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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip A Cowan; et al |
| ISBN: | 0805841571 9780805841572 |
| OCLC Number: | 56794313 |
| Description: | xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part I. Introduction and Method -- Family Factors in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School : Introducing a Five-Domain Contextual Model / Philip A. Cowan ... [et al.] -- Recruitment, Design, and Measures / Philip A. Cowan ... [et al.] -- Part II. Things Change Yet Stay the Same -- How Children and Parents Fare During the Transition to School / Philip A. Cowan and Gertrude Heming -- Part III : The Family Context of Parenting -- Authoritative Parenting and the Encouragement of Children's Autonomy / Jonathan F. Mattanah -- Marital Quality, Sex-Typed Parenting, and Girls' and Boys' Expression of Problem Behaviors / Jeanette Hsu -- Children's Self-Perceptions as a Link Between Family Relationship Quality and Social Adaptation to School / Jeffrey R. Measelle -- When Parents Conflict or Disengage : Children's Perceptions of Parents' Marital Distress Predict School Adaptation / Jennifer C. Ablow -- Parents' Working Models of Attachment : The Intergenerational Context of Parenting and Children's Adaptation to School / Philip A. Cowan, Isabel Bradburn, and Carolyn P. Cowan -- Parents' Work Experiences and Children's Adaptation to School / Marc S. Schulz -- Family Process and Family Structure in Children's Adaptation to School / Vanessa K. Johnson -- Part IV. Interventions as Tests of Casual Models of Family Influence on Children's Adaptation to School -- Two Variations of a Preventive Intervention for Couples : Effects on Parents and Children During the Transition to School / Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan, and Gertrude Heming -- Part V. Integrations -- Five-Domain Models : Putting It All Together / Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan -- Family Factors in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School : A Discussion and Integration / Philip A. Cowan ... [et al.]. |
| Series Title: | Monographs in parenting series. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Philip A. Cowan ... [et al.]. |
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Abstract:
This work is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. The text focuses on how parent-child relationships are not the only determinants of a child's academic competence, social competence, and behavior.
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"The compiled volume is an excellent resource for all students, teachers, researchers, and professionals who maintain a systemic focus on children's successful adaptation to school. Highly recommended." -CHOICE Read more...
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