Abstract
The paper begins by presenting a conceptual framework that focuses on how personal and social resources aid people in confronting acute and chronic stressors. It then describes the Life Stressors and Social Resources Inventory (LISRES), which assesses stressors and resources in eight life domains, and the Coping Responses Inventory (CRI), which assesses eight sets of approach and avoidance coping responses. To illustrate how such measures can help to address important issues in stress and coping, examples are presented from longitudinal studies of adaptation among distressed and healthy adults. Finally, implications of the work for practitioners and program evaluators are examined and directions for future research are considered.
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