Families and Change : Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions

by McKenry, Patrick; Price, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780761919735
• ISBN10: 0761919732
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

This Second Edition presents a synthesis and analysis of the vast literature that has emerged in recent years detailing families' responses to various transitions and other stressful life events. This book is intended to serve as a basic or supplementary text for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses on family or social problems.Families & Change, Second Edition will also be useful to professionals, novices, and those with considerable experience, especially in social work, education, and public health, which are increasingly being required to work with family problems.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xv
Families Coping With Problems and Change: A Conceptual Overview	1	(21)
Patrick C. McKenry
Sharon J. Price
Marital Distress: From Complaints to Contempt	22	(23)
Ronald M. Sabatelli
Jeanne Joseph Chadwick
The Challenges of Parenting Infants and Young Children	45	(26)
Barbara M. Newman
Understanding Parental Stress: A Family Perspective	71	(23)
Gary W. Peterson
Kathleen Mathieson
Aging and Adaptation: How Families Cope	94	(26)
Adam Davey
Coping With Death, Dying, and Grief in Families	120	(34)
Colleen I. Murray
Physical Illness: Challenges to Families	154	(29)
Thomas L. Campbell
Violence, Abuse, and Neglect in Families	183	(25)
Richard J. Gelles
Family Stress and Adolescent Substance Abuse	208	(21)
Michael P. Farrell
Grace M. Barnes
Mental Illness and Families	229	(21)
Stephen M. Gavazzi
Angie M. Schock
Economic Stress and Families	250	(29)
Jonathan J. Fox
Suzanne Bartholomae
Divorce as a Family Stressor	279	(24)
David H. Demo
Mark A. Fine
Lawrence H. Ganong
Remarriage and Recoupling: A Stress Perspective	303	(30)
Margaret Crosbie-Burnett
Katrina M. McClintic
Challenges and Life Experiences of Black American Families	333	(26)
Velma McBride Murry
Immigrant Families and Sources of Stress	359	(19)
Hector Balcazar
Zhenchao Qian
Families and the Gay Community: Stressors and Strengths	378	(23)
Karen L. Wilcox
Katherine R. Allen
Author Index	401	(24)
Subject Index	425	(10)
About the Contributors	435