Children's influence on family dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : the neglected side of family relationships / / edited by Ann C. Crouter, Alan Booth

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.85
• Soggetto topico: Families; Children; Parent and child; Child rearing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CrouterAnn C BoothAlan <1935->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: I: What Features of Children Shape Family Relationships and How?; 1 Child Effects on Family Systems: Behavioral Genetic Strategies; 2 On the Meaning of Models: A Signal Amidst the Noise; 3 Are We Finally Ready to Move Beyond "Nature vs. Nurture"?; 4 How to Spin Straw Into Gold; II: What Role Does Infant and Early Childhood Temperament Play in the Development of Relationship With Parents?; 5 Infant Negative Emotionality, Caregiving, and Family Relationships ; 6 Child Effects on the Family: An Example of the Extreme Case and a Question of Methodology7 Sensitivity to Infants' Cues: As Much a Mandate for Researchers as for Parents; 8 The Developmental Course From Child Effects to Child Effectiveness; III: What Roles Do Adolescents Play in Actively Shaping Relationships With Parents, Siblings, and Peers?; 9 Parenting of Adolescents: Action or Reaction?; 10 On the Brink: Stability and Change in Parent-Child Relations in Adolescence; 11 Parental Monitoring: Action and Reaction ; 12 Parental Monitoring: A Person-Environment Interaction Perspective on This Key Parenting Skill13 Straw Men, Untested Assumptions, and Bi-directional Models: A Response to Capaldi and Brody; IV: How Do Children Affect Parents' Marriage and Other Family Relationships?; 14 The Gender of Child and Parent as Factors in Family Dynamics; 15 How Do Children Exert an Impact on Family Life?; 16 Eleanor E. Maccoby on the Active Child: Gender Differences and Family Interactions; 17 Reply to Stattin-Kerr Critique ; 18 A Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Childhood Aggression and Reciprocal Family Influences19 Child Effects as Family Process.
• Sommario/riassunto: Any parent who has raised more than one child is likely to be keenly aware of subtle or even striking differences among their offspring. The central premise of this volume is that children bring personal qualities to their relationships with other family members that help shape family interaction, relationships, and even processes that family researchers have called ""parenting."" The chapters address how children's personal qualities make their mark on families in ways that may in turn influence children's subsequent development. The volume is based on the presentations and discussi
• Titolo autorizzato: Children's influence on family dynamics
• ISBN: 1-135-63282-0; 1-282-32215-X; 9786612322150; 1-4106-0743-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455878803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series