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Author:   Michael Lewis ,  Candice Feiring
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9780805823455

ISBN 10:   080582345
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   01 July 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: The Nature of Family Environments.M. Lewis, C. Feiring, The Child and Its Family. S.L. Ramey, H.K. Juliusson, Family Dynamics at Dinner: A Natural Context for Revealing Basic Family Processes. C. Feiring, M. Lewis, Divergent Family Views and School Competence in Early Adolescence. L.A. Rosenblum, Effective Mothering in a Familial Context: A Nonhuman Primate Perspective. R.D. Parke, R. O'Neil, S. Isley, S. Spitzer, M. Welsh, S. Wang, M. Flyr, S. Simpkins, C. Strand, M. Morales, Family-Peer Relationships: Cognitive, Emotional, and Ecological Determinants. M.E. Lamb, B. Leyendecker, A. Schölmerich, Everyday Experiences of Infants in Euro-American and Central American Immigrant Families. R.H. Bradley, L. Whiteside-Mansell, Home Environment and Children's Development: Age and Demographic Differences. Part II: Families At-Risk.A.J. Sameroff, W.T. Bartko, A. Baldwin, C. Baldwin, R. Seifer, Family and Social Influences on the Development of Child Competence. C.T. Ramey, S.L. Ramey, R.G. Lanzi, Differentiating Developmental Risk Levels for Families in Poverty: Creating a Family Typology. S. Dawud-Noursi, M.E. Lamb, K.J. Sternberg, The Relations Among Domestic Violence, Peer Relationships, and Academic Performance. G.H. Brody, D.L. Flor, E. Neubaum, Coparenting Processes and Child Competence Among Rural African-American Families. T.D. Wachs, Family Environmental Influences and Development: Illustrations From the Study of Undernourished Children. B.K. Keogh, L.P. Bernheimer, R. Gallimore, T.S. Weisner, Child and Family Outcomes Over Time: A Longitudinal Perspective on Developmental Delays. I.E. Sigel, Socialization of Cognition: A Family Focus. N.M. Robinson, Synergies in the Families of Gifted Children.

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...is a noteworthy addition to the literature concerned with the factors that influence child outcomes....provides an excellent glimpse of many fascinating, state-of-the-art studies using a systems or ecological approach to child development. -Journal of Marriage and the Family

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