ISBN:
9780876303214
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (517 p)
Series Statement:
Psychosocial Stress Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Stress And The Family : Coping With Normative Transitions
DDC:
306.8/5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface to the Series; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Normative Life Cycle Transitions; Individual Development; Gender-Specific Developmental Tasks; Normative Family Stress Research: An Overview of Volume I; Part I: Family Transitions; 1. Family Transitions: Adaptation to Stress; The Hill ABCX Crisis Model Redefined; Stressor and Hardships: Demands (a Factor); Normative Intrafamily Transitions; Resources (b Factor); Family Definition: Focus on Stressor (c Factor); Family Tension: Stress and Distress
Description / Table of Contents:
Family Crisis: Demand for Change (x Factor)The Double ABCX Model: Family Adaptation; Family Adaptation (xX Factor); Family Demands: Pile-Up (aA Factor); Family Adaptive Resources (bB Factor); Family Definition and Meaning (cC Factor); The Family Process of Adjustment and Adaptation; The Family Adjustment Phase; The Family Adaptation Phase; Conclusions and Implications; 2. The Marital Relationship: Boundaries and Ambiguities; Marriage as a Stressor; Boundary Ambiguity and Stress in Marriage; Boundary Ambiguity Defined; Boundary Ambiguity in the Family of Origin
Description / Table of Contents:
Boundary Ambiguity between Marital PartnersBoundary Ambiguity and Marital Stress Across the Life Cycle; Coping in Marriage; Clarifying Boundaries; Clarity in Family Communication; Implications for Counselors and Therapists; Conclusion; 3. Sexuality: Developing Togetherness; Roots of Sexuality: Family Rules, Roles, and Myths; Sexuality Over the Life Cycle: Sources of Stress; Prepuberty Sexual Development; Puberty and Growing Up; The Young Adult; Pregnancy; Middle Age and Aging; Coping with Sexuality: Three Basic Principles; Implications for Treatment and Public Policy; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Parenthood: Stresses and Coping StrategiesDefining the Scope of Parenthood and its Stressors; Evidences of Parenting Stress; Examples of Specific Parenting Stressors; Summary of Specific Parenting Stressors; Transitions in and Out of Parenthood; The Transition to Parenthood; Transition to the "Empty Nest"; Stress and Parenting Across the Life Cycle; Traditionalization of Sex Roles; Maternal Employment; Use of Time and Energy; How Parents Cope with the Stresses of Parenting; Functional Methods of Coping; The Role of the Professional in Helping Parents Cope with Stress
Description / Table of Contents:
Parent Education ClassesParent Support Groups; Formal Services Coordinated with Informal Helping Networks; Summary and Conclusions; 5. Parents and Adolescents: Push and Pull of Change; Critical Developmental Changes in Adolescence; Cognitive Changes; Identity Formation; Parental Development; A Systems Perspective on Family Coping; An Overview of Systems Theory; Coping: Feedback and Rules of Transformation; Family Systems and the Adolescent; Internal Inconsistencies; Conclusions and Implications for Treatment and Policy; 6. Dual-Career Families: Strains of Sharing; Dual-Career Stressors
Description / Table of Contents:
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Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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