Author: Amy DiGuiseppe BadePublisher:
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Category : Parenting
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Relationships Between Marital Adjustment, Family Functioning, Task Management and Family Relationship Concerns in Couples Incorporating a Second Child
Author: Amy DiGuiseppe BadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parenting
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Second Child
Author: Robert B. StewartPublisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The processes by which family members adjust to the birth of a second child are explored in this volume. Interviews with both parents and with toddler first-born children focused on how the birth of the second child affected the relationships between other family members, their roles within the family and their feelings about themselves. A major finding was that while mothers become active parents on the birth of the first child, it is often not until the second child is born that the father shows great interest in family life and assumes a significant part of the responsibility for household and childcare tasks.
Prenatal Family Dynamics
Author: Regina Kuersten-HoganPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030519880
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This book examines family interactions and relationships during the transition to parenthood. It offers a unique integration of different lines of research on prenatal family dynamics contributed by leading family researchers in North America and Europe who use observational approaches to study emergent family processes. The book explores prenatal dynamics in diverse families, including adolescent couples, same-sex couples, couples experiencing infertility, and couples expecting their second child. The introduction, anchored in family systems and structural theories, provides an overview of challenges couples commonly experience during the transition to parenthood and details prenatal family processes that predict postpartum adjustment in families. This sets the stage for subsequent chapters by emphasizing unparalleled windows into prenatal family dynamics provided by direct observation. Initial chapters focus on predictors of prenatal interactions and partners’ representations of parenthood. Subsequent chapters describe original research on prebirth couple interactions and the coparenting relationship emerging during pregnancy. The volume includes several studies that rely on innovative research designs using observations of simulated couple encounters with their newborn, represented by a life-sized infant doll. The book concludes with a review of recent prenatal intervention programs designed to improve interpersonal and coparenting relationships of married and unmarried couples. The volume offers recommendations for future research on prenatal family dynamics, including suggestions for methodological advances, exploration of prenatal risk factors, expansion of conceptual models to incorporate culturally-meaningful coparents besides mothers and fathers, and further focus on prenatal intervention programs. This book is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians and professionals, and graduate students in the fields of infant mental health/early child development, family studies, pediatrics, developmental psychology, public health, social work, and early childhood education.
Differences in Marital Quality Between First-and Second-time Parents
Author: Melissa K. RichmondPublisher:
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Category : Family assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The first goal of this study was to examine differences in marital quality in couples after the birth of a first or second child. It was hypothesized that second-time parents would report lower levels of marital quality than first-time parents. The second goal was to determine if parity moderated the association between family stress and marital quality. It was hypothesized that second-time parents would show stronger negative associations between family stressors and marital quality than first-time parents. Sixty-two first-time and 64 second-time couples were administered questionnaires about the quality of their marital relationship. The marital relationship was divided into aspects common to all married couples (i.e., satisfaction, communication and conflict, companionship, and intimacy) and aspects specific to parents of young children (i.e., parenting alliance, satisfaction with role division of childcare, and childrearing disagreements). Couples also completed questionnaires about family stressors (i.e., daily hassles, depressed mood, and their child(ren)'s temperament). Results indicated that second-time parents engaged in fewer companionship activities and were less satisfied with the amount of time spent in companionship activities and the amount of time spent communicating than first-time parents. Second-time couples reported lower levels of a parenting alliance and more childrearing disagreements than first-time parents. There was a trend for second-time couples to report lower levels of marital adjustment and higher levels of marital conflict than first-time parents. There were no significant differences between first- and second-time parents in avoiding marital disputes, frequency of communication, intimacy, and satisfaction with division of childcare roles. Daily hassles and parent depression mood predicted general aspects of marital quality for both mothers and fathers. Child(ren)'s temperament predicted fathers' parenting marital quality. Overall, there was little evidence for the hypothesis that second-time parents would show more negative associations between family stressors and marital quality than first-time parents. Results underscore that the transition from parenting one child to parenting two children may place stress on the marital relationship. These findings build on a body of literature showing that family relationships and family members' individual well-being are affected by the birth of a sibling. .
When Two Become Three
Author: Mark E. CrawfordPublisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441202617
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Raising children is one of life's greatest joys, but the impact of introducing a child into a marriage is staggering. Many couples don't realize the relational stress that parenting can cause. Most parents experience decreased intimacy and increased conflict. They may even find themselves asking, "Am I still in love?" When Two Become Three helps couples recognize the inevitable challenges to their relationship that occur during the childrearing years. It provides practical advice designed to help couples nurture their marital relationship in order to ensure it remains strong during this phase of life and beyond.
Changing Families, Changing Responsibilities
Author: Marilyn ColemanPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1135683921
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This volume explores attitudes and beliefs concerning intergenerational family responsibilities with special focus on families affected by divorce and/or remarriage. For developmentalists, family studies specialists, sociologists, and policy makers.
Circumplex Model
Author: David OlsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317773632
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This functional new volume introduces professionals to the Circumplex Model of Family Systems--one of the most respected and widely used approaches of its kind in family studies. Internationally known scholar/practitioners in the marriage and family therapy field demonstrate how the model can be used to assess couple and family dynamics and plan treatment interventions. They extend the use of the Circumplex Model for treating problem families using a range of clinical interventions at both the family level and broader social system level--including specific treatment populations--sex offenders, juvenile delinquents, truants, and multi-problem families. Designed as a multidisciplinary resource, this authoritative and accurate volume will assist social workers, psychologists, pastoral counselors, family therapists, and other mental health professionals who work with individuals in a family treatment context.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling
Author: Jon CarlsonPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483369560
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 4028
Book Description
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family and Couples Counseling is a new, all-encompassing, landmark work for researchers seeking to broaden their knowledge of this vast and diffuse field. Marriage and family counseling programs are established at institutions worldwide, yet there is no current work focused specifically on family therapy. While other works have discussed various methodologies, cases, niche aspects of the field and some broader views of counseling in general, this authoritative Encyclopedia provides readers with a fully comprehensive and accessible reference to aid in understanding the full scope and diversity of theories, approaches and techniques and how they address various life events within the unique dynamics of families, couples and related interpersonal relationships. Key topics include: Adolescence Adoption Assessment Communication Coping Diversity Divorce and Separation Interventions and Techniques Life Events/Transitions Parenting Styles Sexuality Work/Life Issues, and more Key features include: More than 500 signed articles written by key figures in the field span four comprehensive volumes Front matter includes a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically Back matter includes a history of the development of the field, a Resource Guide to key associations, websites, journals, a selected Bibliography of classic publications, and a detailed Index All entries conclude with References/Further Readings and Cross References to related entries to aid the reader in their research journey
Sociological Abstracts
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Author: Judy K. Parejko