Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping [Hardcover]

The only book currently available that focuses and multicultural, cross-cultural and international perspectives of stress and coping

A very comprehensive resource book on the subject matter

Contains many groundbreaking ideas and findings in stress and coping research

Contributors are international scholars, both well-established authors as well as younger scholars with new ideas

Appeals to managers, missionaries, and other professions which require working closely with people from other cultures

Has the developing world developed modern concepts of stress? Are coping methods the same around the globe? Such questions are not simple to answer, and until recently, few knew to ask them.

In recent years, Western psychologists have recognized that their prevailing views of psychology do not always translate worldwideand that no culture has a monopoly on either stress or coping. The Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping was created to address this realization. This unique volume moves beyond simple comparisons of behaviors in other countries by clarifying critical concepts in stress and coping, analyzing and synthesizing vast amounts of global data, and identifying constructs and methodologies necessary for meaningful cross-cultural research.

An international, multiethnic panel of forty-five contributors presents elegant studies of stress, survival, and resilience as cultures evolve and countries interact, including:

Personal transformation as a coping strategy
Psychological skills that enhance intercultural adjustment
Individual versus collectivist values in coping
Buddhist and Taoist traditions in coping
The cumulative effects of historical, environmental, and political stressors on nations in the Middle East