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Farm stressors
Author(s) -
Olson Kenneth R.,
Schellenberg Richard P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00935358
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , psychology , citation , library science , stressor , sociology , psychiatry , mathematics , computer science , algorithm
The first section of this paper examines stressors in farm environments. The literature discussed concerns questionnaire surveys of general farm stressors, familial stressors in farm environments, such as role incongruence and conflict, and extrafamilial farm stressors. The discussion of extrafamilial stressors emphasizes financial stressors and the current farm financial crisis. Based on the implications of the farm stressor literature, the second section of the paper considers directions that community psychologists and others might take in working in farm areas. These directions are considered in terms of different types of programs aimed at preventing or alleviating farm financial stress.