Family Problems : Stress, Risk, and Resilience

Joyce A. Arditti

ISBN 10: 1118348281 / ISBN 13: 9781118348284

Published by Wiley & Sons, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

About this Item

Neuware - Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world.\* Represents the most up-to-date family problem research while addressing such contemporary issues as parental incarceration, same sex marriage, health care disparities, and welfare reform\* Features brief chapter introductions that provide context and direction to guide the student to the heart of what's important in the piece that follows\* Includes critical thinking questions to enhance the utility of the book for classroom use\* Responds to family problem issues through the lens of a social justice perspective.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Family Problems : Stress, Risk, and Resilience
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118348281
• ISBN 13: 9781118348284
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 38D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 763 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world. 

• Represents the most up-to-date family problem research while addressing such contemporary issues as parental incarceration, same sex marriage, health care disparities, and welfare reform
• Features brief chapter introductions that provide context and direction to guide the student to the heart of what’s important in the piece that follows
• Includes critical thinking questions to enhance the utility of the book for classroom use
• Responds to family problem issues through the lens of a social justice perspective

About the Author

Joyce A. Arditti is Professor of Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is the author of Parental Incarceration and the Family: Psychological and Social Effects of Imprisonment on Children, Parents, and Caregivers (2012).