Stress, Social Support, And Women

First published in 1986. This book is concerned with the stressors women undergo from adolescence to old age and the resources, especially interpersonal resources, women use to cope with these stressors. There follows a series of chapters that address the use of social support as a resource for coping with stressful life events that confront women in a variety of contexts during their life span.

Stevan E. Hobfoll Department of Psychology Tel-Aviv University

Contributors, Preface, INTRODUCTION, 1. The Ecology of Stress and Social Support among Women, I. DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF WOMEN, 2. The Challenge of Adolescent Friendship: A Study of Lisa and Her Friends, 3. Adjustment of Women on Campus: Effects of Stressful Life Events, Social Support, and Personal Competencies, 4. Social Network Interviews as Sources of Etic and Emic Data: A Study of Young Married Women, II. CAREER, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY STRESSORS, 5. Sex Differences in Depression: The Role of Spouse Support, 6. Three Mile Island: Social Support and Affective Disorders among Mothers, 7. Marital and Employment Role-Strain, Social Support, and Depression among Adult Women, 8. Stress, Coping, and the Social Milieu of Divorced Women, III. VIOLENCE TOWARD WOMEN, 9. The Victim of Rape and the Role of Life Change, Coping, and Social Support during the Rape Trauma Syndrome, 10. Coping and Social Support among Battered Women: An Ecological Perspective, IV. WOMEN'S HEALTH, 11. The Stress of Childbearing: Nurse-Midwives as a Source of Social Support, 12. A Comparison of the Impact of Breast Cancer and Bereavement: Personality, Social Support, and Adaptation, V. BEREAVEMENT AND OLD AGE, 13. Peer Support for Widows: Personal and Structural Characteristics Related to Its Provision, 14. Elderly Women's Health and Psychological Adjustment: Life Stressors and Social Support, 15. Social Support: Research, Theory, and Applications from Research on Women, Author Index, Subject Index