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Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction Ann Maney and Juan Ramos

Part I. An Emerging Synthesis in the Social Stress Model of Mental Health and Mental Disorder

Chapter 1. Leonard I. Pearlin. Some Conceptual Perspectives on the Origins and Prevention of Social Stress

Chapter 2. R. Jay Turner. On the Stress Process as Mechanism in the Social Distribution of Mental Disease in Community Studies

New Directions. James A. House. The Social Context of Stress and Prevention Research

Commentary. Kevin D. Hennessy. Implications for Research Roles in Policy Analysis and Evaluation

Part II. Socioeconomic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder

Section A. Fundamental Cause vs. Mechanism-Based Models

Chapter 3. Bruce Link.and Jo Phelan. Social Inequality and Health: Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease

Chapter 4. Ralph Catalano. The Effect of Economic Contraction on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorder

New Directions. Sheldon H. Danziger. Rising Inequality and the Relationship between Economic Conditions and Stress

Commentary. V. Jeffery Evans. Applications to Economic Analysis and Population Research

Section B. Stressful Economic Contexts Linked to Job Holding, Job Loss, and Job Seeking in a Globalizing Society

Chapter 5. Daniel C. Ganster. The Stressful Workplace, Mental and Physical Health and the Problem of Prevention

Chapter 6. Rand D. Conger and Martha A Rueter. Economic Pressures in Rural Families: Couple Interactions That Reduce Risk for Emotional Distress and Marital Instability

Chapter 7. Richard H. Price, Daniel S. Friedland and Amiram D. Vinokur. The Job Seeker Role as Resource in Achieving Reemployment and Enhancing Mental Health New Directions.

New Directions. Patrick C. Heggy. Stressors and the Changing World of Work

Commentary. Virginia S. Cain. Implications for Future Priorities in Disease Prevention Research

Part III. Gender, Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Disorder

Section A. Multiple Paths: Socioeconomic and Cultural

Chapter 8. James S. Jackson, David R. Williams and Myriam Torres. Discrimination , Health and Mental Health: The Social Stress Process

Chapter 9. William A. Vega. Acculturation, Stress and Latino Adolescent Drug Use

Chapter 10. Sarah Rosenfield. Gender Stratification, Stress and Mental Illness

New Directions. Hector Franklin Myers. Gender, Ethnicity, Discrimination, and Acculturation In the Context of Stress

Section B. Stressful Family Contexts Linked to Unmarried Parenting, Working Mothers and Marital Instability in a Globalizing Society

Chapter 11. Elizabeth G. Menaghan. Family Relationships as Sources of Stress and Support: Making the Connection Between Work and Family Experiences

Chapter 12. William R. Avison. Family Structure and Mental Health

Chapter 13. Donald Wertlieb. Stress and Coping in Divorce: Children and Developmental Trajectories

New Directions. Howard J. Markman. Toward the Prevention of Marital and Family Distress

Commentary. Helen V. Howerton. Implications for Family and Child Service Policy

Part IV. Stressful Community Contexts: On Multidimensional and Salient Concepts

Chapter 14. Carol S. Aneshensel and Clea A. Sucoff. Neighborhood Structure and Experience in Adolescent Mental Health

Chapter 15. Barry Wellman, Stephanie Potter and Milena Gulia. Where Does Social Support Come From? The Social Network Basis of Interpersonal Resources for Coping with Stress

New Directions. Abraham Wandersman. Interaction Context in Prevention Science and Community Mobilization

Commentary. Zili Sloboda. Implications from the "Social Stress Process Model" in Drug Abuse Prevention Research