Parenting stress / Kirby Deater-Deckard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deater-Deckard, Kirby D.

Series:

Current perspectives in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parents--Psychology.

Parenting--Psychological aspects.

Parent and child--Psychological aspects.

Stress (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xi, 208 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]

Summary:

All parents experience stress as they attempt to meet the challenges of caring for their children. This comprehensive book examines the causes and consequences of parenting distress, drawing on a wide array of findings in current empirical research. Kirby Deater-Deckard explores normal and pathological parenting stress, the influences of parents on their children as well as children on their parents, and the effects of biological and environmental factors. Beginning with an overview of theories of stress and coping, Deater-Deckard goes on to describe how parenting stress is linked with problems in adult and child health (emotional problems, developmental disorders, illness); parental behaviors (warmth, harsh discipline); and factors outside the family (marital quality, work roles, cultural influences). The book concludes with a useful review of coping strategies and interventions that have been demonstrated to alleviate parenting stress.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Hello Baby, Hello Stress: Introduction and Overview 1

Chapter 2 Parenting Stress and the Parent 27

Chapter 3 Parenting Stress and the Child 55

Chapter 4 Parenting Behavior and the Parent-Child Relationship 74

Chapter 5 Parent and Child Effects 95

Chapter 6 Family, Culture, Community 115

Chapter 7 Coping and Intervention 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-201) and index.

ISBN:

030010393X

OCLC:

55067692