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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Booth; Judy Dunn |
| ISBN: | 0805815449 9780805815443 |
| OCLC Number: | 30156312 |
| Notes: | Contains papers from the National Symposium on Stepfamilies held Oct. 14-15, 1993 at the Pennsylvania State University. |
| Description: | x, 233 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The evolution of marriage and the problem of stepfamilies David Popenoe -- Stepfamilies in the United States / Marilyn Coleman -- Remarriages and stepfamilies are not inherently problematic / Lawrence A Kurdek -- Biology, evolutionary theory, and family social science / Norval D Glenn -- Stepfamilies as settings for child development / E Mavis Hetherington and Kathleen M Jodl -- The implications of research findings on children in stepfamilies / Paul R. Amato -- Settings and development from a demographic point of view / Elizabeth Thomson -- Understanding why children in stepfamilies have more learning and behavior problems than children in nuclear families / Nicholas Zill -- Stepfamilies over the life course : social support / Lynn White -- Conceptual and methodological issues in the study of stepfamilies over the life course / Teresa M Cooney -- Stepfamilies : selectivity of high-risk persons or risk state? / Dennis P Hogan -- Intergenerational ties in adulthood and childhood experience / Judith A Seltzer -- Research on stepparenting families : integrating disciplinary approaches and informing policy / Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Reformulating the legal definition of the stepparent-child relationship / Margaret M Mahoney -- Social policy pertaining to stepfamilies : should stepparents and stepchildren have the option of establishing a legal relationship? / Mark A Fine -- Policies for stepfamilies : crosswalking private and public domains / P Lindsay Chase-Lansdale. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Alan Booth, Judy Dunn. |
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