Families count : effects on child and adolescent development /
edited by Alison Clarke-Stewart, Judy Dunn.
- p. cm.
- The Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence .
- Jacobs Foundation series on adolescence. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How families matter in child development: reflections from research on risk and resilience / Ann S. Masten and Anne Shaffer -- The promotion of resilience in the face of adversity / Michael Rutter -- Identifying risk and protective factors for healthy child development / Arnold Sameroff -- The influence of family and peer relationships in the development of competence during adolescence / W. Andrew Collins and Glenn I. Roisman -- Toward a dynamic developmental model of the role of parents and peers in early onset substance use / Kenneth A. Dodge ... [et al.] -- Mothers and fathers at work: implications for families and children / Ann C. Crouter -- The family-child care mesosystem / Kathleen McCartney -- Marital discord, divorce, and children's well-being: results from a 20-year longitudinal study of two generations / Paul R. Amato -- The influence of conflict, marital problem solving, and parenting on children's adjustment in nondivorced, divorced, and remarried families / E. Mavis Hetherington -- Adolescents' development in high-conflict and separated families: evidence from a German longitudinal study / Sabine Walper & Katharina Beckh -- New family forms / Susan Golombok -- Grandparents, grandchildren, and family change in contemporary Britain -- Judy Dunn, Emma Fergusson, and Barbara Maughan -- What have we learned: proof that families matter, prospects future research, and policies for families and children / Alison Clarke-Stewart -- Research and policy: second looks at views of development, families, and communities, and at translations into practice / Jacqueline J. Goodnow -- Prognosis: policy and process / Robert A. Hinde.
Introduction; Part I. Risk and Resilience: 1. How families matter in child development: reflections from research on risk and resilience Ann S. Masten and Anne Shaffer; 2. The promotion of resilience in the face of adversity Michael Rutter; 3. Identifying risk and protective factors for healthy child development Arnold Sameroff; Part II.