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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966984803321

Autore

Deater-Deckard Kirby D

Titolo

Parenting stress / / Kirby Deater-Deckard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-72255-3

9786611722555

0-300-13393-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 208 p.).)

Collana

Current perspectives in psychology

Disciplina

155.9/042/085

Soggetti

Parents - Psychology

Parenting - Psychological aspects

Parent and child - Psychological aspects

Stress (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Hello Baby, Hello Stress: Introduction and Overview -- 2 Parenting Stress and the Parent -- 3 Parenting Stress and the Child -- 4 Parenting Behavior and the Parent-Child Relationship -- 5 Parent and Child Effects -- 6 Family, Culture, Community -- 7 Coping and Intervention -- Appendix: Selected Studies -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

All parents experience stress as they attempt to meet the challenges of caring for their children. This comprehensive book examines the causes and consequences of parenting distress, drawing on a wide array of findings in current empirical research. Kirby Deater-Deckard explores normal and pathological parenting stress, the influences of parents on their children as well as children on their parents, and the effects of biological and environmental factors. Beginning with an overview of theories of stress and coping, Deater-Deckard goes on to describe how parenting stress is linked with problems in adult and child health (emotional problems, developmental disorders, illness); parental behaviors (warmth, harsh discipline); and factors outside the family (marital quality, work roles, cultural influences). The book concludes with a useful review of coping strategies and interventions



that have been demonstrated to alleviate parenting stress.