Strengthening couple relationships for optimal child development : lessons from research and intervention / edited by Marc S. Schulz ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schulz, Marc S.

Series:

Decade of behavior

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage.

Child development.

Physical Description:

xvi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2010]

Contents:

1 Tracing the Development of the Couples and Family Research Tradition: The Enduring Contributions of Philip and Carolyn Pape Cowan / Ross D. Parke, Marc S. Schulz, Marsha Kline Pruett, Patricia K. Kerig 11

Part I Implications of Couple Relationships for Parenting and Children's Development 25

2 Identifying the Dynamic Processes Underlying Links Between Marital Conflict and Child Adjustment / E. Mark Cummings, Christine E. Merrilees 27

3 Capturing Young Children's Perceptions of Marital Conflict / Jennifer C. Ablow, Jeffrey R. Measelle 41

4 Ties That Bind: Triangulation, Boundary Dissolution, and the Effects of Interparental Conflict on Child Development / Patricia K. Kerig, Julie A. Swanson 59

5 Shared Child Rearing in Nuclear, Fragile, and Kinship Family Systems: Evolution, Dilemmas, and Promise of a Coparenting Framework / James P. McHale 77

Part II Investigating Key Domains and Determinants of Couple Functioning 95

6 Marital Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: Three Eras of Research / Erika Lawrence, Alexia D. Rothman, Rebecca J. Cobb, Thomas N. Bradbury 97

7 An Integrative and Developmental Perspective for Understanding Romantic Relationship Quality During the Transition to Parenthood / Holly Hatton, Rand D. Conger, Dannelle Larsen-Rife, Lenna Ontai 115

8 Capturing the Elusive: Studying Emotion Processes in Couple Relationships / Marc S. Schulz, Robert J. Waldinger 131

9 Attachment Perspectives on Couple Functioning and Couples Interventions / Christopher Clulow 149

Part III Promoting Healthy Couple and Family Relationships 163

10 A New Couples Approach to Interventions for the Transition to Parenthood / John Gottman, Julie Gottman, Alyson Shapiro 165

11 Effectively Intervening With Divorcing Parents and Their Children: What Works and How It Works / Marsha Kline Pruett, Ryan Kerry Barker 181

12 A Specialty Clinic Model for Clinical Science Training: Translating Couples Research Into Practice in the Berkeley Couples Clinic / Robert W. Levenson, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan 197

13 How Working With Couples Fosters Children's Development: From Prevention Science to Public Policy / Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan 211

Coda: Looking to the Future / Marc S. Schulz, Marsha Kline Pruett, Patricia K. Kerig, Ross D. Parke 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433805479

1433805472

OCLC:

319955153