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Stress, Coping, and Health in Families : Sense of Coherence and Resiliency, Hardback Book

Stress, Coping, and Health in Families : Sense of Coherence and Resiliency Hardback

Edited by Hamilton Ii McCubbin, Elizabeth A. Thompson, Anne I. Thompson, Julie E. Fromer

Part of the Resiliency in Families Series series

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Stress, Coping, and Health in Families: Sense of Coherence and Resiliency, the first volume in the new Resiliency in Families series, has an unusual sociological focus.

Rather than focusing on pathology, the authors of this volume study individuals, families, and ethnic groups moving toward health.

In Part I, scholar Aaron Antonovsky's landmark work in salutogenesis lays the foundation for a new approach to family studies.

His work provides insight as to why some families manage life events with relative ease and recover from adversity with renewed strength, harmony, and purpose.

Health is redefined, not as a static norm, but as a process of coping with a myriad of external stress factors.

Part II examines how culture and family influence the creation and maintenance of the sense of coherence, which seems to be key in promoting health and well-being.

It draws on studies of families facing serious illness, single parenthood, homelessness, or culture shock. The sense of coherence is also vital to the study of aging and immunology: Parts III and IV examine those links and their wide-ranging implications.

This book will appeal to social workers, clinical practitioners, and scholars in ethnic studies, family studies, sociology, counseling, and psychology.

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