Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions (Paperback)

by Patrick C. McKenry (Editor), Sharon J. Price (Editor) "American families today are experiencing unprecedented change and are coping with a variety of problems, both old and new (Cherlin, 1996; Settles, 1999)..." (more)
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This Second Edition presents a synthesis and analysis of the vast literature that has emerged in recent years detailing families’ responses to various transitions and other stressful life events. This book is intended to serve as a basic or supplementary text for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses on family or social problems.

Families & Change, Second Edition will also be useful to professionals, novices, and those with considerable experience, especially in social work, education, and public health, which are increasingly being required to work with family problems.

About the Author

Sharon J. Price is a Professor Emerita and former Department Head in the Department of Child and Family Development at the University of Georgia. She was also on the faculties of Gerontology and Women's Studies and has published extensively in professional journals. She and Patrick McKenry have coauthored and coedited Divorce, Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions, and Families Across Time: A Life Course Perspective. Her research focused on the study of widows who live on family farms. She has won several teaching awards, including the Osborne Award, presented by the National Council on Family Relations, and the highest honor for teaching at the University of Georgia, the Josiah Meigs Award. She is active in several professional organizations and has served in many capacities, including president of the National Council on Family Relations. She received her Ph.D. at Iowa State University.

Patrick C. McKenry, deceased, was Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the Ohio State University. His research focused on families and stress, with particular interest in family conflict and violence, postdivorce adjustment, variations in coping by gender and race, and the role of conflict and violence in the coparenting process after divorce. He published extensively in the marriage and family literature and coauthored or coedited with Sharon Price Divorce, Families Across Time: A Life Course Perspective, and all three editions of Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions. He was a member of the American Sociological Association and the National Council on Family Relations, where he has held several leadership positions. He was also the recipient of three Ohio State University awards for excellence in teaching and research. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 2nd edition (July 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761919732
• ISBN-13: 978-0761919735
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #909,308 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great text. Easy to read, October 29, 2004

By	A. Neumiller (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions (Hardcover)

I've referred to this book on many occasions over the years. Now working on my second degree, several classmates and a professor have used it as the basis for discussions on family stress. It covers a variety of topics and the resulting ramifications. The topics apply in all life situations and allow you to see families in a whole new light. An easy, yet very informative read. Working toward my first degree, it was the only text I read cover to cover.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good text, NOT interchangable with newer edition, May 21, 2008

By	lainibug (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

I'm giving this 4 stars because, from the perspective of a counselor taking a grad class, I like this text but not quite enough to merit 5 stars.

The potentially helpful comment I have to offer is that the second edition is significantly different than the third one. I often buy an older edition of a textbook to save lots of money, and for most classes that's worked just fine. However, there is too much difference between the layout/content of the 2nd and 3rd editions to get away with that in this case. Some chapters have different authors. I'm not saying that the information is outdated, just that you can't sub one for the other if you're taking a class. I guess what that really means is they actually put work into the new edition, which is a good thing! And it's good enough that I won't mind keeping this extra copy on my shelves.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Service, March 12, 2006

By	E. McCullough "Ange de la Rose Bleu" (Brush Prairie, Washington United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions (Paperback)

I received this item so quick I didn't know what the package was until I opened it. Great timing!!