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Peer reviewedStorer, John H.; And Others – Family Relations, 1987
Examines the ways hypertension therapy-related stress is mediated by extended family-based self-help groups in rural, central Mississippi. Concludes that these self-help groups are the best means of controlling hypertension in this area because they are built upon an existing family structure and involve the entire extended family in adapting to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Compliance (Psychology), Extended Family, Family Problems
Motiff, James P. – 1980
A 5-week, 12-hour course given to the community emphasized understanding and coping with stress. At the beginning of the course several inventories were administered to the students, who also completed the instruments in a follow-up procedure 10-12 weeks after the end of the seminar. The course focused on recognition of stress signals and the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Coping
