Children in changing families : life after parental separation / Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers.
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TextSeries: Understanding children's worlds | Understanding children\'s worldsPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2001.Description: xv, 320p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780631215769 (pbk.) :
- 9780631215752 (hbk.) :
- 9780631215769
- Separation (Psychology)
- Divorced parents -- Family relationships
- Children of divorced parents -- Family relationships
- Children of divorced parents -- Psychology
- Child development -- Cross-cultural studies
- Children of single parents -- Cross-cultural studies
- Children of divorced parents -- Cross-cultural studies
- Children of divorced parents -- Psychology -- Cross-cultural studies
- Resilience (Personality trait) in children -- Cross-cultural studies
- Family and Relationships
- Age groups: children
- Sociology: family & relationships
- 306.874 PRY
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-313) and index.
1.The context of family transitions -- 2.Frameworks for understanding family transitions -- 3.family transitions and outcomes for children -- 4.Children\'s perceptions of families and family change -- 5.Families that separate -- 6.Stepfamilies and multiple transitions -- 7.Fathers and families -- 8.Explaining outcomes for children and young people -- 9.Overview and future directions.
At a time when separation and divorce are at historically high rates, this book supplies much-needed insights into why some children survive change in families better than others.