Families : a context for development /
David White and Anne Woollett.
- London ; New York : Falmer, 1992.
- x, 207 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Contemporary psychology series ; 2 .
- Contemporary psychology series (London, England) ; 2. .
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.