Families & Change

Kevin Ray Bush is Associate Dean, Professor of Family Studies and Social Work, and co-director of the Doris Bergen Center for Human Development, Learning and Technology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.  His research interests focus on child and adolescent development in the contexts of family, school, community and culture.  He has examined the relationships between parents, teachers, and child and adolescent development within diverse US and international samples.  Dr. Bush is also interested in program evaluation, and has conducted evaluations of school, agency and home based child and family intervention programs. Dr. Bush has a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Arizona State University and a PhD in Human Development and Family Relations from The Ohio State University.Christine A. Price is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the Gerontology Program in the Department of Family and Child Studies at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. Her primary area of teaching is family gerontology and her scholarly interests emphasize the transitional adjustment and psychosocial experiences of retired women. Her work has been published in several scholarly journals including The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, the Journal of Women and Aging, Family Relations, and The Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research. She earned her Master’s and PhD in Child and Family Development and Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from The University of Georgia.

"It is a good overview of family stress theory combined with application to a diverse amount of family situations. The text is straightforward and written at the right level for my students."

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface to the Sixth EditionAcknowledgmentsSection 1: Theoretical FoundationsChapter 1: Families Coping With Change: A Conceptual Overview - Christine A. Price, Kevin R. Bush, Sharon J. Price, and Patrick C. McKenrySection 2: Family Stress and AdjustmentChapter 2: Everyday Hassles and Family Relationships - Heather M. Helms, Kaicee B. Postler, and David H. DemoChapter 3: Mindfulness and Family Stress - Suzanne Klatt and Anthony G. JamesSection 3: Developmental Family StressChapter 4: Parental Stress Viewed Through the Lens of Family Stress Theory - Gary W. PetersonChapter 5: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Understanding Stress and Resilience in Family Systems - Kami L. Gallus and Briana S. Nelson GoffChapter 6: LGBQ-Parent Families: Development and Functioning in Context - Abbie E. Goldberg and Nora M. McCormickChapter 7: Stress and Coping in Later Life - Áine M. HumbleSection 4: Stressful Family TransitionsChapter 8: Divorce: Variation and Fluidity - David H. Demo, Mark A. Fine, and Savannah SommersChapter 9: Stress and Resilience in Stepfamilies Today - Chelsea Garneau-Rosner and Braquel EggintonChapter 10: Immigrant Families: Resilience Through Adversity - Bertranna A. Muruthi, Hyoun K. Kim, James Muruthi, and Jaehee KimSection 5: Contextual Influences on Family StressChapter 11: Economic Stress and Families - Suzanne Bartholomae and Jonathan FoxChapter 12: Race, Ethnicity, and Family Stress - Anthony G. James, Veronica R. Barrios, Roudi Roy, and Soyoung LeeChapter 13: The Newest Generation of U.S. Veterans and Their Families - Kyung-Hee Lee and Shelley MacDermid WadsworthSection 6: Stress Relating to Family and Community ViolenceChapter 14: Promoting Pathways to Resilient Outcomes for Maltreated Children - Margaret O’Dougherty Wright and Lucy AllbaughChapter 15: Stress and Coping with Intimate Partner Violence - Lyndal KhawChapter 16: Family Responses to School and Community Mass Violence - Amity Noltemeyer, Courtney L. McLaughlin, Mark R. McGowan, and Caitie JohnsonSection 7: Family Stress and Coping with Sickness and DeathChapter 17: Physical Illness and Family Stress - Jeremy Yorgason, Stephanie Richardson, and Kevin StottChapter 18: Family Socioeconomic Context and Mental Health in Parents and Children: A Heuristic Framework - Kandauda A. S. Wickrama, Catherine Walker O’Neal, and Tae Kyoung LeeChapter 19: Families Coping with Alcohol and Substance Abuse - Kevin P. Lyness and Judith L. FischerChapter 20: Death, Dying, and Grief in Families - Colleen I. Murray and Jordan C. ReuterAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors