Normal family processes : growing diversity and complexity / edited by Froma Walsh.

Other author Walsh, Froma.
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxvii, 678 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents PART I: OVERVIEW: Changing families in a changing world: reconstructing family normality / Froma Walsh -- Chinical views of family normality, health, and dysfunction: from deficit to strengths perspective / Froma Walsh -- PART II: VARYING FAMILY FORMS AND CHALLENGES: Contemporary two-parent families: navigating work and family challenges / Peter Fraenkel -- Risk and resilience after divorce / Shannon M. Greene, Edward Anderson, E. Mavis Hetherington, Marion S. Forgatch, and David S. DeGarmo -- The diversity, strength, and challenges of single-parent households / Carol Anderson -- Remarriage families and stepparenting / Emily B. Visher, John S. Visher, and Kay Pasley -- Lesbian and gay families / Joan Laird -- Adoptive families / Cheryl Rampage, Marina Eovaldi, Cassandra Ma, and Catherine Weigel-Foy -- PART III: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN FAMILY FUNCTIONING: Culture: a challenge to concepts of normality / Monica McGoldrick -- Race, class, and poverty / Nancy Boyd-Franklin -- Immigrant family processes / Celia Jaes Falicov -- Changing gender norms: transitional dilemmas / Shelley A. Haddock, Toni Schindler Zimmerman, and Kevin P. Lyness -- The spiritual dimensions of family life / Froma Walsh and Julia Pryce -- PART IV: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING: The family life cycle / Monica McGoldrick and Betty Carter -- Family resilience: strengths forged through adversity / Froma Walsh -- Normative family transitions, normal family process, and healthy child development / Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan -- Mastering family challenges in illness and disability / John S. Rolland -- PART V: HEALTHY COUPLE AND FAMILY PROCESSES: MAPPING THE COMPLEXITY: Interactional patterns in marital success and failure: Gottman laboratory studies / Janice Driver, Amber Tabares, Alyson Shapiro, Eun Young Nahm, and John M. Gottman -- Circumplex model of marital and family systems / David H. Olson and Dean M. Gorall -- Measuring family competence: the Beavers systems model / W, Robert Beavers and Robert B. Hampson -- The McMasters model: a view of healthy functioning / Nathan B. Epsteinm Christine E. Ryan, Duane S. Bishop, Ivan W. Miller, and Gabor I. Keitner -- Unraveling the complexity of genetic and environmental influences on family relationships / Hilary Towers, Erica Spotts, and David Reiss -- PART VI: SOCIAL POLICY PERSPECTIVES: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF FAMILY HEALTH: Family policy: dilemmas, controversies, and opportunities / Ann Hartman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002015629
ISBN1572308168

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HQ728 .N83 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold