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Parent-child Relations Throughout Life book cover

1st Edition

Parent-child Relations Throughout Life

Edited By Karl Pillemer, Kathleen McCartney Copyright 1991
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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The study of parent-child relationships has long been of interest to behavioral scientists, both for its theoretical importance and for its practice and policy implications. There are, however, certain limitations to the knowledge in this area. First, research on parents and children is spread throughout a number of disciplines and as a consequence is not well integrated. Further, there has been... Read more
Contents: S. Scarr, Foreword. Preface. Part I:Attachment. I. Bretherton, Z. Biringen, D. Ridgeway, The Parental Side of Attachment. V.G. Cicirelli, Attachment Theory in Old Age: Protection of the Attached Figure. Part II:Transitions. C.J. Mebert, Variability in the Transition to Parenthood Experience. A.M. Boxer, J.A. Cook, G. Herdt, Double Jeopardy: Identity Transitions and Parent-Child Relations Among Gay and Lesbian Youth. C.N. Nydegger, The Development of Paternal and Filial Maturity. Part III:Between-Family and Within-Family Approaches. J. Dunn, The Developmental Importance of Differences in Siblings' Experiences Within the Family. K. McCartney, W.W. Robeson, E. Jordan, V. Mouradian, Mothers' Language With First- and Second-Born Children: A Within-Family Study. K. Rathunde, M. Csikszentmihalyi, Adolescent Happiness and Family Interaction. K. Pillemer, J.J. Suitor, Relationships With Children and Distress in the Elderly. J.J. Suitor, K. Pillemer, Family Conflict When Adult Children and Elderly Parents Share a Home. Part IV:Social Structure and the Family. A.S. Rossi, P.H. Rossi, Normative Obligations and Parent-Child Help Exchange Across the Life Course. E.G. Menaghan, T.L. Parcel, Transitions in Work and Family Arrangements: Mothers' Employment Conditions, Children's Experiences, and Child Outcomes. V.L. Bengston, G. Marti, R.E.L. Roberts, Age-Group Relationships: Generational Equity and Inequity.

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Karl Pillemer, Kathleen McCartney

"The papers are well-written, current and informative. All deal with important issues....The volume fits within the long tradition of human development research which seeks to create an accurate description of the phenomena and processes under study."
—Journal of Marriage and the Family

"It belongs on the shelves of good libraries..."
—Readings

"...covers the life span -- young children, adolescents, and adult children of elderly parents -- and includes representatives from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. This diversity serves well to challenge our unexamined assumptions about families and development."
—Contemporary Psychology

"...near the 'cutting edge' of family development, reviewing past concerns, reporting present research efforts, and pointing the way to new inquiries....should be read by all scholars in the field of family development..."
—Merril Palmer Quarterly

"The strength of the volume is that it is organized around topics that cut across developmental periods in the individual and family life cycles, rather than chronologically."
—Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

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