Family Studies Arena

International Family Change

Ideational Perspectives

• Edited by Rukmalie Jayakody, Arland Thornton, William Axinn

Many dimensions of family life have changed. Age at marriage has risen, arranged marriages and extended families have declined, intergenerational relationships have been altered, and...

Published July 27th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Mating Intelligence

Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System

• Edited by Glenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller

Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and...

Published July 20th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Family, Self, and Human Development Across Cultures

Theory and Applications, Second Edition

• By Çigdem Kagitçibasi

Reflecting author Çigdem Kagitçibasi's influential work over the last two decades, this new edition examines human development, the self, and the family in a cultural...

Published March 9th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Cultures of Infancy

• By Heidi Keller

Cultures of Infancy presents the first systematic analysis of culturally informed developmental pathways, synthesizing evolutionary and cultural psychological perspectives for a broader understanding of human...

Published March 1st 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Smooth Sailing or Stormy Waters?

Family Transitions Through Adolescence and Their Implications for Practice and Policy

• By Rena D. Harold, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier

Smooth Sailing enhances our understanding of the family's transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships...

Published January 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Family Identity

Ties, Symbols, and Transitions

• By Vittorio Cigoli, Eugenia Scabini

Gender, generations, and lineage; faith, hope, and justice; gifts, duties, and debts; affection, responsibility, and generativity; values, secrets, and objectives; transmissions and transitions: these are...

Published October 18th 2006 by Routledge.

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Family Policy Matters

How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do

• By Karen Bogenschneider

Drawing on hundreds of studies in the last 20 years, the new edition of Family Policy Matters brings a fresh perspective to family policy, underscoring...

Published August 25th 2006 by Routledge.

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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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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 (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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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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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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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 (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Children of Divorce

Stories of Loss and Growth

• By John H. Harvey, Mark A. Fine

Children of Divorce features excerpts of stories collected from hundreds of young people. The narratives embrace such themes as despair, chaos in the family, and...

Published January 22nd 2004 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Introduction to Family Processes

• By Randal D. Day

Written for undergraduate level courses on family processes, family studies, introduction to the family, family communication, and dynamics of the family, this thoroughly class-tested new...

Published September 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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