Families Count: Effects on Child and Adolescent Development

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511616259

This book is concerned with the question of how families matter in young people's development - a question of obvious interest and importance to a wide range of readers, which has serious policy implication. A series of key current topics concerning families are examined by the top international scholars in the field, including the key risks affecting children, individual differences in their resilience, links between families and peers, the connections between parental work and children's family lives, the impact of childcare, divorce, and parental separation, grandparents, and new family forms such as lesbian and surrogate mother families. The latest research findings are brought together with discussion of policy issues raised.

"...the breadth and clarity of its coverage is unique and edifying. ...with its incisive analyses and abundant references, Families Count is a must-have reference for all who are concerned with the factors in children's development. It would also be an excellent starting point for graduate, or upper division undergraduate, seminars in psychology or sociology courses concerned with children, families, or both. Certainly, the contents would provide an overview and multiple ideas for further investigations. Finally, the volume should be required reading for all those in academic considerations of public policy affecting children and families, as well as all those involved in the pragmatic development and implication of such policies."
--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books

"The first essay will be an excellent resource for courses on child development: it provides and excellent, readily understood orientation to the various models of influence, and it is an essential guide to the other essays. The last three chapters offer a satisfying wrap-up to the valuable research in this densely packed volume."
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-viii
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List of Contributors
pp ix-x
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Introduction
pp 1-2
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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PART ONE - RISK AND RESILIENCE
pp 3-4
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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1 - How Families Matter in Child Development: Reflections from Research on Risk and Resilience
pp 5-25
- By Ann S. Masten, University of Minnesota, U.S., Anne Shaffer, University of Minnesota, U.S.
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2 - The Promotion of Resilience in the Face of Adversity
pp 26-52
- By Michael Rutter, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, U.K.
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3 - Identifying Risk and Protective Factors for Healthy Child Development
pp 53-76
- By Arnold Sameroff, Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, U.S.
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PART TWO - PEERS AND PARENTS
pp 77-78
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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4 - The Influence of Family and Peer Relationships in the Development of Competence during Adolescence
pp 79-103
- By W. Andrew Collins, University of Minnesota, U.S., Glenn I. Roisman, University of Illinois, U.S.
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5 - Toward a Dynamic Developmental Model of the Role of Parents and Peers in Early Onset Substance Use
pp 104-132
- By Kenneth A. Dodge, Duke University, NC, U.S., Patrick S. Malone, Duke University, NC, U.S., Jennifer E. Lansford, Duke University, NC, U.S., Shari Miller-Johnson, Duke University, NC, U.S., Gregory S. Pettit, Auburn University, AL, U.S., John E. Bates, Indiana University, IN, U.S.
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PART THREE - WORK AND FAMILY
pp 133-134
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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6 - Mothers and Fathers at Work: Implications for Families and Children
pp 135-154
- By Ann C. Crouter, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.
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7 - The Family-Child-Care Mesosystem
pp 155-176
- By Kathleen McCartney, Harvard University, MA, U.S.
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PART FOUR - DISCORD AND DIVORCE
pp 177-178
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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8 - Marital Discord, Divorce, and Children's Well-Being: Results from a 20-Year Longitudinal Study of Two Generations
pp 179-202
- By Paul R. Amato, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.
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9 - The Influence of Conflict, Marital Problem Solving and Parenting on Children's Adjustment in Nondivorced, Divorced and Remarried Families
pp 203-237
- By E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia, U.S.
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10 - Adolescents' Development in High-Conflict and Separated Families: Evidence from a German Longitudinal Study
pp 238-270
- By Sabine Walper, Department of Education, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, Katharina Beckh, Department of Education, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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PART FIVE - NEW AND EXTENDED FAMILY FORMS
pp 271-272
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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11 - New Family Forms
pp 273-298
- By Susan Golombok, City University, London, U.K.
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12 - Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Family Change in Contemporary Britain
pp 299-318
- By Judy Dunn, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, U.K., Emma Fergusson, University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Oxford, U.K., Barbara Maughan, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, U.K.
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PART SIX - CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTARIES
pp 319-320
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Judy Dunn, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry in London
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13 - What Have We Learned: Proof That Families Matter, Policies for Families and Children, Prospects for Future Research
pp 321-336
- By Alison Clarke-Stewart, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, U.S.
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14 - Research and Policy: Second Looks at Views of Development, Families, and Communities, and at Translations into Practice
pp 337-360
- By Jacqueline J. Goodnow, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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15 - Prognosis: Policy and Process
pp 361-370
- By Robert A. Hinde, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, U.K.
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Index
pp 371-389
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