Overview

From leading researchers, this book presents important advances in understanding how growing up in a discordant family affects child adjustment, the factors that make certain children more vulnerable than others, and what can be done to help. It is a state-of-the-science follow-up to the authors' seminal earlier work, Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution. The volume presents a new conceptual framework that draws on current knowledge about family processes; parenting; attachment; and children's emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral development. Innovative research methods are explained and promising directions for clinical practice with children and families are discussed.

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Author:   E. Mark Cummings (University of Notre Dame, United States) ,  Patrick T. Davies (University of Rochester, United States) ,  Robert E. Emery ,  Thomas N. Bradbury
Publisher:   Guilford Publications
Imprint:   Guilford Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781462503292

ISBN 10:   1462503292
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. New Directions in the Study of Children and Marital Conflict 1. Marital Conflict and Risky Families 2. The Emergence of Process-Oriented Approaches: Emotional Security Theory II. Child Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict 3. Identifying Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict 4. Testing Process-Oriented Models of the Direct Effects of Exposure to Marital Conflict III. Contextualizing Marital Conflict 5. The Role of Parenting in the Context of Marital Conflict: Indirect Pathways and Processes 6. Contextual Vulnerability and Protective Models 7. Development over Time in Contexts of Marital Conflict IV. Future Directions 8. Applications of Findings and Translational Research 9. Beyond the Marital Dyad: From Bowlby to Political Violence Appendices: Coding Systems and Methodology A. Conflict in the Interparental System (CIS)–Observational Coding B. Security in the Interparental Subsystem (SIS) Scale–Child Report C. Security in the Marital System–Parent Report (SIMS-PR) Scale D. Advanced Measurement and Research Design Issues for a Process-Oriented Approach

Reviews

Cummings and Davies have done it again! This is a superb book, combining years of programmatic research with keen insights and a constant eye toward practical applications for practitioners and the parents they work with. Marital Conflict and Children is 'must' reading for researchers and practitioners in psychology, family therapy, and associated disciplines, as well as a great text for upper-division undergraduate and graduate classes. --Robert E. Emery, PhD, Department of Psychology and Director, Center for Children, Families, and the Law, University of Virginia Rapid advances in research have illuminated the fascinating and complex connections between marital conflict and the well-being of children. Here, noted scientists Cummings and Davies pull together diverse strands of theory and evidence to offer a concise and masterful summary of this burgeoning literature. Broad in vision and tightly organized, this is the book that scholars, students, and practitioners will want to rea

Author Information

E. Mark Cummings, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA and Patrick T. Davies, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, New York, USA

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