Family Interaction: A Multigenerational Developmental Perspective (5th Edition)

Anderson, Stephen A.,Sabatelli, Ronald M.

ISBN 10: 0205710832 / ISBN 13: 9780205710836

Published by Pearson, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Family Interaction: A Multigenerational Developmental Perspective (5th Edition)
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205710832
• ISBN 13: 9780205710836
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Examines families - their challenges and successes - as they move through the life course.

 

Family Interaction takes a family systems and a multigenerational, developmental framework. This text looks at the major conceptual models used to understand the patterns and interactional dynamics that operate in families. It provides readers with an overview of the basic tasks that all families must execute regardless of their particular composition or living situation and, at the same time, offers readers an appreciation of the variety and uniqueness in the ways in which each family develops its patterns of interaction.

About the Author

Stephen Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Connecticut.  He is Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and the Center for Applied Research in Human Development.  He received his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University. His research interests include - Youth Development, Assessment of Family Functioning, Couple and Family Violence, Family Therapy Supervision and Training, and Program Evaluation.

 

Ronald Sabatelli is Professor & Department Head of the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. in Family Studies from the University of Connecticut.  His research interests include how family of origin experiences influence the structure and experience of parenthood and romantic relationships; youth development, and the assessment of relationship and family functioning. He is currently the editor of Family Relations, an interdisciplinary journal of applied family studies, published on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations.