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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:
  • 0761988718
Other title:
  • Families and change
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.850973
LOC classification:
  • .F35 2005
Contents:
Families coping with change: a conceptual overview / Patrick C. McKenry, Sharon J. Price -- Conceptualizing parental stress with family stress theory / Gary W. Peterson, Charles B. Hennon -- Aging families and stress / Christine A. Price -- Death, dying, and grief in families / Colleen I. Murray, Katalin Toth, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard -- Improving physical health through family intervention / Thomas L. Campbell -- Violence, abuse, and neglect in families and intimate relationships / Richard J. Gelles, Mary M. Cavanaugh -- Families coping with alcohol and substance abuse / Judith Fischer, Kevin P. Lyness -- Mental illness and families / Angie M. Schock, Stephen M. Gavazzi -- Economic stress and families / Suzanne Batholomae, Jonathan Fox -- Divorce as a family stressor / Mark A. Fine, Lawrence H. Ganong, David H. Demo -- Remarriage and recoupling: a stress perspective / Katrina McClintic Pann, Margaret Crosbie-Burnett -- Families facing the challenges of diversity / Katherine R. Allen -- Adaptation among immigrant families: resources and barriers / Kevin Ray Bush, Stephanie A. Bohon, Hyoun K. Kim -- Relationship stress in couples: situations involving infidelity, infertility, and imprisonment / Randal D. Day -- Everyday hassles and family stress / Heather M. Helms, David H. Demo -- External trauma and families / Charles R. Figley, Michael Barnes -- Families, stress, and intervention / Debra A. Madden-Derdich, Melissa J. Herzog
Summary: [This book] presents the vast literature that has emerged in recent years, focusing on how families respond to various transitions and stressful life events. Readers will find this edition more applied, with additional examples and explicit intervention suggestions and strategies. [The book] is an essential text for upper-division undergraduate and master's students in departments of Human Development & Family Studies, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Sociology & Social Work. [It] is also a valuable tool for professionals and practitioners who work with families across the disciplinary boundaries of family therapy, family psychology, social work, family life education, and nursing. -Back cover.
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Reference Wexford Campus Library Wexford Reference 306.850973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 58993

CW028

CW017

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Families coping with change: a conceptual overview / Patrick C. McKenry, Sharon J. Price -- Conceptualizing parental stress with family stress theory / Gary W. Peterson, Charles B. Hennon -- Aging families and stress / Christine A. Price -- Death, dying, and grief in families / Colleen I. Murray, Katalin Toth, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard -- Improving physical health through family intervention / Thomas L. Campbell -- Violence, abuse, and neglect in families and intimate relationships / Richard J. Gelles, Mary M. Cavanaugh -- Families coping with alcohol and substance abuse / Judith Fischer, Kevin P. Lyness -- Mental illness and families / Angie M. Schock, Stephen M. Gavazzi -- Economic stress and families / Suzanne Batholomae, Jonathan Fox -- Divorce as a family stressor / Mark A. Fine, Lawrence H. Ganong, David H. Demo -- Remarriage and recoupling: a stress perspective / Katrina McClintic Pann, Margaret Crosbie-Burnett -- Families facing the challenges of diversity / Katherine R. Allen -- Adaptation among immigrant families: resources and barriers / Kevin Ray Bush, Stephanie A. Bohon, Hyoun K. Kim -- Relationship stress in couples: situations involving infidelity, infertility, and imprisonment / Randal D. Day -- Everyday hassles and family stress / Heather M. Helms, David H. Demo -- External trauma and families / Charles R. Figley, Michael Barnes -- Families, stress, and intervention / Debra A. Madden-Derdich, Melissa J. Herzog

[This book] presents the vast literature that has emerged in recent years, focusing on how families respond to various transitions and stressful life events. Readers will find this edition more applied, with additional examples and explicit intervention suggestions and strategies. [The book] is an essential text for upper-division undergraduate and master's students in departments of Human Development & Family Studies, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Sociology & Social Work. [It] is also a valuable tool for professionals and practitioners who work with families across the disciplinary boundaries of family therapy, family psychology, social work, family life education, and nursing. -Back cover.

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