Change is an integral part of any family's day-to-day experience. Problems, crises, transitions, and change all affect the family as our society progresses into a more complicated future. Researchers and practitioners grapple with such complex issues as divorce, violence, and changing family structures each day and require suggestions and solutions to tough situations associated with families and change. This book integrates scholarship from a variety of disciplines to address the most common problems faced by contemporary families. This new edition includes a chapter on LGBT families and covers military families. In addition. It also has a new student study site and faculty resources.

Presents the vast literature that has emerged in recent years focusing on how families respond to various transitions and stressful life events.

Suited to graduate and undergraduate courses on family or social problems, this text presents scholarship from a variety of disciplines to address common problems faced by contemporary families. An overview of the major points of contention, explanatory theories, and research knowledge are discussed

An informative anthology of recent theory and research developments pertinent to family stress.

First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.