Table of Contents

I. Introductory Theoretical Viewpoint.- 1: The Effects of Theoretical Perspective on the Analysis of Coping with Negative Life Events.- II. Effort Expenditure Perspectives.- 2: Help-Seeking as a Coping Mechanism.- 3: Coping Difficulty, Energy Mobilization, and Appraisals of a Stressor: Introduction of a Theory and a Comparison of Perspectives.- 4: Effort Expenditure Following Failure.- 5: Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Self-Regulatory Perseveration.- III. Control/Mastery Perspectives.- 6: Coping with Traumatic Events: The Role of Denial in Light of People’s Assumptive Worlds.- 7: Daily Life Events and Mood.- 8: Coping After A Relationship Ends.- IV. Social Comparison Perspectives.- 9: Social Comparison and Illusions of Invulnerability to Negative Life Events.- 10: Downward Comparison as a Coping Mechanism.- V. Image Maintenance Perspectives.- 11: Threats to Identity: Self-Identification and Social Stress.- 12: Coping With the Prospect of Disapproval: Strategies and Sequelae.- 13: The Role of Similarity/Difference Information in Excuse-Making.- VI. Overview Perspective.- 14: Stress and Coping.- Author Index.