Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment

In this completely rewritten second edition, the author uses his family systems model to integrate research findings into a theoretical whole and to evaluate psychological interventions with divorcing and divorced families.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Emery, Robert E. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications c1999.
Edición:2nd ed
Colección:Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ; v. 14.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798246506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Introduction
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 - Overview
  • Gaining Perspective on Children and Divorce
  • Some Family Transitions in Divorce
  • An Overview of This Book
  • Chapter 2 - Some Cultural, Historical, and Demographic Perspectives
  • The Changing Family
  • A Brief History of Marital Dissolution in the United States
  • Demographics of Divorce in the United States Today
  • Family Living Circumstances of Children in the United States Today
  • Children's Postdivorce Living Arrangements
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 - Methodological and Conceptual Issues
  • Sampling
  • Measurement
  • Interpreting Correlations Between Marital and Child Problems
  • Temporal Influences on Children's Divorce Adjustment
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4 - Children's Adjustment in Divorced and Married Families
  • Global Adjustment: Stress, Risk, Resilience, and Pain
  • Externalizing Problems
  • Internalizing Problems
  • Academic Competence
  • Social Competence
  • Intergenerational Issues in Intimacy, Marriage, and Divorce
  • Emotional Health During Adult Life
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5 - Family Processes and Children's Divorce Adjustment
  • Adjustment Over Time and Development
  • Interparental Conflict
  • Separation From an Attachment Figure
  • Parent-Child Relationships: Prevalence of Problems
  • Parent-Child Relationships: Residential Parents
  • Parent-Child Relationships: Nonresidential Parents
  • Joint Physical Custody
  • Economic Factors
  • Remarriage
  • Parental Mental Health, Siblings, and Ethnicity
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6 - Therapeutic Intervention: Approaches and Research
  • Renegotiating Family Relationships
  • Individual Coping Tasks: Grief and Identity Conflict
  • Boundaries in Parent-Child Relationships
  • The Coparenting Relationship
  • The Parent-Child-Parent Triad
  • Treatment Outcome Research on Divorce
  • Family Interventions.
  • School-Based Groups for Children
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7 - Legal Intervention: Laws, Policies, and New Directions
  • The Regulation of Divorce
  • Divorce Settlements
  • Finances: Property Division, Alimony, and Child Support
  • Legal and Physical Custody
  • The Settlement of Divorce Disputes
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Unarticulated Values
  • Summary of Suggestions for Law and Policy
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author.