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Stress And The Family: Coping With Normative Transitions (Psychosocial Stress Series: No. 2) by Charles R. Figley; Hamilton I. McCubbin is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Stress And The Family: Coping With Normative Transitions (Psychosocial Stress Series: No. 2) about?

First Published in 1983. All families experience stress: the adjustment period when an infant is born; the many problems engendered by adolescents; role, dual-career, and work demands; environmental and societal problems; sexuality; divorce; marital tension; and the stress inherent in single parenting and stepparenting. In addition, families are frequently confronted by unexpected, stress-causing catastrophes: chronic illness and death addiction; abandonment by a spouse; unemployment; rape; national and international political crises; and natural disasters. Stress and the Family, Volume II: Coping With Catastrophe shows how the family produces and reacts to stress-causing situations and problems, and identifies a wide range of stress sources-those'normal,'gradual, and cumulative life stressors commonly related to intimate family interaction and development, and those sudden, unpredictable, and often overwhelming stress-causing events or circumstances arising outside the family microsystem. The volume provides a blueprint for understanding the intricate patterns of individual and family reactions to catastrophes, showing how pro­foundly a disaster which strikes one family member can

Author

Charles R. Figley; Hamilton I. McCubbin

Publisher

Brunner-Routledge

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138009417

Subjects

Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology