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Book SynopsisThis book examines the effects of stress on children and parents and explores strategies for coping. The authors view the family as a dynamic system whose health is vitally related to internal relationships and interactions with other social networks. Stress in this context can be a positive or a negative influence on family health.
Trade ReviewThrough poignant case histories, reviews of research, and policy analyses, the book demonstrates how support from all systems—educational, health care, and governmental—is vital to families… The strength of this book lies in its discussion of social policy, its well-defined approach to problems, and its delineation of successful factors in programs that have provided support for families and children. It is an invaluable resource for physicians, therapists, educators, and social workers interested in policy changes to help families. * New England Journal of Medicine *
Offers a multidimensional survey of ways in which individual and family units cope with stress. The fifteen essays…present fresh slants on such subjects as single mothers, family life and corporate policies, teenage pregnancy, and education of families for parenting. Although targeted for therapists and specialists in family service agencies, this is also a helpful resource for laypersons interested in the changing status of families. * Cultural Information Service *
This book examines the impact of stress on the family and offers a new perspective on methods of coping…
In Support of Families lives up to its title and is highly recommended for all professionals who work with individuals as well as with families. The family systems model provides a clear and pragmatic focus, and it is refreshing to see the strengths and resiliencies in families emphasized. * Hospital and Community Psychiatry *
This readable and significant book should be of wide appeal to mental health professionals; one hopes that its message will also reach policy makers. * Readings *
This timely and integrated anthology of papers from the field gives a humanistic and scholarly approach to the subject… Sensitive and insightful. * Yale Scientific *
Recommended as an excellent sourcebook for those interested in long-term coping strategies. -- J. S. McCrary * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Family, Stressed yet Protected Michael Y. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton I. Theoretical Overview: Stress and Coping in the Family System 1. Family Systems: Understanding the Family through Its Response to Chronic Illness David Reiss 2. Stress on and in the Family Jerome Kagan 3. A Developmental Perspective on Psychosocial Stress in Childhood Felton Earls II. Forces Within the Family: New Roles 4. Fathers: An Intrafamilial Perspective Ross D. Parke 5. Single Mothers and Joint Custody: Common Ground Richard N. Atkins III. Forces Outside the Family: Work and Family Life 6. Working It Out: Effects of Work on Parents and Children Ann C. Crouter and Maureen Perry-Jenkins 7. Family Life and Corporate Policies Ellen Galinsky 8. Utilitarianism in the Regulation of Corporate and Family Life Abraham Zaleznik 9. Supplemental Care for Young Children Gwen C. Morgan IV. Special Stresses 10. Family Adaptation to Divorce Kathleen A. Camara 11. The Family and Chronic Illness in Children John M. Leventhal and Barbara F. Sabbeth 12. Teenage Pregnancy Lorraine V. Klerman V. Policy Implications 13. Education of Families for Parenting Bettye M. Caldwell 14. The Social-Policy Context for Families Today Lisbeth B. Schorr, C. Arden Miller, and Amy Fine References Acknowledgments Index
