Couples Coping With Stress: Emerging Perspectives On Dyadic Coping

Leading researchers and clinicians from North America and western Europe examine recent theoretical perspectives and original research on the ways couples cope with stress, including acute and chronic stress, stresses within and outside the family, and stress caused by physical and mental illnesses. They also translate their findings into practice principals. Dyadic coping--the interplay between the stress signals of one partner and the coping reaction of the other--is introduced as an additional resource that adds to each partner's coping ability. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)