Children's Stress and Coping

Addressing the dearth of information regarding children's perception of stress in the setting of their own families, this book substantiates the fact that children can and will articulate needs and perceptions, if given an appropriate vehicle. Challenging traditional deference to adult assessment, data are drawn from both parents and children in an effort to portray the unique child's perspective. Through open-ended, qualitative measures of semi-structured diaries and drawings, Sorensen offers a clarifying glimpse into the child's world. From such data, taxonomies of children's stressors, coping responses, and coping resources are developed and presented, offering both validation and challenges to current literature. This book will be of interest to academicians, practitioners, and graduate students in family studies, child development, psychology and nursing.