Hill's ABCX family crisis framework has continued to serve as the foundation for the research
and theory building efforts of the past decade of family stress investigations. Research …

In reviewing family stress research since the advent of Hill's AB CX family crisis model
(1949, 1958) and Burr's (1973) synthesis of family stress research (McCubbin, Joy, Cauble …

The ABC-X model of family stress and coping, developed by Reuben Hill, is a framework for
analyzing the factors that determine the relationship between stressful events and crises …

Our major purpose in developing this volume evolved as we at tempted to integrate and
adapt various approaches to the systematic study of families faced with normative and non …

First Published in 1983. All families experience stress: the adjustment period when an infant
is born; the many problems engendered by adolescents; role, dual-career, and work …

The Third Edition of Family Stress Management by Pauline Boss, Chalandra M. Bryant, and
Jay A. Mancini continues its original commitment to recognize both the external and internal …

Family stress theories, as McCubbin, Dahl, Lester, Benson, and Robertson (1976) have
pointed out, have traditionally concentrated on variations in family vulnerability and family …

Some of the discrepancies between observations made of family behavior under stress and
the family stress theory literature to date result from the tendency to emphasize adaptation to …

Abstract [The authors] reexamine the theoretical literature in search of a better way of
understanding stress and its management in families. They liberate their inquiry by setting …

Two STREAMS OF research concerned about social stresses and the family have been
running parallel for some time. This conference should stimulate their early convergence. I …