Contemporary Families

Scott Browning is Professor of Professional Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. He is a noted authority on psychological treatment with stepfamilies and families on the spectrum. Kay Pasley is the Norejane Hendrickson Professor Emerita and was Chair of Family and Child Sciences at Florida State University. She is a former Editor of Family Relations , and a recipient of the 2012 Felix Berardo Mentoring Award and whose research addresses remarriage, stepfamilies, and fathering after divorce.

1. Introduction Scott Browning and Kay Pasley 2. Adoptive Families Ellen Pinderhughes, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Xian Zang, and David Brodzinsky 3. Foster Families Jill D. Berrick, Lenore M. McWey, Andrew Benesh, and Armeda Stevenson Wojciak 4. Interracial Families Annamaria Csizmadia, Leigh Leslie, and Ronnit Nazarian 5. Families with a Special Needs Child Juliann J. Woods, Jennifer A. Brown, and Scott Browning 6. The GLBT Family Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Kristen Benson, Erika L. Grafsky, Hoa N. Nguyen, and Joseph Micucci 7. The Grandparent Headed Family Tammy L. Henderson, Sandra J. Bailey, Marion Lindblad-Goldberg, and Edward A. Igle 8. Families with Chronic Medical Issues Joseph G. Grzywacz, Sally Eagleton, Amy Treat, Steve Simms, and Linda A. Hawkins 9. Collaboration of Science and Practice: A Realistic Goal Scott Browning and Kay Pasley