Family stress management : a contextual approach
"Why do some families survive stressful situations while others fall apart? Can a family's beliefs and values be used as a predictor of vulnerability to stress? And most importantly, can family stress be prevented? In this Second Edition, Pauline Boss continues to explore both the larger context surrounding families and stress and the inner context, which includes perceptions and meanings. The author emphasizes the need for a more general contextual model of family stress that may be applicable to a wider diversity of people and families as well as a wider variety of stresses and crises than other models. The goal is to provide a framework for students and professionals engaged in helping families learn how to manage their stress."--Sage
Print Book, English, ©2002
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2002
xiv, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780803973893, 9780803973909, 0803973896, 080397390X
46872125
What is new?
The contextual model : understanding family stress in science and practice
Definitions : a guide to family stress theory
Coping, adapting, being resilient, or is it managing?
Boundary ambiguity : a risk factor in family stress management
The link between ambiguity and ambivalence in family stress management
Denial : barrier or buffer in family stress management?
Family values and belief systems : influences on family stress management
The family's external context
Family crisis : overcoming trauma and victimization
Where have we been and where are we going?