This study examines the influence of global parental involvement in parental mediation of
television viewing. Involvement consists of two dimensions:(a) accessibility to children, and …

We employed an autoregressive modelling technique with data from the Quebec
Longitudinal Study to prospectively examine the developmental impact of family transition …

The psychosocial coping resources of elementary school‐age children living in the sole
custody of a divorced single parent were compared with those of their peers living with …

Relations between maternal employment and young adults' work and family expectations,
and self-efficacy were examined with 721 college students (mean age= 21 years). Young …

Background: The influence of premature birth of an infant in female-headed, single-parent
families together or in conjunction with family environment factors, such as employment of …

Background Effects of maternal employment for preschool children vary based on specific
characteristics of the mother's employment, the family's economic status, and the mother's …

This investigation examined the influence of visitation by noncustodial parents (ie, frequency
and duration of contacts) upon children's self-esteem and self-efficacy. The relationship …

Prenatal stimulation is an adult's conscious effort to develop all of each person's potential to
develop optimally, in sync with the development of each child. Ideally both parent and …

Research examining the relationship between family disruption and suicidal behavior is
integrated into a stress and coping conceptual framework. The number of suicides …

This chapter presents an account of at least some of the diversity in familial and related
settings of social development to which children growing up in contemporary, post-industrial …