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Family Stress Management
A Contextual Approach
Third Edition
- Pauline Boss - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
- Chalandra M. Bryant - University of Georgia, USA
- Jay A. Mancini - University of Georgia, USA
August 2016 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Why do some families survive stressful situations while others fall apart? Can a family’s beliefs and values be used as a predictor of vulnerability to stress? And most importantly, can family stress be prevented?
The Third Edition of Family Stress Management continues its original commitment to recognize both the external and internal contexts in which distressed families find themselves. With its hallmark Contextual Model of Family Stress (CMFS), the Third Edition provides practitioners and researchers with a useful framework to understand and help distressed individuals, couples, and families. The example of a universal stressor—a death in the family—highlights cultural differences in ways of coping. Throughout, there is new emphasis on diversity and the nuances of family stress management—such as ambiguous loss—plus new discussions on family resilience and community as resources for support.
The Third Edition of Family Stress Management continues its original commitment to recognize both the external and internal contexts in which distressed families find themselves. With its hallmark Contextual Model of Family Stress (CMFS), the Third Edition provides practitioners and researchers with a useful framework to understand and help distressed individuals, couples, and families. The example of a universal stressor—a death in the family—highlights cultural differences in ways of coping. Throughout, there is new emphasis on diversity and the nuances of family stress management—such as ambiguous loss—plus new discussions on family resilience and community as resources for support.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1- Family Stress: An Overview
Chapter 2- The Contextual Model of Family Stress
Chapter 3- Multicultural Perspectives of a Universal Stressor
Chapter 4- Ambiguous Loss: A Major Stressor
Chapter 5- Boundary Ambiguity: A Perceptual Risk Factor in Family Stress Management
Chapter 6- Family Coping, Adapting, and Managing
Chapter 7- Resilience for Managing Stress
Chapter 8- Families, Communities, and Neighborhoods
Chapter 9- Future Challenges to Family Stress Management
References
Index
“I am excited to introduce my graduate social work students to this significantly revised third edition of Family Stress Management. Grounded in the latest research literature and clearly written, this book offers its readers an integrative framework, the Contextual Model of Family Stress, that advances understanding of and practice with families facing adversity and positive challenges. Particularly noteworthy are the expanded discussions of multiculturalism, diversity, resilience, and community. Bravo and many thanks to Pauline Boss, Chalandra Bryant, and Jay Mancini for this third edition!”
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“The topic of stress and coping could not be more relevant and critical to families today, and this text is an informative guide that reviews how family stress theory has evolved, has been studied in the literature, and can be used to help all families face a variety of current stressor events.”
California State University, Northridge
“Boss et al. are reflective, thorough, and human in their presentation of family stress management. This is an excellent text for undergraduate family stress courses seeking to introduce students to the expansive, and at times daunting, literature on family crisis.”
SUNY Empire State College
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