Stress and Thriving regarding an article "Stress Related Growth and Thriving Through Coping: The Roles of Personality and Cognitive Processes

The articles I chose are "Stress-Related Growth and Thriving Through Coping: The Roles of Personality and Cognitive Processes" and "Embodying Psychological Thriving: Physical Thriving in Response to Stress". I chose the topic of stress-related growth and thriving because I find stress to be a part of my normal every day routine. I was interested to read how society views stress factors and find ways to overcome their stress into a positive outlook instead of thinking …

…will be able to handle events better, and your physical well being will be better for having gone through it. Epel, Elissa S., McEwen, Bruce S., Ickovics, Jeanette R., Embodying Psychological Thriving: Physical Thriving in Response to Stress, Journal of Social Issues, Vol.54, No.2, pp. 301-322 Park, Crystal L., Stress-Related Growth and Thriving Through Coping: The Roles of Personality <Tab/>and Cognitive Processes, Journal of Social Issues , Vol.54, No.2, 1998, pp267-277