Couples & Family Therapy Arena

Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

• By Karen Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth and Amy Laura Dombro.

Published April 2012

This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their…
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Families with Futures

Family Studies into the 21st Century, Second Edition

• By Meg Wilkes Karraker, and Janet R. Grochowski.

Published February 2012

Noted for its interdisciplinary approach to family studies, Families with Futures provides an engaging, contemporary look at the discipline's theories, methods, essential topics, and career opportunities. Featuring strong coverage of theories and methods, readers explore family concepts and…
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Evidence-based Parent Education Programmes to Promote Positive Parenting

A Special Issue of European Journal Developmental Psychology

• Edited by María José Rodrigo, Ana Almeida, Christiane Spiel and Willem Koops.

Published January 2012

The objective of this special issue is to illustrate some of the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects involved in the evidence-based evaluation of family educational programs aimed at supporting positive parenting. The main novelty that this special issue brings is the compilation of…
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Father-Daughter Relationships

Contemporary Research and Issues

• By Linda Nielsen.

Published January 2012

The first research-based text that focuses on the impact of the father-daughter relationship, this provocative book examines the factors that can strengthen or weaken these relationships and the impact that these relationships have on society. The research is brought to life with compelling…
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Sacred Matters

Religion and Spirituality in Families

• By Wesley R. Burr, Loren D. Marks and Randal D. Day.

Published October 2011

Sacred Matters explores the multi-disciplinary literature about the role of religion in family life and provides new research and a new theory about ways various aspects of the sacred are helpful and harmful. The authors hope that their new conceptual framework will stimulate new research and…
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Poisonous Parenting

Toxic Relationships Between Parents and Their Adult Children

• Edited by Shea M. Dunham, Shannon B. Dermer and Jon Carlson.

Published June 2011

How does the toxicity associated with particular parenting styles affect attachment? How do the contaminated views of themselves that children of poisonous parents have affect their relationships into adulthood? Like physicians, clinicians do not want to amputate, but they sometimes find it…
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Black Fathers

An Invisible Presence in America, Second Edition

• Edited by Michael E. Connor, and Joseph White.

Published April 2011

This book offers a broader, more positive picture of African American fathers. Featuring case studies of African-descended fathers, this edited volume brings to life the achievements and challenges of being a black father in America. Leading scholars and practitioners provide unique insight…
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Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts

Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Motherhood

• By Karen Kleiman, and Amy Wenzel.

Published November 2010

What if I drop my baby when I go down the steps? What if I burn the baby in the bathtub? Thoughts like these can be frightening to new mothers, but are a common symptom pregnant and postpartum women can experience. Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts addresses the nature of these…
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Parenting After the Death of a Child

A Practitioner's Guide

• By Jennifer L. Buckle, and Stephen J. Fleming.

Published August 2010

The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face the challenge of not only dealing with their own grief, but also that of their surviving children.…
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Evidence-Based Policymaking

Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers

• By Karen Bogenschneider, and Thomas J. Corbett.

Published April 2010

This book is for those who believe that good government should be based on hard evidence, and that research and policy ought to go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, no such bond exists. Rather, there is a substantial gap, some say chasm, between the production of knowledge and its utilization. Despite…
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