Adjustment and Growth, with eBook Access Code: Psychology and the Challenges of Life

Brings theory and research together to help students adapt to sources of stress in their everyday and academic lives

Adjustment and Growth: Psychology and the Challenges of Life reveals the many ways that psychology relates to our lives while illustrating how psychological concepts and principles can help us adapt to the real-world issues we face. With a lively and conversational writing style, authors Spencer Rathus and Jeffrey Nevid show us how to apply psychology to confront a variety of life challenges, such as managing time, developing self-identity, building and maintaining relationships, adopting healthier lifestyles, coping with stress, strengthening financial responsibility, and dealing with emotional problems and psychological disorders.

Each easy-to-follow chapter begins with Did You Know That...?, a series of engaging and thought-provoking questions that pique the reader's interest before they dive into the chapter. The modular format of the textbook helps students organize their study time by presenting information in manageable units and providing brief Review Questions at the end of each section to enable self-evaluating mastery of learning objectives.

Now in its fifteenth edition, this market-leading textbook is fully updated to meet the needs and concerns of the next generation of students. Expanded chapters address psychology in the digital age, social media, sexuality and gender, stress and the immune system, and the current opioid crisis. An entirely new chapter covers adapting to contemporary sources of stress, such as social and political tensions, public health in light of the COVID-19 crisis, gun violence and mass shootings, climate change, the treatment of immigrant and migrant families.

SPENCER A. RATHUS received his PhD from the University at Albany and has taught at Northeastern University, St. John's University, New York University, and The College of New Jersey, where he is currently on the faculty. His areas of interest include HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender minorities, psychological assessment, assertive behavior, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He is the author of the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule, which has become a Citation Classic. He has published articles in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Behavior Therapy, and the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, among others.

JEFFREY S. NEVID is Professor of Psychology at St John's University in New York City, where he teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has served as the director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology for many years. He was awarded his doctorate from the University at Albany and was a NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellow in evaluation research at Northwestern University. Nevid is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and was awarded a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.