Baker F M
J Natl Med Assoc. 1987 Jun;79(6):625-33.
The author examines the Afro-American life cycle from the period of the 1900s to the 1980s and discusses the psychosocial context for a three-generation Afro-American family living in America in the 1980s. The specific stresses and successful or maladaptive coping strategies of the members are presented as well as the potential mental health problems arising from ineffective mastery of developmental transitions.
作者审视了20世纪初至80年代非裔美国人的生命周期,并探讨了20世纪80年代生活在美国的一个三代非裔美国家庭的心理社会背景。文中呈现了家庭成员所面临的具体压力以及成功或适应不良的应对策略,还有因未能有效应对发展转变而产生的潜在心理健康问题。