Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Families

✍ Scribed by James P. McHale, Wendy S. Grolnick

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 398
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book assembles 11 of the leading thinkers and researchers in the field of family psychology to create a compendium summarizing both what psychology researchers have learned about the family and where the field should be going next. It evolved after the volume's contributors met with other distinguished family scholars to discuss family influences on child development and to ponder how this knowledge could be used to benefit families and children. This volume includes approaches to the family that feature multiple levels and topics of focal interest to benefit anyone interested in the family. Central topics include mothering, fathering, marriages, family group processes, sibling relations, and families as systems. In addition, three senior authors offer road maps to detect, and suggest (a) challenges in research on parenting, (b) marital and family dynamics, and (c) family systems in the years ahead. In keeping with the theme of how research affects the lives of families outside the university lab settings, this volume includes a chapter on the interface between family research and law. This book closes with a ''big picture'' analysis and critique of what is known and not known. Psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and public policymakers interested in the family should especially find this volume of interest.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Foreword......Page 16
PART I: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF PARENTING......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 Mothering: Retrospect and Prospect......Page 26
CHAPTER 2 Fathers and Families......Page 56
CHAPTER 3 Parenting in the New Millennium: Prospects, Promises, and Pitfalls......Page 86
PART II: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MARITAL AND FAMILY GROUP DYNAMICS......Page 116
CHAPTER 4 Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Marital and Couple Relationships......Page 120
CHAPTER 5 Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Coparenting and Family Group Process......Page 148
CHAPTER 6 The Road Ahead for Research on Marital and Family Dynamics......Page 188
PART III: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF FAMILIES AS SYSTEMS......Page 210
CHAPTER 7 Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Sibling Relationships......Page 214
CHAPTER 8 Retrospect and Prospect in the Psychological Study of Families as Systems......Page 246
CHAPTER 9 Looking Toward the Horizon: Present and Future in the Study of Family Systems......Page 280
PART IV: TAKING STOCK......Page 300
CHAPTER 10 Family Research and the Law: Can Family Research Help Solomon? Contributions and Challenges......Page 304
CHAPTER 11 Family Influences on Behavior and Development: Challenges for the Future......Page 342
B......Page 374
C......Page 376
E......Page 378
F......Page 379
G......Page 380
H......Page 381
J......Page 382
L......Page 383
M......Page 384
P......Page 386
R......Page 387
S......Page 389
T......Page 390
V......Page 391
W......Page 392
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C......Page 394
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M......Page 396
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