Social Stress and the Family: Advances and Developments in Family Stress Therapy and Research / Edition 1

by Hamilton I Mc Cubbin, Marvin B Sussman

Overview

An informative anthology of recent theory and research developments pertinent to family stress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780866561631
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1983
Series:	Marriage and the Family Series
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mc Cubbin, Hamilton I; Sussman, Marvin B

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction

• The Family Stress Process: The Double ABCX Model of Adjustment and Adaptation
• Critical Transitions Over the Family Life Span: Theory and Research
• Family Stress as Community Frame
• Family Problem Solving and Family Stress
• Individual Coping Efforts and Family Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
• Social Support and Family Stress
• Contribution of Personality Research to an Understanding of Stress and Aging
• Family Divorce and Separation: Theory and Research
• Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress in Family Stress Theories: The Case of Black Families in White America
• Analytic Essay: Family Stress and Bereavement
• Researching Family Stress
• Reference Notes Included