The Changing Family and Child Development
By: editors, Oddone-Paolucci, Elizabeth
Contributors: Oddone-Paolucci, Elizabeth, author
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781315201702
Subjects: Child development; Families
Description: "This title was first published in 2000: This book is based on selected papers from a major international congress of the same name that was held at the University of Calgary in July 1997. The contributors come from Canada, England, Italy, United States, Hong Kong and New Zealand where they are researchers at major universities. The papers are organized into four sections: 1) Context of Families, 2) Family Adjustment and Transitions, 3) Child and Adolescent Development, and Attachment. The book sets out to bring together advanced research by psychologists, social workers, physicians, sociologists and other social scientists on the interface between society, the family, children, adolescents and other family members."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; SECTION I: THE CONTEXT OF FAMILIES; 1 New Aspects of Family Relations; 2 Dual Images: The Family in Perspective; 3 Adolescentology: Youth, Their Needs, and the Professions at the Turn of the Century; 4 A Meta-Analysis of the Published Research on the Effects of Pornography; 5 Parentâ#x80;#x93;Child Interdependence in Chinese Families: Change and Continuity.; title: 6 Psychosocial Factors Influencing Breastfeeding: A Stepwise Discriminant Analysis Employing a Sample of Italian WomenSECTION II: FAMILY ADJUSTMENT AND TRANSITIONS; 7 Spiraling Up and Spiraling Down: A Longitudinal Study of Adjustment; 8 What Happens to the Sibling Subsystem Following Parental Divorce?; 9 Parental Self-Efficacy and Characteristics of Mother and Father in the Transition to Parenthood; 10 From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Family Transition; SECTION III: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; 11 Regulation and Its Disorders.; title: 12 Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s and Parentâ#x80;#x99;s Perceptions of Parental Attitudes and Behaviors Pertaining to Academic Achievement13 A Stepwise Discriminant Analysis of Delinquent and Nondelinquent Youth; 14 Origins of Psychopathology: A Developmental Model; 15 Parallels Between Dyadic Interactions: Parent-Child and Child-Peer; 16 Modem Approaches to Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Cognitive Development; SECTION IV: ATTACHMENT; 17 Attachment Security to Mother, Father, and the Parental Unit; 18 Pilot Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Adolescent Attachment Survey (AAS).