Family transitions / edited by Philip A. Cowan, Mavis Hetherington.
Contributor(s): Cowan, Philip A
| Hetherington, E. Mavis (Eileen Mavis) | Family Research Consortium. Summer Institute (2nd : 1987 : Santa Fe, N.M.).
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BookSeries: Advances in family research.Publisher: Hillsdale, N. J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1991Description: xi, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0805807845.Subject(s): Family -- United States -- Congresses | Parenting -- United States -- Congresses | Problem families -- United States -- Congresses | Life cycle, HumanDDC classification: 306.850973 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.850973 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00012828 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume, the result of the second annual Summer Institute sponsored by the Family Research Consortium, focuses on family transitions--both normative and non-normative. The subject of family transitions has been a central concern of the consortium largely because studies of families in motion help to highlight mechanisms leading to adaptation and dysfunction. This text represents a collective effort to understand the techniques individuals and families employ to adapt to the pressing issues they encounter along their life course.
Proceedings of the second annual Summer Institute sponsored by the Family Research Consortium held in 1987 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part I: Perspectives -- Individual and family life transitions: a proposal for a new definition / Philip A. Cowan -- Family transitions, cycles and social change / Glen H. Elder -- Family transitions, stress and health / Jason R. Dura and Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser -- Part II: Normative and nonnormative transitions -- Becoming a family: marriage, parenting and child development / Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan, Gertrude Heming and Nancy B. Miller -- Effective parenting during the early adolescent transition / Diana Baumrind -- The role of individual differences and family relationships in children's coping with divorce and remarriage / E. Mavis Hetherington -- Antisocial parents: unskilled and vulnerable / G. R. Patterson and D. M. Capaldi -- Effective communication: enabling multiproblem families to change / Elaine A. Blechman -- Part III: Metaphors and models -- Chaos and regulated change in families: a metaphor for the study of transitions / John Mordechai Gottman -- A soft models approach to family transitions / R. Frank Falk and Nancy B. Miller.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. ix)
- I Perspectives (p. 1)
- 1 Individual and Family Life Transitions: A Proposal for a New Definition (p. 3)
- References (p. 26)
- 2 Family Transitions, Cycles, and Social Change (p. 31)
- References (p. 54)
- 3 Family Transitions, Stress, and Health (p. 59)
- References (p. 73)
- II Normative and Nonnormative Transitions (p. 77)
- 4 Becoming a Family: Marriage, Parenting, and Child Development (p. 79)
- Acknowledgments (p. 104)
- Acknowledgments (p. 105)
- 5 Effective Parenting During the Early Adolescent Transition (p. 111)
- References (p. 159)
- 6 The Role of Individual Differences and Family Relationships in Children's Coping with Divorce and Remarriage (p. 190)
- 7 Antisocial Parents: Unskilled and Vulnerable (p. 195)
- 8 Effective Communication: Enabling Multiproblem Families to Change (p. 219)
- References (p. 244)
- III Metaphors and Models (p. 245)
- 9 Chaos and Regulated Change in Families: A Metaphor for the Study of Transitions (p. 247)
- References (p. 271)
- 10 A Soft Models Approach to Family Transitions (p. 273)
- Appendix (p. 297)
- Acknowledgments (p. 297)
- Appendix (p. 299)
- Author Index (p. 303)
- Subject Index (p. 315)