by Dan Zomerlei, M.Div., M.S. MFT, zomerle1@msu.edu, Adrian Blow, Ph.D., Sahil Gambir, H.BMSc, and Janet Osuch, M.D., all of Michigan State University
The good news for cancer patients is that cancer mortality is on the decline. However, in spite of this good news, both cancer death and cancer survivorship present challenges to families as they attempt to adjust to the pervasive effects of the disease on the patient and family.
The first comprehensive text on stress and crisis management specifically tailored to courses focusing on the family. Organized by stress model, this book helps readers understand the relationships among models, research, crisis prevention, and crisis management with individuals and families. Providing a balance of theory, research, hands-on applications, and intervention strategies, this innovative text presents a comprehensive overview of the field.
Integrating research, theory, and application from a variety of disciplines, the Fourth Edition of this bestselling text offers students a deep understanding of family transitions. Each chapter presents the latest scholarship from leaders in the field on modern family changes and stressors from leading experts, as well as resources for intervention and mechanisms for learning.
The first comprehensive text on stress and crisis management specifically tailored to courses focusing on the family. Organized by stress model, this book helps readers understand the relationships among models, research, crisis prevention, and crisis management with individuals and families. Providing a balance of theory, research, hands-on applications, and intervention strategies, this innovative text presents a comprehensive overview of the field. An ideal core text for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in courses such as Family Crisis, Family Stress and Coping, and Dysfunctions in Marriage and Family.
Based on Reuben Hill's A B C - X model of stress, this workbook invites users to identify their stressors and consider ways to marshall resources and meaning to manage the stress. The workbook, lesson guide, powerpoint and simple evaluation instrument are all free on the website.
Families, Work and Unemployment, Family Stress/Coping and Networks for Help, Poverty/Welfare, Public Policy, Research/Theory/Methodology, Rural Families
