Normal Family Processes: Growing Diversity and Complexity
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Widely adopted, this valued course text and practitioner guide has expanded the understanding of family normality and healthy functioning in our increasingly diverse society. The editor and contributors are at the forefront of research and clinical training. They describe the challenges facing contemporary families and ways in which clinicians can promote resilience. With consideration of sociocultural and developmental influences, chapters identify key family processes that nurture and sustain strong bonds in couples; dual-earner, divorced, single-parent, remarried, adoptive, and kinship care families; gay and lesbian families; culturally diverse families; and those coping with adversity, such as trauma, poverty, and chronic illness. New to This Edition*Reflects important research advances and the changing contexts of family life.*Additional chapter topics: kinship care, family rituals, evidence-based assessment, and neurobiology.*All chapters have been fully updated. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright About the Editor Contributors Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface (2012) Acknowledgments Contents Part I. OVERVIEW Chapter 1. The New Normal: Diversity and Complexity in 21st-Century Families Chapter 2. Clinical Views of Family Normality, Health, and Dysfunction: From a Deficits to a Strengths Perspective Part II. VARYING FAMILY FORMS AND CHALLENGES Chapter 3. Couple Interaction in Happy and Unhappy Marriages: Gottman Laboratory Studies Chapter 4. Contemporary Two-Parent Families: Navigating Work and Family Challenges Chapter 5. Risk and Resilience after Divorce Chapter 6. The Diversity, Strengths, and Challenges of Single-Parent Households Chapter 7. Remarriage and Stepfamily Life Chapter 8. Gay and Lesbian Family Life: Risk, Resilience, and Rising Expectations Chapter 9. Family Processes in Kinship Care Chapter 10. Adoptive Families Part III. CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN FAMILY FUNCTIONING Chapter 11. Culture: A Challenge to Concepts of Normality Chapter 12. Intersections of Race, Class, and Poverty: Challenges and Resilience in African American Families Chapter 13. Immigrant Family Processes: A Multidimensional Framework Chapter 14. Changing Gender Norms in Families and Society: Toward Equality amid Complexities Chapter 15. The Spiritual Dimension of Family Life Part IV. DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY FUNCTIONING Chapter 16. The Family Life Cycle Chapter 17. Family Resilience: Strengths Forged through Adversity Chapter 18. Normative Family Transitions, Couple Relationship Quality, and Healthy Child Development Chapter 19. Mastering Family Challenges in Serious Illness and Disability Chapter 20. The Value of Rituals in Family Life Part V. ADVANCING FAMILY SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Chapter 21. Assessment of Effective Couple and Family Functioning: Prevailing Models and Instruments Chapter 22. Unraveling the Complexity of Gene–Environment Interplay and Family Processes Chapter 23. Neurobiology and Family Processes Index
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