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Arent, Ruth P. – 1985
The booklet examines the effects of parental and family stress on gifted children. Four areas of family turmoil are covered: (1) separation and divorce, (2) death and dying, (3) violence, and (4) serious family illness. Problems are addressed in terms of considerations for preschool, school-aged, and high school gifted students. The first section,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Death, Diseases, Divorce
Peer reviewedHonig, Alice Sterling – Young Children, 1986
Reviews research on the components and stages of stress in the lives of children, identifying three stages and six categories of stress factors: personal child variables, ecological stressors, socioeconomic status, catastrophes and terrors, family events, and spouse problems. (KS)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Ecological Factors, Family Environment
