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Handbook of Family Theories
A Content-Based Approach
Organized by content areas rather than by theory, this comprehensive, accessible handbook helps readers gain greater insight into how key theories have impacted today’s family research. Most competing books, organized by theory, do not provide a strong sense of the links between theory and research...
Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
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Children of Divorce
Stories of Loss and Growth, Second Edition
Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent divorce literature, the authors provide readers...
Published June 14th 2010 by Routledge
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Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
This Handbook presents up-to-date scholarship on the causes and predictors, processes, and consequences of divorce and relationship dissolution. Featuring contributions from multiple disciplines, this Handbook reviews relationship termination, including variations depending on legal status, race/...
Published October 2nd 2005 by Psychology Press
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Children of Divorce
Stories of Loss and Growth
Children of Divorce features excerpts of stories collected from hundreds of young people. The narratives embrace such themes as despair, chaos in the family, and "missing" dads. The volume paints a picture of the pain, the hope, and the resiliency shown by young adults while in the throes of...
Published January 20th 2004 by Psychology Press
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Understanding and Helping Families
A Cognitive-behavioral Approach
This book presents a new approach to understanding the family unit and how and why it functions as it does. The approach focuses on the cognitions of family members and how these, in turn, shape individuals' behavior and the functioning of the family system. The use of the cognitive-behavioral...
Published October 31st 1993 by Routledge