Stress and coping in families

Synthesizes literature from a wide variety of disciplines to examine family interaction in the context of stressful situations. Designed as a textbook within Polity?s Key Themes in Family Communication series. Looks at the topic of stress and coping across the individual, relational and family level...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maguire, Katheryn C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Polity Press , c2012
Series:Key themes in family communication
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Stress in the body and mind
  • 2. Stress and the family
  • 3. Coping with family stress
  • 4. Communication within the stress and coping processes
  • 5. Stress and coping during a wartime deployment
  • 6. Stress and coping during catastrophic illness
  • 7. Stress and coping during the transition to parenthood