Child and Adolescent Mental Health Arena

Interwoven Lives

Adolescent Mothers and Their Children

• By Thomas L. Whitman, John G. Borkowski, Deborah A. Keogh, Keri Weed, Keri Weed
• Edited by Keri Weed

Despite a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon of adolescent parenting, minimal attention has been given to investigating systematic changes in adolescent mothers' and...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities

• Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic...

Published February 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence

A Study of Adjustment in Context

• By Jeylan T. Mortimer, Kathleen T. Call

Adolescence is a time when the social world expands, a time of increasing engagement beyond the family sphere to the school, the peer group, and...

Published January 1st 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Television and the American Family

• Edited by J. Alison Bryant, J. Alison Bryant

This second edition of a trend-setting volume provides an updated examination of the interaction between families and the most pervasive mass medium: television. Charting the...

Published December 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Family Observational Coding Systems

Resources for Systemic Research

• Edited by Patricia K. Kerig, Kristin M. Lindahl

CODING MANUAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CHAPTER AUTHORS, AND THEIR E-MAIL ADDRESSES CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE XV OF THE BOOK.
Family studies is an...

Published August 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Becoming A Family

Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research

• By Rena D. Harold, Patricia Stow Bolea, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Carol R. Freedman-Doan

The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest...

Published July 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Basic Concepts in Family Therapy

An Introductory Text, Second Edition

• By Linda Berg Cross

Gain confidence and creativity in your family therapy interventions with new, up-to-date research!

Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition, presents twenty-two basic...

Published February 14th 2000 by Routledge.

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Resilience Across Contexts

Family, Work, Culture, and Community

• Edited by Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C. Wang

A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to families' well-being, many of which cut across divisions of class and race. These challenges include: changes...

Published January 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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When Partners Become Parents

The Big Life Change for Couples

• By Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan

When it first appeared in 1992, this book became an instant must-read on the lists of new parents and family studies professionals alike. Its message...

Published September 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Changing Families, Changing Responsibilities

Family Obligations Following Divorce and Remarriage

• By Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence Ganong

This book explores the topic of family obligations following changes in family structure caused by divorce and remarriage. Family obligations are commonly defined as the...

Published May 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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