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Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents 1. Brief Table of Contents   Chapter 1:   Self-Direction in a Changing World Chapter 2: The Puzzle of Childhood   Chapter 3:    Affirmative Aging — Adulthood Chapter 4:   Seeking Selfhood Chapter 5:   Toward Better Health Chapter 6:   Taking Charge Chapter 7:   Managing Motives and Emotions Chapter 8:   Making and Keeping Friends Chapter 9:   Leader or Follower? Chapter 10:   At Work and Play Chapter 11:   Sexuality Chapter 12:   Love and Commitment Chapter 13: Stress Chapter 14:   Understanding Mental Disorders Chapter 15:   If You Go for Help Chapter 16:   Good Grief and Death    2. Full Table of Contents   PART 1:  Introduction Chapter 1:   Self-Direction in a Changing World Social Change The Challenge of Self-Direction Themes of Personal Growth   PART 2:  Becoming Chapter 2:   The Puzzle of Childhood Perspectives on Child Development Key Foundational Elements of Childhood   Chapter 3:   Affirmative Aging—Adulthood Adult Development Decisions, Decisions, Decisions—Early Adulthood Same Old, Same Old?—Middle Adulthood Aging Gracefully—Late Adulthood   Chapter 4:   Seeking Selfhood What Is Self-Concept? The Components of the Self Core Characteristics of Self-Concept The Self-Concept and Personal Growth   Chapter 5:   Toward Better Health Body Image Health and the Mind–Body Relationship Coping with Illness Promoting Wellness   Chapter 6:      Taking Charge Personal Control Decision Making Decisions and Personal Growth   Chapter 7:   Managing Motives and Emotions Understanding Motivation Understanding Emotions   PART 4:  Being Social Chapter 8:   Making and Keeping Friends Meeting People Keeping Friends When It’s Hard to Make Friends   Chapter 9:   Groups: Belonging, Following, and Leading Kinds of Groups Creating and Joining Groups What Goes on in Groups? When Groups Go Wrong Group Leadership   Chapter 10:    At Work and Play At Work At Play   PART 5:  Being Intimate Chapter 11:    Sexuality Sexuality and Shared Partnerships Sexual Responsiveness Sexual Orientation Practical Issues   Chapter 12:      Love and Commitment Love is a Many Splendored (and Defined) Thing Finding Love Marriage and Other Committed Relationships Adjusting to Intimate Relationships Divorce and Its Consequences   PART 6:  Facing Challenges Chapter 13:    Stress! Oh No!—Understanding Stress Yikes!—Reactions to Stress Phew!—Managing Stress   Chapter 14:    Understanding Mental Disorders Psychological Disorders Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders Other Disorders Applying This to Yourself   Chapter 15:    If You Go for Help Psychotherapy: What is it? Who Uses it? Insight Therapies—The Talking Cure Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Other Approaches to Treatment How Well Does Therapy Work? Finding Help   Chapter 16:    Death, Dying, and Grief Death and Dying Life and Death in Perspective Bereavement and Grief

About the Author :
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.