Stress and coping among adoptive parents

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Stephanie Hottaen
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:48:42Zen
dc.date.adate2008-11-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:48:42Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2008-11-01en
dc.date.sdate2008-11-01en
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the joint effects of background factors, chronic strains, psychological resources, and coping responses on emotional stress among 99 adoptive parents who responded to a mailed questionnaire. Factor analysis identified use of three problem-focused coping strategies (planful problem-solving, cognitive reappraisal, confrontive coping) and four emotion-focused coping strategies (accepting responsibility, emphasize positives, wishful thinking, distancing). Multiple regression analysis revealed that parents reporting higher levels of emotional distress were significantly more likely to indicate a pile-up of chronic stressful circumstances related to their status as adoptive parents. More highly stressed parents were also significantly more likely to say-that they made greater use of emotion-focused coping strategies, had adopted an older age child, and received less support from family members. These findings support Pearlin’s (1989) model of the stress process. Implications for additional research in the area of stress and coping among adoptive parents were discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 74 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11012008-063428en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063428/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45403en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.M556.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36124050en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectadoptionen
dc.subjectadoptive parentsen
dc.subjectstressen
dc.subjectcoping strategiesen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.M556en
dc.titleStress and coping among adoptive parentsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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