Adjustment and Growth The Challenges of Life

Preface. Chapter 1 What is Adjustment? Chapter 2 Personality and Behavior: Understanding People. Chapter 3 Social Perception: How We See Others and Ourselves. Chapter 4 Social Influence: Being Influenced By-and-Influencing Others. Chapter 5 Stress: Sources and Moderators. Chapter 6 Psychological Factors and Health. Chapter 7 Issues in Personal Health:Nutrition, Fitness, and Sleep. Chapter 8 Substance Abuse and Adjustment. Chapter 9 Psychological Disorders. Chapter 10 Therepies: Ways of Helping. Chapter 11 Methods of Coping: ways of Helping Ourselves. Chapter 12 Gender Roles and Gender Differences. Chapter 13 Interpersonal Attraction: Of friendship, Love, and Loneliness. Chapter 14 Relationships and Communication: Getting From Here to There. Chapter 15 Sexual Behavior. Chapter 16 Adult development: Going Through Changes. Chapter 17 The Challenge of the Workplace. Chapter 18 having and Rearing Children. Appendix. References. Name Index. Subject Index. Credits and Acknowledgements.Rathus, Spencer A. is the author of 'Adjustment and Growth The Challenges of Life', published 1999 under ISBN 9780470001592 and ISBN 0470001593.