M.A. McCubbin’s scientific contributions

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Family stress theory and the development of nursing knowledge about family adaptation
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January 1993

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M.A. McCubbin

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... Although the above figures reflect the high percentage of supplementary grandparent caregivers, the literature has focused on primary grandparents caregivers (Villar et al., 2012;Triadó et al., 2014). The Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation (McCubbin, 1993) explains why some families are more resilient than others, having a greater capacity to adapt to family stress. The model analyses the family as a single unit, focusing on three aspects that influence its adjustment and adaptation process: (1) Family demands, the stimuli that pressure the family system to adjust and adapt; (2) family resources, which include those of each family member, those of the family in general, those of the community, and those that arise in response to the family demands; and (3) problemsolving skills, which refer to the strengths that the family has and how it uses them to adjust and adapt to family demand. ...

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Emotional competences as predictors of psychological wellbeing and quality of life of supplementary grandparents caregivers
Family stress theory and the development of nursing knowledge about family adaptation
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  • January 1993