Family Studies Arena

Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research

• Edited by Sandra L. Hofferth, Lynne M. Casper

Dramatic societal changes have reshaped America’s families. Young adults have delayed marriage, and cohabitation before marriage has become commonplace. One in three women giving birth...

Published June 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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From Welfare to Childcare

What Happens to Young Children When Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work?

• Edited by Natasha Cabrera, Robert Hutchens, H. Elizabeth Peters

Although federal and state support for childcare has increased dramatically in response to welfare work requirements, low-income families are still facing difficulties balancing work and...

Published May 24th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Acculturation and Parent-Child Relationships

Measurement and Development

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, Linda R. Cote

Although many researchers agree on a general definition of acculturation, the conceptualization and measurement of acculturation remain controversial. To address the issues, the National Institute...

Published February 7th 2006 by Routledge.

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Counseling the Communicatively Disabled and Their Families

A Manual for Clinicians

• By George H. Shames

Counseling the Communicatively Disabled and Their Families: A Manual for Clinicians, Second Edition, written by George H. Shames, emphasizes the development of specific interviewing and counseling...

Published January 10th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Black Fathers

An Invisible Presence in America

• Edited by Michael E. Connor, Joseph White

In the parlance of social psychology, social work, and urban social scientists, African American fathers have often been described as "absent," "missing," "non-residential," "non-custodial," "unavailable,"...

Published January 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Work and Family Handbook

Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches

• Edited by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Stephen Sweet

The Work and Family Handbook is a comprehensive edited volume, which reviews a wide range of disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences on the study...

Published December 16th 2005 by Routledge.

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Always Separate, Always Connected

Independence and Interdependence in Cultural Contexts of Development

• By Catherine Raeff

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of theoretical and empirical scholarship on how issues of human separateness, or independence, and issues of human...

Published November 29th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Families With Futures

A Survey of Family Studies for the Twenty-First Century

• By Meg Wilkes Karraker, Janet R. Grochowski

The new interdisciplinary textbook, Families With Futures, offers a fresh approach to the study of families in everyday life. Learners are presented with an opportunity...

Published November 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Risks and Opportunities

• Edited by Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth

In this volume, Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities, top scholars in the field of family research examine the nature...

Published October 27th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

• Edited by Mark A. Fine, John H. Harvey

This Handbook presents up-to-date scholarship on the causes and predictors, processes, and consequences of divorce and relationship dissolution. Featuring contributions from multiple disciplines, this Handbook...

Published October 3rd 2005 by Psychology Press.

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