C.1. What is new? p.14-- C.2. The contextual model: understanding family stress in science and practice p.35-- C.3. Definitions: A guide to family stress theory p.68-- C.4. Coping adapting being resilient ... or is it managing? p.89-- C.5. Bounday ambiguity: A risk factor in family stress management p.104-- C.6. The link between ambiguity and ambivalence in family stress management p.119-- C.7. Denial: barrier of buffer in family stress management? p.130-- C.8. Family values and belief systems: Influences on family stress management p.143-- C.9. The family's external context p. 156-- C.10 Family crisis: overcoming trauma and victimization p.171-- C.11. Where have we been and where are we going? p.184--
