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Soothing and Stress

• Edited by Michael Lewis, Douglas S. Ramsay

• Price: $89.95
• Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
• Pages: 336
• Published by: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1st April 1999
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2855-9

About the Book

This volume addresses topics related to the nature of the stress response, the role of environment in individual differences in stress, and the different strategies used for coping with stressful events. The chapters present theoretical and empirical work focused on a wide range of issues related to stress, soothing, and coping. Authored by recognized authorities with innovative research programs in the field, this volume addresses topics from diverse perspectives in child development, clinical psychology, pediatrics, psychophysiology, and psychobiology. Adaptive and maladaptive outcomes of stress and coping are addressed in various pediatric, medical, and clinical populations. This book also covers recent research on the effects of both prenatal and postnatal stress on subsequent coping, stress reactivity, and socioemotional functioning in the human and nonhuman primate. With this diversity of papers, this volume should be of special value to child development professionals with interests in behavioral and physiological approaches to temperament, emotional expression, and emotional regulation; to those interested in mother-child interaction; and to researchers and clinicians in many different disciplines.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Stress. C.S. Carter, A.C. DeVries, Stress and Soothing: An Endocrine Perspective. C.L. Coe, G.R. Lubach, M.L. Schneider, Neuromotor and Socioemotional Behavior in the Young Monkey Is Presaged by Prenatal Conditions. M.R. Gunnar, B. Donzella, "Looking for the Rosetta Stone": An Essay on Crying, Soothing, and Stress. J.A. Doussard-Roosevelt, S.W. Porges, The Role of Neurobehavioral Organization in Stress Responses: A Polyvagal Model. Part II: Soothing. E.M. Blass, Savoring Sucrose and Suckling Milk: Easing Pain, Saving Calories, and Learning About Mother. R.G. Barr, S.N. Young, A Two-Phase Model of the Soothing Taste Response: Implications for a Taste Probe of Temperament and Emotion Regulation. M.L. Riese, Prenatal and Perinatal Stress: Implications for Neonatal Soothing and Integrity. T. Field, Sucking and Massage Therapy Reduce Stress During Infancy. M. Lewis, D. Ramsay, Environments and Stress Reduction. Part III: Coping. L. Zeltzer, S. Feldman, Soothing and Chronic Pain. B.E. Compas, J.K. Connor, H. Saltzman, A.H. Thomsen, M. Wadsworth, Getting Specific About Coping: Effortful and Involuntary Responses to Stress in Development. S.M. Miller, V.A. Green, C.B. Bales, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: A Cognitive-Social Framework for Understanding Children's Responses to Stress.