(Not in The Family Studies Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Family Studies books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.
Subjects covered by this Arena include: Parenting and Families, Childcare, and Child Abuse.
For our full range of Developmental Psychology books & journals please see our Developmental Psychology Arena.
For our Family Therapy books & journals please see our Couples & Family Therapy Arena.
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Gifted Lives: What Happens When Gifted Children Grow Up?
This book tells the dramatic stories of twenty outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain.
Recorded over the last 35 years by award-winning psychologist Joan Freeman, these fascinating accounts reveal the frustrations and triumphs of her participants, and investigate why some fell by the wayside whilst others reached fame and fortune.
Joan Freeman’s insights into the twists and turns of these lives are thought-provoking and deeply moving.
Children of Divorce: Stories of Loss and Growth, Second Edition
Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers.
By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent divorce literature, the authors provide readers with a greater and more vivid understanding of the effects of divorce.
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Latest Brochure: New Books in Family Studies, 2007-2008
The Psychology Press New Titles in Family Studies catalogue 2007–2008 is now available.
This annual brochure includes new and recent titles in Family Studies from Psychology Press and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
If you would like to receive a free copy of this catalogue please fill in our catalogue request form.