Family psychology : the art of the science / edited by William M. Pinsof & Jay L. Lebow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A scientific paradigm for family psychology / William M. Pinsof and Jay L. Lebow -- A critical view of marital satisfaction / Robert L. Weiss -- A science of couple therapy : for what should we seek empirical support? / Andrew Christensen, Brian D. Doss, and David C. Atkins -- The mismeasure of therapy : treatment outcomes in marital therapy research / John Gottman and Kimberly Ryan -- Emotion and the repair of close relationships / Susan M. Johnson -- A sampling of theoretical, methodological, and policy issues in marriage education : implications for family psychology / Howard J. Markman ... [et al.] -- A life span developmental systems perspective on aggression toward a partner / Deborah M. Capaldi, Joann Wu Shortt, and Hyoun K. Kim -- Partner violence and men : a focus on the male perpetrator / Amy Holtzworth-Munroe and Jeffrey C. Meehan -- Women in intimate partner violence : major advances and new directions / Mary Ann Dutton ... [et al.] -- Partner violence and children / Ernest N. Jouriles, Renee McDonald, and Nancy A. Skopp -- Can partner aggression be stopped with psychosocial interventions? / K. Daniel O'Leary and Edward M. Vega -- Remarriage and stepfamilies / James H. Bray and Irene Easling -- Promoting better fathering among divorced nonresident fathers / Sanford L. Braver ... [et al.] -- Fathers in African American families : the importance of social and cultural context / Melvin N. Wilson, Anthony L. Chambers, and LaKeesha N. Woods -- Mothers in transition : model-based strategies for effective parenting / Bernadette Marie Bullock and Marion S. Forgatch -- Disentangling causality in the associations between couple and family processes and depression / Valerie E. Whiffen -- A relational perspective on depressed children : family patterns and interventions / Nadine J. Kaslow, Claudia A. Jones, and Frances Palin -- Adolescent depression : family-focus treatment strategies / Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow, Martha C. Tompson, and Michele S. Berk -- Marital discord in the context of a depressive episode : research on efficacy and effectiveness / Steven R.H. Beach and Maya E. Gupta -- Toward culturally centered and evidence-based treatments for depressed adolescents / Guillermo Bernal and Emily Sáez-Santiago -- Families, health, and illness : the search for pathways and mechanisms of effect / Beatrice L. Wood and Bruce D. Miller -- Weaving gold out of straw : meaning-making in families who have children with chronic illnesses / Joän M. Patterson -- Using family models in health research : a framework for family intervention in chronic disease / Lawrence Fisher.

"This book is the product of a multi-year initiative, sponsored by the Division of Family Psychology (43) of the American Psychological Association, the Family Institute at Northwestern University, Oxford University Press, and Northwestern University, to bring together the leading researchersin family psychology in five major areas of great social and health relevance -- good marriage, depression, divorce and remarriage, partner violence, and families and physical health. The book embodies a series of five systematically and developmentally informed mini-books or manuals, criticallyexamining the existing research in each area and illuminating new directions for future research. The chapters in each area cover a wide range of distinct issues and diverse populations. Through a pre-publication face-to-face two-day conference, the editors invited each of the authors in eachspecific domain to collaborate and coordinate their chapters, creating a synergy for the development of new knowledge. Additionally, the editors encouraged the authors to step outside of their own specific research program to reflect on the unique challenges and opportunities in their researchdomain. The resulting book provides the next generation of theorists, researchers, and therapists with an in-depth and fresh look at what has been done and what remains to be done in each area. If you are a social scientist working in these or related areas, the book will sharpen and stimulate yourresearch. If you are a young researcher or are contemplating entering the field of family psychology, the book lays out pathways and strategies for entering and unraveling the mysteries in each area. Lastly, if you are someone who wants to understand the state of art of research in these veryrelevant domains, this book takes you to the top of mountain with very best guides and provides a vista that compels and illuminates."--Publisher description.

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