Handbook of family resilience / Dorothy S. Becvar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becvar, Dorothy S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Mental health.

Families.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (555 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2012, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a time of increasing stressors affecting the lives of so many, resilience—the capacity for individuals to cope, adapt, survive, and thrive despite severe crises and long odds—is a hot topic. Now resilience as both a family trait and a family process is being recognized as equally deserving of study, especially as more families find themselves under greater social and economic strain. The Handbook of Family Resilience offers scholarly and practical perspectives on how resilient families adapt and adjust, for those seeking a deeper understanding of the concept as well as clinicians working hands-on with families. Resilience is seen as an evolving process over the lifespan as family members support one another, marshal their resources (internal and external), and maintain their functioning through normative, extraordinary, and multiple stressors. Contributors examine resilience across a diverse range of family structures, cultural groups, and challenging circumstances, with an array of timely topics including: Clinical ramifications of a focus on family resilience. Family resilience in the context of high-risk situations. Resilience in ethnic family systems. Enhancing resilience in families of children with autistic spectrum disorder. From challenge to wisdom: Resilience in aging. Family and community resilience in the experience of mass trauma. Resilience as tolerance for ambiguity. Resilience in the context of grief and loss. This book is an empowering resource for professionals and practitioners working with families, including sociologists, psychologists, therapists, and social workers. Its breadth of coverage makes it an invaluable text for researchers, graduate students, and faculty in family studies, couple and family therapy, child development, psychology, sociology, social work, public health, and related fields.

Contents:

RESILIENCE IN GENERAL

Roads to Understanding Family Resilience: 1920s to the 21st Century

Operationalizing Family Resilience as Process: Proposed Methodological Strategies

The Ramifications for Clinical Practice of a Focus on Family Resilience

Facilitating Family Resilience in Clinical Practice

Community- Based Practice Applications of a Family Resilience Framework

RESILIENCE AND FAMILIES

Resilience Relative to Step Families

Resilience in Military Marriages Experiencing Deployment

Family Resilience and Parenting

Family Resilience and At-Risk Youth

Family Resilience in the Context of High Risk Situations

RESILIENCE AND ETHNICITY

Resilience in Ethnic Family Systems: A Relational Theory for Research and Practice

Native American Family Resilience

Familias Fuertes: Family Resilience Among Latinos

Resilience in Black Families

Resilience Relative to Korean Families

RESILIENCE, LOSS, AND GRIEF

Family Resilience in the Wake of Loss: A Meaning-Oriented Contribution

Resilience as Tolerance for Ambiguity

Bereavement in the Face of Perinatal Loss: A Hardiness Perspective

Family Resilience Relative to Parental Death.-Resilience in Aging: Moving through Challenge to Wisdom.-RESILIENCE AND ABILITY

Family Resilience Relative to Children with Severe Disabilities

Nurturing Family Resilience in Response to Chronic Illness: An Integrative

Approach to Health and Growth Promotion.-Enhancing Resilience in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Family Resilience Relative to Mental Health Challenges

Strengthening Family Resilience through Spiritual and Religious Resources

RESILIENCE, TRAUMA, AND ABUSE

Family and Community Resilience Relative to the Experience of Mass Trauma: Connectedness to Family and Culture of Origin as the Core Components of Healing

Resilience Despite Risk: Understanding African American ACOAs? Kin and Fictive Kin Relationships

Fostering Resilience in Daughters of Battered Women

Family Resilience and Sexuality

The Community as Family: Resilience in Older Women Religious Sexually Abused as Children.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-62352-8

9786613935977

1-4614-3917-5

OCLC:

808818335