'I'm impressed by the breadth of its scope and by the constant references back to the research that underpins it ... I'm not sure if "masterpiece" has become an unacceptable term these days ... I hope not, because that's what [this book] is.'
_ Hugh Mackay, Australian psychologist, social researcher and writer, who founded the Australian quarterly research series The Mackay Report. Mackay is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the Royal Society of NSW, and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. already been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the community in the areas of social research and psychology, as an author and commentator, and through roles with visual and performing arts and educational organisations.

★Written by Dr. Erica Frydenberg, Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Melbourne, Honorary Member and former Vice President of the Australian Psychological Society, and recipient of the Order of Australia.

★2025 New Edition to be release! In a world now teeming with every scale of stress and challenge, this updated edition adds a specially crafted toolkit for navigating today’s soaring cost of living and layered uncertainty.

★This is a scientific interpretation of ‘Adversity Quotient’, a framework guide focusing on psychological healing and resilience building in the post-epidemic era! At a time when trauma, anxiety, relationship breakdown and other adversity are common, let the key elements of psychology take full advantage and re-empower us to live a good life!

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'I wanted to bring together what we know about how we cope and, through that, provide a template for a good life'.

No one thinks about how well they're coping with life's daily stresses, until they're not. Coping in Good Times and Bad brings together what we know about coping so we can create a life of health, joy, satisfaction, resilience and wellbeing. 'Coping' and 'resilience' have become very commonly used words, especially in our COVID-impacted world, but what we need is a template for a good life.

Decades of research, teaching and professional practice have provided psychologist Erica Frydenberg with intimate insight into how and why we cope well and not so well, and practical ways of developing and refining our coping strategies. Integrating coping with key proven ideas in contemporary psychology, such as emotional intelligence, mindset, mindfulness and grit, she goes beyond focusing on particular kinds of crisis (trauma, relationship breakdown, anxiety), and addresses the need for a framework that strengthens us through life, in good times and bad.

Erica Frydenberg is an educational, clinical, and organisational psychologist who has practised extensively in the Australian educational setting. She is a Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor in psychology in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and has published more than 25 books and 150 articles.