The Development of Coping

Part I. Constructing “Developmentally-Friendly” Conceptualizations of Coping

1. Coping as Action Regulation under Stress
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

2. Ways and Families of Coping as Adaptive Processes
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

Part II. Review of Research on the Development of Stress Reactivity and Ways of Coping

3. Age Differences and Changes in Ways of Coping across Childhood and Adolescence
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

4. Neurophysiological Developments that underlie Age-related Changes in Coping
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

Part III. Normative Development of Adaptive Coping within the Context of Relationships with Caregivers

5. Development of “Coping” in Newborns: Neurophysiological Stress Reactivity and “External Coping” via the Caregiver
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

6. Development of Coping during Infancy: Implicit Appraisals, Intentional Action Regulation, and Co-regulated Coping Systems
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

7. Development of Coping during Toddlerhood: Explicit Appraisals, Emotional Action Regulation, and Cooperative Coping Systems
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

8. Development of Coping during Early Childhood: Inferential Appraisals, Voluntary Action Regulation, and Individual Coping Systems
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

9. Development of Coping during Middle Childhood: Cognitive Reappraisal, Mental Modes of Coping, and Coordination with Demands
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

10. Development of Coping during Adolescence: Heightened Reactivity, Pro-active Regulation, and Increased Coping Flexibility
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

Part IV. Foundations of Coping and Its Differential Development

11. Early Adversity, Temperament, Attachment, and the Differential Development of Coping
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

12. Parenting, Family Stress, Developmental Cascades, and the Differential Development of Coping
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

13. Conclusion: Goals and Strategies for Studying the Development of Coping
Ellen A. Skinner, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

Keywords: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Public Health