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Summary
Summary
This book presents cutting-edge research and theory on couple relationships, with an emphasis on the implications for child development. It demonstrates the influence of couple relationships on parenting processes and child development; explores the determinants of couple functioning, relationship satisfaction, and relationship stability; and, details the mechanisms by which marital difficulties impact children's development and functioning.
Author Notes
Marc S. Schulz, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Clinical Developmental Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College. Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, MSL, is the Maconda Brown O'Connor Professor in the Smith College School for Social Work. Patricia K. Kerig, PhD, is Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology, University of Utah. Ross D. Parke is Distinguished Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at the University of California, Riverside.
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Choice Review
With this volume, Schulz (Bryn Mawr College) and his fellow editors clearly demonstrate the strong influence of couple relationships on the well-being of families and child development. Rather than focusing simply on the negative impacts of events such as divorce, the volume covers interventions and training programs designed to enhance couple functioning and promote healthy family relationships. After summarizing current research on the influence of couple relationships on parenting processes and child development and exploring the determinants of couple functioning, the volume focuses on family-based interventions designed to promote strong relationships, stable families, and healthy child development. Building on, and paying tribute to, the body of work created by Philip Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan, this latest title in the "Decade of Behavior" series integrates research on family systems and attachment relationships through a combined use of psychological, sociological, and life-span orientations. Indeed, the integration of theory derived from clinical experience and research of family systems provides an outstanding example of the reciprocal relationship between these fields and highlights the benefits of considering both when one seeks evidence-based models of intervention. A valuable resource for those interested in and working on family policy issues. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. R. B. Stewart Jr. Oakland University
Table of Contents
| Contributors | p. xi |
| Series Foreword | p. xiii |
| Volume Foreword: Transitions | p. xv |
| Introduction: Feathering the Nest | p. 3 |
| 1 Tracing the Development of the Couples and Family Research Tradition: The Enduring Contributions of Philip and Carolyn Pape Cowan | p. 11 |
| Part I Implications of Couple Relationships for Parenting and Children's Development | p. 25 |
| 2 Identifying the Dynamic Processes Underlying Links Between Marital Conflict and Child Adjustment | p. 27 |
| 3 Capturing Young Children's Perceptions of Marital Conflict | p. 41 |
| 4 Ties That Bind: Triangulation, Boundary Dissolution, and the Effects of Interparental Conflict on Child Development | p. 59 |
| 5 Shared Child Rearing in Nuclear, Fragile, and Kinship Family Systems: Evolution, Dilemmas, and Promise of a Coparenting Framework | p. 77 |
| Part II Investigating Key Domains and Determinants of Couple Functioning | p. 95 |
| 6 Marital Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: Three Eras of Research | p. 97 |
| 7 An Integrative and Developmental Perspective for Understanding Romantic Relationship Quality During the Transition to Parenthood | p. 115 |
| 8 Capturing the Elusive: Studying Emotion Processes in Couple Relationships | p. 131 |
| 9 Attachment Perspectives on Couple Functioning and Couples Interventions | p. 149 |
| Part III Promoting Healthy Couple and Family Relationships | p. 163 |
| 10 A New Couples Approach to Interventions for the Transition to Parenthood | p. 165 |
| 11 Effectively Intervening With Divorcing Parents and Their Children: What Works and How It Works | p. 181 |
| 12 A Specialty Clinic Model for Clinical Science Training: Translating Couples Research Into Practice in the Berkeley Couples Clinic | p. 197 |
| 13 How Working With Couples Fosters Children's Development: From Prevention Science to Public Policy | p. 211 |
| Coda: Looking to the Future | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 233 |
| About the Editors | p. 243 |
