The current article provides a review of adoption research since its inception as a field of
study. Three historical trends in adoption research are identified: the first focusing on risk in …

This review examines and synthesizes recent research on pathways to parenthood. We
begin by providing basic information about patterns, differentials, and trends and discussing …

Helicopter parents—the kind that continue to hover even in college—are one of the most
ridiculed figures of twenty-first-century parenting, criticized for creating entitled young adults …

В монографии представлен сравнительный анализ трансформации семьи и брака на
Западе и в России, тенденции развития института родительства, теоретические …

The burgeoning empirical literature exploring the factors accounting for individual
differences in psychological adjustment is reviewed. Many studies have shown that …

When state voters passed the California Marriage Protection Act (Proposition 8) in 2008, it
restricted the definition of marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. The act's …

This article examines the relationship between parental networks and parental school
involvement during the elementary school years. Using a large, nationally representative …

" Hruschka's integrative approach provides a robust, and accessible, view of the
complexities of making, having, and being friends. This kind of inquiry is at the forefront of …

Research on family background and educational success focuses almost exclusively on two
generations: parents and children. This study argues that the extended family contributes …

We show that family background matters significantly for children's accumulation of wealth
and investor behavior as adults, even when removing the genetic connection between …