Families & Change

The textbook Families & Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions, 6th Edition, by Kevin R. Bush and Christine A. Price, presents scholarly material on family adaptation and stress. The volume establishes its core focus by analyzing academic literature on how families respond to diverse life transitions and stressful events across the life course.

The material synthesizes key topics in family sciences, focusing on coping mechanisms and stress factors that affect family units over time. It details how individuals and family groups encounter, manage, and adjust to life disruptions, outlining theoretical foundations of family stress research.

By organizing research on developmental and situational transitions, the text supports student understanding of family adaptation and change. It connects scientific findings to family experiences, facilitating systematic study of family responses across different life stages.