A long tradition of research demonstrates that divorce is a risk factor for depressive symptoms. Although a growing literature examines links between religious factors and marital quality and stability, researchers have neglected the role of religion in successful or problematic coping following divorce. Building on Pargament's seminal work on…

We describe a distress prevention training program for couples and three empirical studies that support its effectiveness. The program, Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET), is based both upon stress and coping theory and research on couples. In addition to traditional elements of couples programs (e.g., communication and problem-solving…

Notes government study conclusion that Vietnam veterans with supportive marital relationships are more likely to successfully adjust to delayed stresses of combat. Presents a conceptual model of the role of spouse support in Vietnam veterans' adjustment to posttraumatic stress syndrome. Discusses implications of the model for therapeutic…

Explored determinants of work/family role strain using 1979 questionnaire data from 468 employed parents. Examination of individual-level, family-level, and work-related variables revealed that work-related variables, as a group, had greatest impact on job tension. (Author/NRB)

Explored stressors that accompany experience of involuntary childlessness and examined mediators of adjustment to infertility in married individuals. Data showed deleterious effect that coping with infertility can have on couple's sexual relationship. Findings suggest important relationship between self-esteem, marital commitment, and positive…

Interviewed 42 new mothers to measure their use of four coping strategies applied to the balancing of parenthood with outside employment, social life, marriage, and housekeeping. Found that the ability to manage multiple roles was related to better overall adjustment to parenthood, especially when the strategies were applied to work and social…

Examined generational differences in 71 two-generation farm families as they related to stress, coping, family support, and family satisfaction. Results indicated that the younger generation was the more stressed and the less satisfied with the family farm situation. Implications for practitioners and researchers are discussed. (Author/NB)

Discusses the impact of employment insecurity, career mobility, job content and satisfaction, amount and scheduling of work time, geographic mobility, and the wife's role on corporate families. Analysis is limited to male executives and their families. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological Association, May 1980. (Author)

Used stress and coping model to study predictors of individual differences in caregiver depression and satisfaction among 72 wife caregivers of husbands with Alzheimer's disease. Specifically examined relationship-focused caregiver coping strategies. Findings support need for expansion of conceptualization of caregiver coping to include…

Discusses ways people cope with extramarital relationships of their spouses. Results found avoidance was significantly more common among women, especially among women with a low self-esteem. Both avoidance and reappraisal correlated positively with neuroticism. Communication occurred more often among people with high marital satisfaction. (Author)

Studied parent, child, and marital attributes to explore factors that are most closely tied to levels of overall family functioning in households containing young developmentally disabled children. Surveyed 88 families using in-home interviews of parents. Found that level of family functioning had no relationship to specific child attributes but…