Social Stress and the Family

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

Mc Cubbin, Hamilton I; Sussman, Marvin B

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