Handbook of family resilience / Dorothy S. Becvar, editor.

In a time of increasing stressors affecting the lives of so many, resilience--the capacity for individuals to cope, adapt, survive, and thrive despite severe crises and long odds--is a hot topic. Now resilience as both a family trait and a family process is being recognized as equally deserving of s...

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Other Authors: Becvar, Dorothy Stroh
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, ©2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. RESILIENCE IN GENERAL
  • Roads to Understanding Family Resilience: 1920s to the Twenty-First Century / William C. Nichols
  • Operationalizing Family Resilience as Process: Proposed Methodological Strategies / Laura G. DeHaan, Dale R. Hawley and James E. Deal
  • The Ramifications for Clinical Practice of a Focus on Family Resilience / Dale R. Hawley
  • Facilitating Family Resilience in Clinical Practice / Dorothy S. Becvar
  • Community-Based Practice Applications of a Family Resilience Framework / Froma Walsh--
  • Part 2. RESILIENCE AND FAMILIES
  • Resilience in Stepfamilies / Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence Ganong and Luke T. Russell
  • Resilience in Military Marriages Experiencing Deployment / Jared R. Anderson, Yvonne Amanor-Boadu, Sandra M. Stith and Rachel E. Foster
  • Family Resilience and Parenting / Ivelisse Torres Fernandez, Jonathan P. Schwartz, Heejung Chun and Ginger Dickson
  • Family Resilience and At-Risk Youth / Michael Ungar
  • Family Resilience in the Context of High-Risk Situations / Cynthia A. Lietz--
  • Part 3. RESILIENCE AND ETHNICITY
  • Resilience in Ethnic Family Systems: A Relational Theory for Research and Practice / Laurie D. McCubbin and Hamilton I. McCubbin
  • Native American Family Resilience / Rockey Robbins, Sharla Robbins and Brad Stennerson
  • Familias Fuertes: Family Resilience Among Latinos / J. Maria Bermudez and Jay A. Mancini
  • Resilience in Black Families / Leslie D. Hollingsworth
  • Resilience Relative to Korean Families / Sandra Rigazio-DiGilio and Ppudah Ki--
  • Part 4. RESILIENCE, LOSS, AND GRIEF
  • Family Resilience in the Wake of Loss: A Meaning-Oriented Contribution / An Hooghe and Robert A. Neimeyer
  • Resilience as Tolerance for Ambiguity / Pauline Boss
  • Bereavement in the Face of Perinatal Loss: A Hardiness Perspective / Ariella Lang and Tracy Carr
  • Family Resilience Relative to Parental Death / Abraham P. Greeff and Berquin Human
  • Resilience in Aging: Moving Through Challenge to Wisdom / Holly Nelson-Becker--
  • Part 5. RESILIENCE AND ABILITY
  • Family Resilience Relative to Children with Severe Disabilities / Timothy S. Hartshorne, Alyson Schafer, Kasee K. Stratton and Tasha M. Nacarato
  • Nurturing Family Resilience in Response to Chronic Illness: An Integrative Approach to Health and Growth Promotion / Ester R. Shapiro
  • Enhancing Resilience in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Mojdeh Bayat and Peter Schuntermann
  • Family Resilience Relative to Mental Health Challenges / Dorothy S. Becvar
  • Strengthening Family Resilience Through Spiritual and Religious Resources / Karen Caldwell and Karolyn Senter--
  • Part 6. RESILIENCE, TRAUMA, AND ABUSE
  • Family and Community Resilience Relative to the Experience of Mass Trauma: Connectedness to Family and Culture of Origin as the Core Components of Healing / Judith L. Landau
  • Resilience Despite Risk: Understanding African-American ACOAS' Kin and Fictive Kin Relationships / J. Camille Hall
  • Fostering Resilience in Daughters of Battered Women / Kim M. Anderson
  • Family Resilience and Sexuality / Tina M. Timm
  • The Community as Family: Resilience in Older Women Religious Sexually Abused in Early Life / Gary U. Behrman.