Contents IntroductionThe Family Stress Process: The Double ABCX Model of Adjustment and Adaptation Critical Transitions Over the Family Life Span: Theory and Research Family Stress as Community Frame Family Problem Solving and Family Stress Individual Coping Efforts and Family Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Social Support and Family Stress Contribution of Personality Research to an Understanding of Stress and Aging Family Divorce and Separation: Theory and Research Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress in Family Stress Theories: The Case of Black Families in White America Analytic Essay: Family Stress and Bereavement Researching Family Stress Reference Notes Included