Children in Changing Families: Life After Parental Separation - Couverture rigide

Pryor, Jan; Rodgers, Bryan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631215751 ISBN 13 : 9780631215752

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

At a time when separation and divorce are at historically high rates, this book supplies much-needed insights into why some children survive change in families better than others. Sifting through international research on families undergoing change, the authors consider what can be learnt about children's experiences and well-being. The book starts by documenting demographic changes across North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and by outlining known outcomes for children affected by parental separation and stepfamily formation. It then goes on to address in detail children's own perceptions of family change, what happens when family transitions occur, children's experience in stepfamilies, and the hotly-debated issue of the involvement of fathers in children's lives. Finally, the authors draw out the implications of research for policy and practice. They point professionals towards multifaceted approaches to caring for children, minimising the risks and optimising the factors that promote resilience.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan Pryor is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She is a Specialist Report Writer for the New Zealand Family Court, and an educator for lawyers and others working with families in the court system. Bryan Rodgers is a Senior Fellow in the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University. He has published research from the three large British birth cohort studies of children born in 1946, 1958 and 1970. In 1998 Jan Pryor and Bryan Rodgers authored a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that reviewed UK research on outcomes for children whose parents separated or divorced.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631215751
• ISBN 13: 9780631215752
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible