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Book Review: Coping Behaviors and Nursing

In an era of rapid cultural transition, increasing societal diversity, complex technology, and systems breakdown, people are stressed nearly beyond endurance. It is both fitting and timely that two highly qualified nurse educators have collaborated in writing a book on coping behaviors for the health professional. This quotation appears in the book's Foreword, and it seemed an appropriate beginning to this review. The book deals with coping mechanisms in response to stress. It is designed to help the undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the practicing nurse, to betterunderstand the clients' physiological and psychological responses in relation to current situations and past behaviors. In addition, the graduate student will find it a ready reference for definitions of key concepts as well as a basis for designing research. The professional nurse in practice will find the contents a motivating force in viewing herself as well as her clients from an enhanced perspective. The authors discuss behavior development and the variables that influence the coping responses which are unique to each individual. To understand this process, the reader is given an overview of primary biophysical-psychosocial development. A Table is provided to summarize and compare the major theoretical contributions of Freud, Sullivan, Erickson, and Piaget. Clinical situations that exemplify coping needs are cited, as are comparisons of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. "When to intervene, with whom and how are critical questions that health care providers must raise and answer." The authors explore several