Richard S. Lazarus

Depression and coping in stressful episodes.

Fifteen depressed and 72 nondepressed middle-aged persons were repeatedly assessed over a 1-year period with respect to the thoughts and actions they used in coping in specific ...

Comparison of two modes of stress measurement: Daily hassles and uplifts versus major life events

Theory-Based Stress Measurement

Although arguments about how to measure psychological stress are typically based on implicit epistemological and theoretical assumptions, stress measurement has almost never bee...

Towards a Cognitive Theory of Emotion

Psychological stress and the coping process

Psychological stress and coping in aging.

Emotion And Adaptation

Abstract In this landmark work, Richard Lazarus - one of the world’s foremost authorities - offers a comprehensive treatment of the psychology of emotion, its role in adaptation...

From Psychological Stress to the Emotions: A History of Changing Outlooks

A revolution in the science of emotion has emerged in recent decades, with the potential to create a paradigm shift in decision theories. The research reveals that emotions cons...

If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination.

An Analysis of Coping in a Middle-Aged Community Sample

This study analyzes the ways 100 community-residing men and women aged 45 to 64 coped with the stressful events of daily living during one year. Lazarus's cognitive-phenomenolog...