What Is The Theme Of Stress And Coping In Families

The book that was read for this assignment was “Stress and Coping in Families” by Katheryn C. Maguire. The book is divided into two sections, “Part I” and “Part II”. The purpose of “Part I” is to give the reader insight on stress and all the components, such as physiological and cognitive behavior. “Part II” is applying “Part I” to actual scenarios, three to be exact. The main idea of the book is to demonstrate the different ways stress can interfere with one’s health and personal life. The ideas that are being discussed are, stressful situations that many people encounter in their lives. Also, the ways in which people can learn to manage the amount of negative stress they are suffering from can help them keep a positive mindset. These ideas

The way this connects to my topic is, stress is not a tangible object that can be thrown out, but something you can get in life like happiness and sadness. The significant ways that my book added to my knowledge of my topic is that now I know that like me, there are others that seem happy but are stressed out all the time, especially those with an illness. Also, the book changed my perspective in the slightest way because this has always been an interesting topic for me, the only difference is now I’m more engaged in this topic than I was

42). Stress in a family mainly occurs when a family member is lost, or parents divorce, etc. The reason this was included in the book was because most people can relate to these situations in life. The reason this ties in with stress is because these are examples of stressors, which are what cause stress in the first place. One of the most stressful situations I experienced growing up occurred when my parents divorced, because of this, I went to a psychologist for three years. According to Maguire, “Coping strategies are often enacted via communication, which explains why a large body of communication research examines communicative coping strategies.” (p.89) In other words, communication is key. The book not only talks about stress but how one can cope with it, which is the main topic of this book. Growing up I never had “that person” I could go to, to tell them what was going on and what I was feeling. The only time I told someone what was going on was when I went to the psychologist. The author states that “A breast cancer diagnosis poses a number of stressors and has many adverse effects on patients, partners, and family members.” Essentially, finding out a patient has a deadly illness out of the blue can bring a whole lot of stress,