Though pursuing a wide range of interests in personality and psychopathology, Salvatore R. Maddi is especially concerned with stress management and creativity. According to him, these are best considered related concerns, integrated by the personality hardiness model. Through deepening the attitudes of commitment, control, and challenge marking hardiness, persons can simultaneously develop, reach their potentialities, and cope with the stresses encountered on the way. Maddi's research concerns these topics, using naturalistic designs and training with a range of adult and adolescent subjects in their occupational, familial, and school settings. Also studied is the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and progression of various physical illnesses.

From the reviews: "Maddi offers comprehensive coverage of the hardiness construct. ... it would be an excellent textbook in many psychology classes; the themes relate to counseling, clinical, developmental, community, social, cognitive, neuro-, and organizational psychology. Although the book primarily captures the history of hardiness research and the current state of hardiness investigations, it also conveys content on the topic of human growth. ... It covers so much potentially engaging material and is so geared toward 21st-century challenges that it deserves a wider audience." (Dolores E. McCarthy, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (25), June, 2013) "This short book contributes to a growing body of literature aiming to provide an overview of psychological concepts and frameworks and their application to real life settings. Hardiness is written in such a way that the concepts described are easily accessible to a wide audience particularly those who do not have a strong psychological background. ... provide a starting point for academics interested in pursuing research this area. ... Hardiness will be of most interest for individuals or organisations seeking enhance resilience to stress." (Felicity Ann Cowdrey and Sasha Louise Walters, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 8, 2013)

• Preface.- Chapter 1: The Importance of Resilience in Daily Living.-Chapter 2: Personal Hardiness as the Basis for Resilience.- Chapter 3: Thirty Years of Hardiness Validational Research and Practice.- Chapter 4: Hardiness Assessment and Training.- Chapter 5: Raising Hardy Children.- Chapter 6: Applying Hardiness to Teaching and Counseling.- Chapter 7: Hardiness as a Relationship and Work Facilitator.- Chapter 8: How Hardiness Facilitates Functioning in Military and Safety Roles.- Chapter 9: The Importance of Hardy Organizations.- Chapter 10: The Psychology of Possibilities.- References.-

Though pursuing a wide range of interests in personality and psychopathology, Salvatore R. Maddi is especially concerned with stress management and creativity. According to him, these are best considered related concerns, integrated by the personality hardiness model. Through deepening the attitudes of commitment, control, and challenge marking hardiness, persons can simultaneously develop, reach their potentialities, and cope with the stresses encountered on the way. Maddi's research concerns these topics, using naturalistic designs and training with a range of adult and adolescent subjects in their occupational, familial, and school settings. Also studied is the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and progression of various physical illnesses.

From the reviews: "Maddi offers comprehensive coverage of the hardiness construct. ... it would be an excellent textbook in many psychology classes; the themes relate to counseling, clinical, developmental, community, social, cognitive, neuro-, and organizational psychology. Although the book primarily captures the history of hardiness research and the current state of hardiness investigations, it also conveys content on the topic of human growth. ... It covers so much potentially engaging material and is so geared toward 21st-century challenges that it deserves a wider audience." (Dolores E. McCarthy, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (25), June, 2013) "This short book contributes to a growing body of literature aiming to provide an overview of psychological concepts and frameworks and their application to real life settings. Hardiness is written in such a way that the concepts described are easily accessible to a wide audience particularly those who do not have a strong psychological background. ... provide a starting point for academics interested in pursuing research this area. ... Hardiness will be of most interest for individuals or organisations seeking enhance resilience to stress." (Felicity Ann Cowdrey and Sasha Louise Walters, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 8, 2013)

• Preface.- Chapter 1: The Importance of Resilience in Daily Living.-Chapter 2: Personal Hardiness as the Basis for Resilience.- Chapter 3: Thirty Years of Hardiness Validational Research and Practice.- Chapter 4: Hardiness Assessment and Training.- Chapter 5: Raising Hardy Children.- Chapter 6: Applying Hardiness to Teaching and Counseling.- Chapter 7: Hardiness as a Relationship and Work Facilitator.- Chapter 8: How Hardiness Facilitates Functioning in Military and Safety Roles.- Chapter 9: The Importance of Hardy Organizations.- Chapter 10: The Psychology of Possibilities.- References.-

Though pursuing a wide range of interests in personality and psychopathology, Salvatore R. Maddi is especially concerned with stress management and creativity. According to him, these are best considered related concerns, integrated by the personality hardiness model. Through deepening the attitudes of commitment, control, and challenge marking hardiness, persons can simultaneously develop, reach their potentialities, and cope with the stresses encountered on the way. Maddi's research concerns these topics, using naturalistic designs and training with a range of adult and adolescent subjects in their occupational, familial, and school settings. Also studied is the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and progression of various physical illnesses.

From the reviews: "Maddi offers comprehensive coverage of the hardiness construct. ... it would be an excellent textbook in many psychology classes; the themes relate to counseling, clinical, developmental, community, social, cognitive, neuro-, and organizational psychology. Although the book primarily captures the history of hardiness research and the current state of hardiness investigations, it also conveys content on the topic of human growth. ... It covers so much potentially engaging material and is so geared toward 21st-century challenges that it deserves a wider audience." (Dolores E. McCarthy, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (25), June, 2013) "This short book contributes to a growing body of literature aiming to provide an overview of psychological concepts and frameworks and their application to real life settings. Hardiness is written in such a way that the concepts described are easily accessible to a wide audience particularly those who do not have a strong psychological background. ... provide a starting point for academics interested in pursuing research this area. ... Hardiness will be of most interest for individuals or organisations seeking enhance resilience to stress." (Felicity Ann Cowdrey and Sasha Louise Walters, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 8, 2013)

• Preface.- Chapter 1: The Importance of Resilience in Daily Living.-Chapter 2: Personal Hardiness as the Basis for Resilience.- Chapter 3: Thirty Years of Hardiness Validational Research and Practice.- Chapter 4: Hardiness Assessment and Training.- Chapter 5: Raising Hardy Children.- Chapter 6: Applying Hardiness to Teaching and Counseling.- Chapter 7: Hardiness as a Relationship and Work Facilitator.- Chapter 8: How Hardiness Facilitates Functioning in Military and Safety Roles.- Chapter 9: The Importance of Hardy Organizations.- Chapter 10: The Psychology of Possibilities.- References.-