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In spite of the increase in stress-coping research, little is known about how stress is actually perceived by children in the family setting. This is due in part to the real difficulties involved in collecting data on children's subjective experiences. In addition, what we currently know about children's stress and coping has traditionally derived from adult reporters, rather than from the children themselves.

Filling a gap in the literature, this volume explores theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of children and families in general, and to stress-coping phenomena from the child's perspective in particular. The book challenges traditional deference to adult assessment of stress and coping among children by drawing data from both parents and children, revealing significant contrasts between the two. Through open-ended, qualitative measures of children's diaries and drawings, the book offers a glimpse into the inner world of the child and gives scholarly expression to the fact that children can, and readily will, articulate needs and perceptions if given an appropriate vehicle.

The book's well-documented chapters discuss traditional approaches to stress and coping, implications for current child and family study, specific needs related to the study of children within the family, and implications for theory and methods. Taxonomies of children's stressors, coping responses, and coping resources are drawn from the data and examined in detail. The book concludes with suggestions for future research and clinical practice.

Providing fascinating insight into children's actual experience of stress and coping, this volume lays the groundwork for ongoing research, scholarship, and therapeutic practice. Academicians, practitioners, and graduate students in family studies, child development, psychology, and nursing will find this book invaluable in shedding light on the often overlooked culture of children.

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• Preface
• Perspectives for Study: Traditional Approaches to Stress and Coping
• The Family Perspective: Theoretical and Methodological Notes
• Stress, Coping, and Appraisal among Children
• An Exploration of Children's Stressors and Coping Responses
• Learning from Children's Art
• Suggestions for Future Research and Clinical Practice
• References
• Tables
• 1 Children's Daily Stressors
• 2 Children's Coping Efforts
• 3 Children's Coping Resources/Uplifts
• 4 Outline of Stress?Coping Taxonomies
• 5 Taxonomy Themes
• 6 Stressors Related to Coping by Theme
• 7 Stressors Related to Resources by Theme
• 8 Resources Related to Coping by Theme
• 9 Proportion of Children's Art that Reflected Reported Stress?Coping Experiences
• 10 Use of Color and Word Labels in Children's Art
• 11 Topics Depicted in Children's Art
• FIGURES 1?9: Children's Art

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Elaine Shaw Sorensen is Associate Professor of Nursing at Brigham Young University. She has worked in education and clinical practice in maternal-child health and community nursing, including service for 18 months in Colombia. She does research on children's stress and coping, emphasizing the child's perspective in families and qualitative designs. Her other publications include scholarly and lay works on children, health, historical methods, and women's issues.