Price: $129.00
Editors: Rafael N. Ramirez
Book Description:
This new book focuses on family relations which is a cross-disciplinary field involving psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, and comparative cultural issues.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1 - Coercive Parent-Child Interactions: Behavioral Precursors to Problematic Child Outcomes; pp. 1-20
(Kimberly Renk, Melissa Middleton, Samantha Scott, Univ. of Central Florida)
Chapter 2 - Parental Warmth and Socio-Emotional Adjustment in Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese and Italian Children: A Cross-Cultural Perspective; pp. 21-41
(Janet Chung, Univ. of Western Ontario, Carla Zappulla, Univ. of Palermo, Violet Kaspar, Univ. of Toronto, Ana Maria De Oliveira, Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina, Yunfeng He, Shanghai Normal Univ.)
Chapter 3 - Predictors of Maternal Writing Mediation to Kindergartners: Analysis via a Twins Study; pp. 43-68
(Dorit Aram, Constantiner School of Education, Tel Aviv Univ.)
Chapter 4 - Birds of a Feather Stay Together: Extended Family Bonds, Clan Structures and Social Support in Greylag Geese; pp. 69-88 (Brigitte M. WeiB, Kurt Kortrschal, Didone Frigerio, Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle, Univ. of Vienna, Dept. of Behavioral Biology)
Chapter 5 - Changes in Family Attitudes: A New Complexity;
pp. 89-104
(Daniela Caprino, Luisa M. Massimo, Dept. of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Genova, Italy)
Chapter 6 - Chopin and Chopsticks: Economic and Family Experiences of Music Teachers in Hong Kong; pp. 105-119
(Twyla J. Hill, Wichita State Univ., Eugenia Oi Yan Yau, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City Univ. of New York)
Chapter 7 - The Impact of Family Structure on Oedipal Forms in an Oriental Culture: A Case Study of Literary Data in China's Greatest Classical Novel; pp. 121-142
(Ming Dong Gu)
Chapter 8 - Perceived Parenting: Measurement and Meaning;
pp. 143-152
(Masayo Uji, Toshinori Kitamura, Dept. of Clinical Behavioral Sciences, Kumamoto Univ. Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan)
Chapter 9 - Parenting Style and Sleep Habits in Young Children: Permissive vs. Authoritative Approach; pp. 153-167
(Anat Scher, Osnat Horev, Dept. of Education, Univ. of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
Chapter 10 - Linking Quality of Parent-Adolescent Relationship, Adolescent Self-Esteem and Quality of Peer Relations: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study; pp. 169-183
(M. Dekoviæ, E. Reitz, J.J. Asscher and P. Prinzie, Dept. of Child and Adolescents Studies, Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands)
Index
Binding: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008
ISBN: 1-60021-926-8
