Stress and coping in families / Katheryn C. Maguire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maguire, Katheryn C.

Series:

Key themes in family communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress (Psychology).

Communication in families.

Physical Description:

xiv, 200 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Polity Press, 2012.

Summary:

During difficult times, families can be our greatest resource, or our heaviest burden. This book brings together research from a wide variety of disciplines to examine family interaction in the context of .stressful situations'. Instead of claiming that one type of interaction is better than other, seemingly unproductive forms of communication, the approach taken by the author recognizes that messages can have varying, sometimes unexpected consequences when a family is distressed. In addition to introducing students, scholars, and practitioners to the stress and coping literatures from both the individual and family perspectives, the book offers an in-depth examination of how relational communication scholars have contributed to this important and rich body of research. The book also explores family stress and coping within three specific contexts (military family separation, breast cancer, the transition to parenthood) and provides readers with the opportunity to apply their knowledge through case studies and examples from families who have lived through these difficult situations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Family Stress Theory and Research

1 Stress in the Body and Mind 3

2 Stress and the Family 20

3 Coping with Family Stress 48

4 Communication within the Stress and Coping Processes 76

Part II Family Stress and Coping in Context

5 Stress and Coping during a Wartime Deployment 101

6 Stress and Coping during Catastrophic Illness 126

7 Stress and Coping during the Transition to Parenthood 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745650753

0745650759

OCLC:

780242276