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Family Stress

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The family has been characterized as a “puny work group” badly organized to withstand stress and yet engaged in the most stressful of social responsibilities (Hill, 1958, pp. 33-34). Nevertheless, many families succeed and survive because, to varying degrees, their vulnerabilities are counterbalanced by their strengths. Thus, the general challenge to scientists and therapists is to ascertain why some families can cope even in the face of severe stress whereas others crumble under the least amount of pressure; the specific challenge is to identify and understand those elements of a family’s internal and external contexts that enhance or block this coping process.

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