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Author:   Rand Conger ,  Glen H. Elder, Jr. ,  Frederick O. Lorenz ,  Ronald L. Simons
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780202304878

ISBN 10:   0202304876
Pages:   303
Publication Date:   31 December 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I. Families and Hardship 1. Families in Troubled Times: The Iowa Youth and Families Project 2. Analyzing Family Stress and Adaptation: Methods of Study Part II. Rural Families and Communities 3. Rural Economic and Social Trends 4. Families Under Economic Pressure 5. Survival, Loss, and Adaptation: A Perspective on Farm Families 6. Children in the Household Economy Part III. Husbands and Wives 7. Family Origins of Personal and Social Well-Being 8. Doing Worse and Feeling Worse: Psychological Consequences of Economic Hardship 9. Economic Stress and Marital Relations Part IV. Adolescent Development 10. Economic Pressure and Harsh Parenting 11. Resilient and Vulnerable Adolescents 12. Sibling Relations During Hard Times Part V. Reviewing the Evidence 13. Family Stress and Adaptation: Reviewing the Evidence

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<p> This excellent collection examines the impact of the 1980s farm crisis on family stability. The Iowa Youth and Family Project interviewed four members from each of 451 selected rural families in north-central Iowa. Using a family stress model that effectively integrates structural and social psychological variables, the papers explore how economic hardship disrupts the lives and emotions of family members within one of three broad areas--economic changes in rural families and communities, marital relations, and parenting. Many of the findings parallel similar research from the Depression. The project discovered that the crisis rippled throughout the region, affecting not only those families losing their farms but also nonfarm families in farming-dependent communities... The implications for all families, rural or urban, required to adapt to economic restructuring are significant. Upper-division undergraduates and above. <p> --W. P. Anderson Jr., Choice

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