The international handbook of stepfamilies: policy and practice in legal, research, and clinical environments

The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments considers stepfamilies from an international context with information on contemporary research and its implications. INDICE: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Section I: International, Demographic, And Cultural Contexts. Chapter1: The Demography of Stepfamilies (Jay Teachman and Lucky Tedrow). Chapter 2: Stereotypes of Stepfamilies and StepfamilyMembers (Stephen Claxton Oldfield). Chapter 3: Stepfamilies in France Since the 1990s: An Interdisciplinary Overview (Jean-Francois Mignot). Chapter 4: TheSocial Context of Emerging Stepfamilies in Japan: Stress and Support for Parents and Stepparents (Shinji Nozawa). Chapter 5: Stepfathers in Cultural Context: Mexican American Families in the United States (Scot Coltrane, Erika Gutierrez, and Ross D. Parke). Section II: Dynamics Within Stepfamily Households. Chapter 6: Stepfathers in Families (Jeremy Robertson). Chapter 7: Resident Mothers in Stepfamilies (Marjorie Smith). Chapter 8: Sibling Relationships in Blended Families (Melinda E. Baham, Amy A. Weimer, Sanford L. Braver Stepfamily Architecture: Strategies for Meeting the Challenges (Patricia Papernow). Chapter 19: Research on Interventions for Stepfamily Couples: The State of the Field (Sarah Whitton, Jan Nicholson The New Zealand Example (Bill Atkin). Chapter 22:Family and Probate Law in the U.S.: How Relevant is it to Stepfamilies (SarahE. C. Malia)? Chapter 23: Where to from here? Stepfamilies and the future (Jan Pryor).

• ISBN: 978-0-470-11458-2
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 660
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés