Prevention and Coping in Child and Family Care

Introduction. Part One: Context. 1. Policy, Prevention and Practice. 2. Dimensions of Coping. 3. Parenting. 4. Context, Study methods. Part Two: Problems and Stressors. 5. Women's constructions of problems. 6. Ascribing responsibility and blame. 7. The context for Coping: associated problems. Part Three: Direct Coping. 8. Child Controlling Strategies. 9. Child Responsive Coping. 10. Emotion and self-focused coping strategies. 11. Case Studies. Part Four: Using Social Support. 12. Informal Support. 13. Seeking help from social services. 14. Client discourses of judgements on social services. 15. Referral for support to outside agencies. Part Five: Epilogue. 16. Women's appraisal of their coping. 17. Conclusions: Prevention and Coping in Child and Family Care. References. Index

Blame · Developmental psychology · Referral · Social support · Stressor · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology