Family Emotional System (eBook)

Robert J. Noone is co-founder of and faculty at the Center for Family Consultation in Evanston, Illinois where he also maintains a psychotherapy practice.Daniel V. Papero is senior faculty member at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, DC.

Part I Bowen Theory and the Family Emotional SystemChapter 1 Toward a Science of Human BehaviorRobert J. Noone and Daniel V. PaperoChapter 2 The Family Emotional SystemDaniel V. PaperoChapter 3 Multigenerational Family Emotional Process as a Source of Individual Differences in AdaptivenessRobert J. NooneChapter 4 The Predictability of the Family Emotional SystemRandall T. FrostChapter 5 The Family as an Emotional Unit Concept: Origins and Early HistoryJohn F. ButlerPart IIScientific Contributions to an Emotional Systems PerspectiveChapter 6 Epigenetic Effects of Parental Care within and across GenerationsFrances A. Champagne and James P. CurleyChapter 7 Early Context-Dependent Epigenetic Modifications and the Shaping of Brain and BehaviorDavid Crews and Robert J. NooneChapter 8Nonhuman Primate Models of Family SystemsCharles T. SnowdonChapter 9 The Instinctual Foundations of Infant Minds: How Primary Affects Guide the Construction of Their Higher Cognitive Proclivities and Abilities Jaak Panksepp & Marina FarinelliChapter 10 Evolution of Psychological Mechanisms for Human Family RelationshipMark V. FlinnChapter 11 The Family System of a Social Wasp Raghavendra GadagkarChapter 12 Ants and Families LeAnn S. Howard and Deborah M. GordonPart IIIExamples of the Influence of a Family Emotional Systems Perspective on Research and Practice Chapter 13 Emotional Systems and the Regulation of Reproduction with Ovulation as an Illustration Victoria HarrisonChapter 14 Mating and Parental Care: The Influence of Gender on the Primary Triangle Margaret G. DonleyChapter 15 Understanding Autonomic Physiology and Relationship Processes in High-Risk Families Elizabeth SkowronAbout the Contributors