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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crouter, Ann C.

Booth, Alan, 1935-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Children.

Parent and child.

Child rearing.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

Summary:

The topics of the symposia are timely and of significant interest to family researchers. This book focuses on the importance of the differences found among siblings and how they influence interactions between members of the family and behavior outside th

Contents:

Part I What Features of Children Shape Family Relationships and How? 1

1 Child Effects on Family Systems: Behavioral Genetic Strategies / David Reiss 3

2 On the Meaning of Models: A Signal Amidst the Noise / Kathleen McCartney 27

3 Are We Finally Ready to Move Beyond "Nature vs. Nurture"? / Xiaojia Ge, M. Brent Donnellan, Lawrence Harper 37

4 How to Spin Straw Into Gold / J. Richard Udry 49

Part II What Role Does Infant and Early Childhood Temperament Play in the Development of Relationship With Parents? 55

5 Infant Negative Emotionality, Caregiving, and Family Relationships / Susan Crockenberg, Esther Leerkes 57

6 Child Effects on the Family: An Example of the Extreme Case and a Question of Methodology / Cynthia A. Stifter 79

7 Sensitivity to Infants' Cues: As Much a Mandate for Researchers as for Parents / James P. McHale, Kathryn C. Kavanaugh, Julia M. Berkman 91

8 The Developmental Course From Child Effects to Child Effectiveness / Pamela M. Cole 109

Part III What Roles Do Adolescents Play in Actively Shaping Relationships With Parents, Siblings, and Peers? 119

9 Parenting of Adolescents: Action or Reaction? / Margaret Kerr, Hakan Stattin 121

10 On the Brink: Stability and Change in Parent-Child Relations in Adolescence / Elizabeth G. Menaghan 153

11 Parental Monitoring: Action and Reaction / Gene H. Brody 163

12 Parental Monitoring: A Person-Environment Interaction Perspective on This Key Parenting Skill / Deborah M. Capaldi 171

13 Straw Men, Untested Assumptions, and Bi-directional Models: A Response to Capaldi and Brody / Margaret Kerr, Hakan Stattin 181

Part IV How Do Children Affect Parents' Marriage and Other Family Relationships? 189

14 The Gender of Child and Parent as Factors in Family Dynamics / Eleanor E. Maccoby 191

15 How Do Children Exert an Impact on Family Life? / Susan M. McHale, Ann C. Crouter 207

16 Eleanor E. Maccoby on the Active Child: Gender Differences and Family Interactions / Hakan Stattin, Margaret Kerr 221

17 Reply to Stattin

Kerr Critique / Eleanor E. Maccoby 227

18 A Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Childhood Aggression and Reciprocal Family Influences / Nicki R. Crick 229

19 Child Effects as Family Process / Lilly Shanahan, Juliana M. Sobolewski 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805842713

OCLC:

51095689