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Families & change : coping with stressful events and transitions / editors, Patrick C. McKenry, Sharon J. Price.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2005.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 473 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780761988717 (pbk.) :
  • 0761988718 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.850973 MCK
LOC classification:
  • HQ534 .F35 2005
Contents:
1.Families coping with change: a conceptual overview -- 2.Conceptualizing parental stress with family stress theory -- 3.Aging families and stress -- 4.Death, dying, and grief in families -- 5.Improving physcial health through family intervention -- 6.Violence, abuse, and neglect in families and intimate relationships -- 7.Families coping with alcohol and substance abuse -- 8.Mental illness and families -- 9.Economic stress and families -- 10.Divorce as a family stressor -- 11.Remarriage and recoupling: a stress perspective -- 12.Families facing the challenges of diversity -- 13.Adaptation among immigrant families: resources and barriers -- 14.Relationship stress in couples: situations involving infidelity, infertility, and imprisonment -- 15.Everyday hassles and family stress -- 16.External trauma and families -- 17.Families, stress and intervention.
Summary: This edition synthesizes and analyses the literature detailing families' responses to change and other stressful life events. This edition contains more examples and explicit intervention suggestions and strategies, while emphasis on resiliency has also been increased.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.850973 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 128421
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.850973 MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 128422

Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Families coping with change: a conceptual overview -- 2.Conceptualizing parental stress with family stress theory -- 3.Aging families and stress -- 4.Death, dying, and grief in families -- 5.Improving physcial health through family intervention -- 6.Violence, abuse, and neglect in families and intimate relationships -- 7.Families coping with alcohol and substance abuse -- 8.Mental illness and families -- 9.Economic stress and families -- 10.Divorce as a family stressor -- 11.Remarriage and recoupling: a stress perspective -- 12.Families facing the challenges of diversity -- 13.Adaptation among immigrant families: resources and barriers -- 14.Relationship stress in couples: situations involving infidelity, infertility, and imprisonment -- 15.Everyday hassles and family stress -- 16.External trauma and families -- 17.Families, stress and intervention.

This edition synthesizes and analyses the literature detailing families' responses to change and other stressful life events. This edition contains more examples and explicit intervention suggestions and strategies, while emphasis on resiliency has also been increased.

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