Stress and coping in families /
Katheryn C. Maguire.
- Cambridge : Polity Press, 2012.
- xiv, 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Key themes in family communication .
- Key themes in family communication. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Family stress theory and research. Stress in the body and mind -- Stress and the family -- Coping with family stress -- Communication within the stress and coping processes -- pt. 2. Family stress and coping in context. Stress and coping during a wartime deployment -- Stress and coping during catastrophic illness -- Stress and coping during the transition to parenthood.
Synthesizes literature from a wide variety of disciplines to examine family interaction in the context of stressful situations. Designed as a textbook within Polity’s Key Themes in Family Communication series. Looks at the topic of stress and coping across the individual, relational and family levels.