Families : a context for development / David White and Anne Woollett.
By: White, David
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Contributor(s): Woollett, Anne.
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BookSeries: Contemporary psychology series (London, England): 2.Publisher: London ; New York : Falmer, 1992Description: x, 207 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 185000837X; 1850008388.Subject(s): Families -- Psychological aspects | Developmental psychologyDDC classification: 158.24 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 158.24 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00028243 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 158.24 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00028244 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work addresses itself to how the family and its individual members grow and develop; how they respond collectively and individually to the changing challenges from society. Individual members can be helped or hindered by the family. A developmental perspective is adopted.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and indexes.
Families as a context for development -- Family formation: adjustments to parenthood -- Different forms of family building: reproductive technology and adoption -- Mothers and children -- Beyond the dyad: fathers, mothers and children -- Sibling and family relations in childhood and adolescence -- The family in transition: single parenting, family breakup and reconstituted families -- Child abuse within the family -- The health of the child: prematurity, illness, handicap and the family -- Stress in the family and coping: vulnerability and resilience -- Cultural and ethnic issues.