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Rethinking Boundary Ambiguity from an Ecological Perspective: Stress in Protestant Clergy Families
Author(s) -
LEE CAMERON
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1995.00075.x
Subject(s) - ambiguity , perspective (graphical) , protestantism , psychology , boundary (topology) , sociology , ecology , social psychology , political science , biology , law , philosophy , linguistics , art , mathematical analysis , mathematics , visual arts
Family researchers have virtually ignored the families of clergy as a population of interest. Their unique social ecology, however, can offer a profitable case study in family stress. The genesis of Boss's (1977, 1987) boundary ambiguity construct will be reviewed and critiqued. Bronfenbrenner's (1979) approach will then be applied to the boundary problems of clergy families. It is argued that an ecological analysis of boundary ambiguity in clergy families will lead to a higher‐order understanding of the construct itself.