Family Stress Management: A Contextual Approach

Preface Acknowledgements 1. What Is New? 2. The Contextual Model: Understanding Family Stress in Science and Practice 3. Definitions: A Guide to Family Stress Theory 4. Coping, Adapting, Being Resilient...or Is It Managing? 5. Boundary Ambiguity: A Risk Factor in Family Stress Management 6. The Link Between Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Family Stress Management 7. Denial: Barrier if Buffer in Family Stress Management 8. Family Values and Belief Systems: Influences on Family Stress Management 9. The Family's External Context 10. Family Crisis: Overcoming Trauma and Victimization 11. Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Postscript References Index About the Author