Family Transitions

Philip A. Cowan, E. Mavis Hetherington

Contents: Part I:Perspectives.P.A. Cowan, Individual and Family Life Transitions: A Proposal for a New Definition. G.H. Elder, Jr., Family Transitions, Cycles, and Social Change. J.R. Dura, J.K. Kiecolt-Glaser, Family Transitions, Stress, and Health. Part II:Normative and Nonnormative Transitions.C.P. Cowan, P.A. Cowan, G. Heming, N.B. Miller, Becoming a Family: Marriage, Parenting, and Child Development. D. Baumrind, Effective Parenting During the Early Adolescent Transition. E.M. Hetherington, The Role of Individual Differences and Family Relationships in Children's Coping with Divorce and Remarriage. G.R. Patterson, D.M. Capaldi, Antisocial Parents: Unskilled and Vulnerable. E.A. Blechman, Effective Communication: Enabling Multiproblem Families to Change. Part III:Metaphors and Models.J.M. Gottman, Chaos and Regulated Change in Families: A Metaphor for the Study of Transitions. R.F. Falk, N.B. Miller, A Soft Models Approach to Family Transitions.