The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444334506 ISBN 13: 9781444334500

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships presents original articles from leading experts that link research, policy, and practice together to reflect the most current knowledge of contemporary relationships.  

• Offers interesting new perspectives on a range of relationship issues facing twenty-first century Western society
• Helps those who work with couples and families facing with relationship issues
• Includes practical suggestions for dealing with relationship problems
• Explores diverse issues, including family structure versus functioning; attachment theory; divorce and family breakdown; communication and conflict; self regulation, partner regulation, and behavior change; care-giving and parenting; relationship education; and therapy and policy implications

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Couples and Family Relationships offers keen insights into ways to confront the unique challenges of relationships in 21st-century Western society. Original contributions from an international cast of leading relationship researchers, practitioners, educators, and policy makers link research, policy, and practice to reflect the most up-to-date knowledge of the myriad issues surrounding contemporary relationships. Themes explored include family structure versus functioning; attachment theory; divorce and family breakdown; communication and conflict; self-regulation, partner regulation, and behavior change; care-giving and parenting; relationship education; and therapy and policy implications. In addition to tackling issues of love, sex, and intimacy, a number of authors focus on specific interventions that can be utilized by professionals in assisting clients achieve more fulfilling relationships.

This handbook is an invaluable resource for counselors, therapists, and others involved in helping couples and families to survive in the current social context.

About the Author:

Patricia Noller is Professor Emeritus, University of Queensland. She has published extensively in the areas of marital and family relationships, and adult attachment. Dr. Noller is also a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the National Council on Family Relationships (USA).

Gery C. Karantzas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Deakin University, and Convenor of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Psychology of Relationships Interest Group. He has published numerous studies in the area of close personal relationships with a specific interest in investigating couple and family relationships during transitions and in adult attachment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1444334506
• ISBN 13: 9781444334500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Noller Patricia, Karantzas Gery C.