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Redefining Families

Implications for Children’s Development

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Adele Eskeles Gottfried

    1. Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, California State University, Northridge, USA

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  2. Allen W. Gottfried

    1. Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Demography and Changing Families

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried
      Pages 3-8

  3. Alternative Families and Children’s Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
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    2. Primary-Caregiving Fathers in Intact Families

      • Norma Radin
      Pages 11-54

    3. Role of Maternal and Dual-Earner Employment Status in Children’s Development

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Kay Bathurst, Allen W. Gottfried
      Pages 55-97

    4. Revolution and Reassessment

      • Charlene E. Depner
      Pages 99-129

    5. The Gap between Psychosocial Assumptions and Empirical Research in Lesbian-Mother Child Custody Cases

      • Patricia J. Falk
      Pages 131-156

    6. Gay Dads

      • Robert L. Barret, Bryan E. Robinson
      Pages 157-170

    7. Custodial Grandparenting

      • R. Jerald Shore, Bert Hayslip Jr.
      Pages 171-218

  4. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Impact of Redefined Families on Children’s Development

      • Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried
      Pages 221-229

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 231-237
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About this book

Families are undergoing dramatic changes in our society. Our tradi­ tional views are being challenged by new family arrangements. These new family arrangements are forcing redefinitions of what consti­ tutes a family and raising significant issues regarding the potential developmental consequences for children in these families, if such exist. Moreover, the ramifications of redefined families and their bear­ ing on children's development extend into the legal, political, and societal arenas. This book focuses on the relationships between di­ verse family arrangements and children's development, as well as on legal and social implications. Our interest in this area emanates from our experience in directing the Fullerton Longitudinal Study. In the course of this investigation, we observed families undergoing transformation, most commonly in maternal employment and marital status. Our initial research on the role of maternal employment in children's development provided the scientific foundation for our interest. Just as we feel that maternal employment and dual-earner families should be comprehensively re­ searched regarding their relationships to children's development, we also believe that other contemporary family arrangements should receive extensive attention in the developmental literature. Hence, the idea for this book emerged.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, California State University, Northridge, USA

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried

  • Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, USA

    Allen W. Gottfried

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Redefining Families

  • Book Subtitle: Implications for Children’s Development

  • Editors: Adele Eskeles Gottfried, Allen W. Gottfried

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0961-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44559-0Published: 28 February 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0963-3Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0961-9Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 237

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Sexual Behavior, Social Sciences, general

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