TY - BOOK AU - Park,Crystal L. ED - American Psychological Association. TI - Medical illness and positive life change: can crisis lead to personal transformation? T2 - Decade of behavior SN - 9781433803963 AV - R726.7 .M43 2009 U1 - 616.0019 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, DC PB - American Psychological Association KW - Sick KW - Psychology KW - Local KW - Self-actualization (Psychology) KW - Life change events KW - Clinical health psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Overview of theoretical perspectives / Crystal L. Park -- Challenges to assessing positive life change / Howard Tennen & Glenn Affleck -- Example statistical strategy for assessing positive life change among individuals with breast cancer / Charles S. Carver, Suzanne C. Lechner, and Michael H. Antoni -- Benefit finding among children and adolescents with diabetes / Vicki S. Helgeson, Lindsey Lopez, and Constance Mennella -- Lifespan developmental perspectives on stress-related growth / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Michael R. Levenson, and Linda Kelly -- Lessons learned about benefit finding among individuals with cancer or HIV/AIDS / Suzanne C. Lechner and Kathryn E. Weaver -- Illness perceptions and benefit finding among individuals with breast cancer, acoustic neuroma, or heart disease / Keith J. Petrie and Arden Corter -- Positive life change and the social context of illness: an expanded social-cognitive processing model / Stephen J. Lepore and William Kernan -- Biological correlates: how psychological components of benefit finding may lead to physiological benefits / Julienne E. Bower, Elissa Epel, and Judith Tedlie Moskowitz -- Is benefit finding good for individuals with chronic disease? / Sara B. Algoe and Annette L. Stanton -- Enhancing positive adaptation: example intervention during treatment for breast cancer / Michael H. Antoni, Charles S. Carver, and Suzanne C. Lechner -- The clinician as expert companion / Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun ER -