Lerner / Spanier Child Influences on Marital and Family Interaction

A Life-Span Perspective
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6613-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Web PDF

Child Influences on Marital and Family Interaction: A Life-Span Perspective book grew out of a conference sponsored by the Division of Individual and Family Studies in the College of Human Development at the Pennsylvania State University in April, 1977. The chapters for this volume are revised versions of the papers originally presented at the conference. The book explores the conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues in the study of the child and his or her family. It details how the age-normative and atypical development of the child contributes to the parents' marital quality and to the entire family's interaction patterns across the life-span of both the child and parents. Consequently, the child is seen as capable of contributing to marriage and family relationships not only when he or she is in utero, a neonate, or an infant, but also when the child reaches middle and late childhood, adolescence, and the adulthood and aged years as well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lerner, Richard M

Spanier, Graham B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Child Influences on Marital and Family Interaction: A Life-Span Perspective;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;List of Contributors;14
7;Preface;16
8;Chapter 1. A Dynamic Interactional View of Child and Family Development;20
8.1;I. Introduction: The Need to Consider Individual-Social Interfaces;20
8.2;II. A Life-Span View of Human Development and Social Interaction;24
8.3;III. Dynamic Interactions of Development;27
8.4;IV. Methodological and Research Implications of Child–Family Interactions;32
8.5;V. The Plan of This Book;37
8.6;References;39
9;Chapter 2. Perspectives on Child and Family Interaction: Past, Present, and Future;42
9.1;I. Introduction;42
9.2;II. The Past;42
9.3;III. The Present;53
9.4;IV. The Future;60
9.5;References;61
10;Chapter 3. The Child's Social World;66
10.1;I. Introduction;66
10.2;II. Nature and Function of Social Objects;67
10.3;III. Process of Effect;76
10.4;IV. Conclusions;84
10.5;References;85
11;Chapter 4. The Developing Child and Marital Satisfaction of Parents;90
11.1;I. Introduction;90
11.2;II. Empirical Evidence of the Impact of Children on Marital Satisfaction;96
11.3;III. A Theory of Family Career Transitions and Marital Satisfaction;104
11.4;References;121
12;Chapter 5. Research Methods and Developmental Reciprocity in Families;126
12.1;I. Introduction;126
12.2;II. Reciprocity and Developmental Analysis;127
12.3;III. Data Collection Parameters and Profiles;135
12.4;IV. Taking Stock of the Developmental Study of Family Reciprocity;139
12.5;V. Conclusion;151
12.6;References;151
13;Chapter 6. Influence of the Child on Marital Quality and Family Interaction during the Prenatal Perinatal, and Infancy Periods;156
13.1;I. Introduction;156
13.2;II. The Prenatal Period;158
13.3;III. The Perinatal Period;162
13.4;IV. The Infancy Period;166
13.5;V. Children's Contribution to Their Own Abuse;172
13.6;VI. Conclusion;175
13.7;References;177
14;Chapter 7. Influences of Children on Marital Interaction and Parental Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions;184
14.1;I. Introduction;184
14.2;II. Children and Traditionalism;187
14.3;III. The Marital Relationship;191
14.4;IV. Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions of Parenthood;200
14.5;V. Conclusions;228
14.6;References;231
15;Chapter 8. Youth and Their Parents: Feedback and Intergenerational Influence in Socialization;234
15.1;I. Introduction;234
15.2;II. Transmission: Intergenerational Contrast and Similarity;235
15.3;III. Feelings: Solidarity, Affect, and Attachment;241
15.4;IV. Generation Processes: Societal and Individual;244
15.5;V. Feedback: A Model of Reciprocal Effects Between Generations;247
15.6;VI. Conclusion;253
15.7;References;255
16;Chapter 9. Parent and Child in Later Life: Rethinking the Relationship;260
16.1;I. Introduction;260
16.2;II. Characteristics of Intergenerational Relationships in Later Life;261
16.3;III. Age and Cohort Differences;263
16.4;IV. Factors Tending to Attenuate Intergenerational Bonds;266
16.5;V. Factors Tending to Preserve and Prolong the Intergenerational Bond;273
16.6;VI. Consequences, Issues, and Trends;280
16.7;VII. Conclusion;286
16.8;References;287
17;Chapter 10. The Influence of Children's Developmental Dysfunctions on Marital Quality and Family Interaction;294
17.1;I. Introduction;294
17.2;II. Parental Reactions to the Recognition of Their Child as Handicapped;295
17.3;III. Parental Attachment and Parental Roles;298
17.4;IV. The Childhood Years;301
17.5;V. The Adolescent and Adult Years;304
17.6;VI. Parental Personalities and Marital Integration;307
17.7;VII. The Handicapped Person's Siblings and Family;310
17.8;VIII. The Extended Family;313
17.9;IX. Conclusion;313
17.10;References;314
18;Chapter 11. The Impact of Children's Physical Handicaps on Marital Quality and Family Interaction;318
18.1;I. Introduction;318
18.2;II. The Rubella Birth Defect Evaluation Project;320
18.3;III. Characteristics of the Sample;320
18.4;IV. Procedure for Collecting Data;323
18.5;V. Impact of the Child on Marital Quality and Family Interaction;323
18.6;VI. Characteristics of Handicapped Children and Their Parents in Families with Marital Discord and Family Disruptions;329
18.7;VII. Sociofamilial Attributes: Demographic and Attitudinal;330
18.8;VIII. Demographic and Physical Attributes of the Handicapped Child;335
18.9;IX. Psychological-Behavioral Attributes of the Child;340
18.10;X. Conclusions;343
18.11;References;344
19;Chapter 12. The Study of Child–Family Interactions: A Perspective for the Future;346
19.1;I. Introduction;346
19.2;II. A Synthesis of Perspectives;347
19.3;III. Child-Family Interactions and Life-Span Research;349
19.4;IV. Issues in Marital Quality and Family Interaction;354
19.5;V. Conclusions;362
19.6;References;362
20;Index;364