Presents a conceptualization of the process of divorce as a crisis of family transition. Rather than dissolving the family, divorce culminates in its redefinition from a nuclear to a binuclear system. Continuation of meaningful bonds between parents and children reduces major stresses associated with the process of family change. (Author)

Child development and family researchers generally reside in different departments and rarely belong to each other's professional organizations or publish in their organizations' journals. Further, even when studying the same topic, parent-child relations, researchers use different methods and subjects. These differences appear to be increasing…

The amount of housework help influences the frequency of negative interaction between adult and child, whereas housework importance influences leisure, restrictions imposed on children, and willingness of the caretaker to respond to a child. Findings constitute an argument for increased role-sharing between husbands and wives. (Author)

Found that neither the authoritative model nor the liberal (permissive) model offers parents an efficacious model of childrearing. Each polarized model contains an element of truth, but each demonizes the other. Argues that within a responsive and supportive parent-child relationship, prudent use of punishment is a necessary tool in discipline.…

Developed and tested adolescent drug use model integrating social learning theory and recent stress and coping studies. Interviewed adolescents (N=343) aged 13-17 and found increase in adolescent drug use with presence of parental rejection, deviant peers, and combination of low self-esteem and avoidant coping style. Suggests both individual…

Examined how working-class fathers' job experiences affected their self-esteem and parenting styles. Conducted home interviews with 59 working-class fathers in dual-earner families and their target child, who was aged 8 to 12 years. Found that more positive fathers' work experiences, higher their self-esteem, which predicted more accepting…

Describes longitudinal investigation evaluating additive model of impact of adolescent mothers' parenting practices on children. Suggests infant-mother attachment predicted behavior problems among preschool children of adolescent mothers and adolescent mothers' depression explained significant additional variance in those problems. States mothers'…

Describes investigation exploring parent-child love attitude similarity among young adult children and parents by assessing demographics, love attitudes, parent-child relationship quality, children's self-disclosure, and parental relationship satisfaction. Results indicate considerable love attitude similarity between marital partners but not…

Evaluated program to improve parental satisfaction of divorced or separated fathers, helping to maintain fathers' involvement with children and make child support payments. Findings from 15 fathers in workshop series of 6 weekly parent education sessions and 15 in control group showed significant improvement of workshop participants, in contrast…

Examined prevalence, distribution, and consequences of allowance for 1,000 ninth-grade students. Found positive relationship between parental socioeconomic status and provision of allowance, and most ninth graders did household chores in exchange. Although there were no significant effects on children's savings, receipt of allowance was associated…

Evaluates shared parenting (SP), marital satisfaction, and division of child-care tasks in dual-earner families (N=116). Results show that psychological and relational SP dimensions predicted marital satisfaction, parental competence, and closeness to their children, but division of child-care tasks did not. Findings are interpreted to highlight…

A review of popular press books and articles published between 1975 and 2000 was conducted to delineate areas in which the advice given to parents about the transition to a second child is consistent with or diverges from results of relevant research. Results highlight the need for researchers and popular press writers to acknowledge their…

Drawing on social learning and structural family theories, this study examined connections between young adolescents' experiences with their parents and their best friends. Findings revealed links between European American boys' experiences with their fathers and their best friends and between the nature of the parent-adolescent hierarchy and both…

Using a theoretical model, specific hypotheses about factors that moderate the benefits of attending the Preparing for the Drug-Free Years program were tested. Results for fathers (n=144) show that high levels of family stress reduce the benefits of program attendance and strong pre-program skills increase the benefits of program attendance.…

This study examined the links between sibling relational aggression and other sibling relationship qualities (i.e., intimacy, negativity, and temporal involvement) and broader parenting dynamics. Participants included 185 adolescent sibling pairs and their mothers and fathers. Data were gathered during home interviews and a series of nightly phone…