This symposium contains reports on two studies on the following topics: (1) ways of helping children manage stress, by Jayne G. Garside, (2) psychological stress and coping in adolescent victims of sexual abuse in Singapore, by Colleen Ward, and (3) an abstract of a study on estrangement, by Jaya Nagaraja. The article on stress management describes stress and reactions to stress, indicates general approaches to dealing with stress as well as strategies for coping with stress, and outlines an activity suitable for use with a group of adolescents and another for either adolescents or small children. Appended are a list of coping strategies, a scale for assessing stress in adults, and a behavior questionnaire for identifying Type A and Type B personalities. The study of sexual assault provides demographic data and a literature review concerning victims' psychological reactions and coping strategies. Four case histories are reported prior to a discussion of victims' defense mechanisms, the consequences of sexual assault, and implications for therapists. Appended summaries of two of the case histories list characteristics of victims in the areas of health and physical condition; school; home and family; money, work and the future; boy and girl relationships; relations to people in general; and self-centered concerns. The abstract of the study of estrangement alludes to a study of 50 youngsters ranging in age from 12 to 19 years and related case study materials. (RH)