Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan

Ericksonian Theory Applied to Transitions in the Span.- Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood.- Transitioning Recent Mass Trauma.- Life Course Transitions: Marriage, Birth, and Divorce.- The Career Transitions Faced by Adolescents and Young Adults.- Coping with the Workplace and Job-related Transitions.- Transitioning to Adulthood: The Stresses of Being a Foster Child.- War and Trauma: Transitioning Back into Civilian Life.- Becoming an Adoptive Parent: The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood as a Stressful Life Event.- Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event.- Lifespan Development Revisited: African-Centered Spirituality throughout the Life Cycle.- Encountering Stressful Events as Normative Transitions as a Test of Religious Beliefs.- Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions.- The Influence of Contemporary Medicine and Medical Genetics on Stressful Life Transitions.- The Role of Significant Others in Adapting to Life Transitions.- Transition in Health: Coping with Parkinson's Disease.- Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Life Span.- Stressful Markers of Health.- The Influence of Food on Adapting to Stressful Life Events in the Life Cycle.- Age-Related Patterns in Social Networks Among European-Americans and African-Americans. Some Predicators of Primary Control of Development in Three Transitional Periods of the Life Cycle.- Concluding Comments and Future Considerations.