This work addresses itself to how the family and its individual members grow and develop; how they respond collectively and individually to the changing challenges from society. Individual members can be helped or hindered by the family. A developmental perspective is adopted. Among the topics covered are family formation, different forms of family building and sibling and family relationships in childhood and adolescence. The book also addresses cultural and ethnic issues. It is aimed at psychology students and teachers, social workers, nurses, medical students and sociology students.
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Für die Erwachsenenbildung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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978-1-85000-838-5 (9781850008385)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Families as a context for development; family formation - adjustments to parenthood; different forms of family building - reproductive technology and adoption; mothers and children; beyond the dyad - fathers and mothers and children; sibling and family relations in childhood and adolescence; the family in transition - single parenting, family breakup and reconstituted families; child abuse within the family; the health of the child - prematurity, illness, handicap and the family; stress in the family and coping - vulnerability and resilience; cultural and ethnic issues.
