Couples Coping with Stress: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

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This is the first book that reviews both empirical and clinical applications of how couples jointly cope with stress - dyadic coping - around the globe. The Systemic-Transactional Stress Model (STM), developed by co-editor Guy Bodenmann, is used as a consistent framework so readers can better appreciate the contrasts and similarities across the fourteen cultures represented in the book. Written by scholars from the particular culture, each chapter provides a conceptual review of the dyadic coping research conducted in their specific cultures, and also provides empirical and clinical recommendations. Additional contributions include how to measure dyadic coping, so others can apply the STM model in other contexts. The latest treatment approaches for therapy and prevention are also highlighted, making this book ideal for professionals interested in expanding their cultural competence when working with couples from various backgrounds. Highlights include: -How couples in different cultures deal with stress and how values and traditions affect dyadic stress and coping. -Global applications, especially to couples in the regions highlighted in the book -- the U.S (including one chapter on Latino couples in the U.S.)., Australia, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland. -Factors encountered in examining dyadic coping using the STM Model including measurement and assessment issues. -Suggestions for making treatment, prevention, and intervention programs for couples more effective. Ideal for relationship researchers, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and advanced students who work with couples dealing with stress. This book is also appropriate for advanced courses on interpersonal processes, close relationships, stress and coping, multicultural issues in marriage and family therapy or counseling, or family systems, taught in a variety of social science disciplines. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 About the Editors......Page 10 About the Contributors......Page 12 Foreword......Page 20 Foreword......Page 22 Preface......Page 24 Acknowledgments......Page 26 Introduction......Page 28 1 Coping in Couples: The Systemic Transactional Model (STM)......Page 32 2 Cultural Considerations in Understanding Dyadic Coping Across Cultures......Page 50 3 Measuring Dyadic Coping Across Cultures......Page 63 4 Dyadic Coping Among Couples in the U.S.......Page 81 5 Dyadic Coping in Latino Couples in the U.S.......Page 97 6 Dyadic Coping in Swiss Couples......Page 113 7 Dyadic Coping in Portuguese Couples......Page 132 8 Dyadic Coping in German Couples......Page 149 9 Dyadic Coping in Italian Couples......Page 164 10 Dyadic Coping in Greek Couples......Page 180 11 Dyadic Coping in Hungarian Couples......Page 197 12 Dyadic Coping in Romanian Couples......Page 214 13 Dyadic Coping in Pakistani Couples......Page 230 14 Dyadic Coping in Chinese Couples......Page 245 15 Dyadic Coping in Japanese Couples......Page 263 16 Dyadic Coping in African Couples......Page 280 17 Dyadic Coping in Australian Couples......Page 296 18 Including the Cultural Context in Dyadic Coping: Directions for Future Research and Practice......Page 312 Conclusion......Page 331 Author Index......Page 342 Subject Index......Page 345