponsivenessSexual OrientationPractical IssuesChapter 12: Love and Commitment Love is a Many Splendored (and Defined) ThingFinding LoveMarriage and Other Committed RelationshipsAdjusting to Intimate RelationshipsDivorce and Its ConsequencesPART 6: Facing Challenges Chapter 13: Stress! Oh No!—Understanding StressYikes!—Reactions to StressPhew!—Managing StressChapter 14: Understanding Mental Disorders Psychological DisordersAnxiety DisordersMood DisordersOther DisordersApplying This to YourselfChapter 15: If You Go for Help Psychotherapy: What is it? Who Uses it?Insight Therapies—The Talking CureCognitive and Behavioral TherapiesOther Approaches to TreatmentHow Well Does Therapy Work?Finding HelpChapter 16: Death, Dying, and Grief Death and DyingLife and Death in PerspectiveBereavement and Grief