Handbook of Dynamics in Parent-Child Relations

Leon Kuczynski, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph, Ontario Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Toronto and did post-doctorate work at the Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, prior to his current position. His research concerns processes in parent-child interactions and parent-child relationships in areas such as socialization and social development.

Preface: Introduction and Overview - Leon Kuczynski Part I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND PROCESSES IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS Ch. 1. Beyond Bidirectionality: Bilateral Conceptual Frameworks for Studying Dynamics in Paren-Child Relations - Leon Kuczynski Ch. 2. A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective on the Dynamics of Parenting - Daphne B. Bugental, Deborah H. Olster, & Gabriela A. Martorell (all of the University of California, Santa Barbara) Ch. 3. Developmental Change in Parenting Interactions - W. Andrew Collins (University of Minnesota) & Stephanie D. Madsen (Western Maryland College) Ch. 4. Conceptualizing the Influence of Past & Future in Present Parent-Child Relationships - Susan Lollis (University of Guelph) PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN'S AGENCY Ch. 5. A Developmental Perspective on Children as Agents in the Family - E. Mark Cummings & Alice C. Schermerhorn (both of University of Notre Dame) Ch. 6. Perspectives on Children's Agency Within Families: A View from the Sociology of Childhood - Virginia Morrow (London School of Economics & Political Science) Ch. 7. The Aggressive Child as Agent in Coercive Family Processes - Donald Kent & Debra Pepler (both of York University) Ch. 8. Behavioral Genetics Contributions to Understanding Dynamic Processes in Parent-Child Relationships - Thomas G. O'Connor (Institute of Psychiatry, London) PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON PARENTAL AGENCY Ch. 9. Parenting as a Goal-Regulation Process - Theodore Dix & Sylvia H. Branca (both of University of Texas at Austin) Ch. 10. Meta-Parenting in the Journey of Child Rearing: A Cognitive Mechanism for Change - George W. Holden & Carol Kozak Hawk (both of University of Texas at Austin) Ch. 11. Effective Socialization as Problem-Solving & the Role of Parenting Cognitions - Joan E. Grusec (University of Toronto) & Judy Ungerer (Macquarie University, Sydney) Ch. 12. Parental Agency & Mental Health: Proaction & Construction in Families with a Depressed Parent - Carolyn Byrne (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) PART IV: PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS IN RELATIONAL & ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Chap. 13. Managing the External Environment: The Parent & Child as Active Agents in the System - Ross D. Parke, Colleen M. Killian, Jessica Dennis, Mary L. Flyr, David J. McDowell, Sandra D. Simpkins, Mina Kim & Margaret Wild Chap. 14. Parent-Child Relationships in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Gisela Trommsdorff (University of Konstanz)) & Hans-Joachim Kornadt (University of the Saarland) Chap. 15. Parenting & Adult Development: Contexts, Processes & Products of Intergenerational Relationships - Rob Palkovitz, Loren D. Marks, & David W. Appleby (all of University of Delaware), & Erin Kramer Holmes (University of Texas at Austin) Chap. 16. Parent-Child Relations in Adulthood: An Intergenerational Family Systems Perspective - Joan E. Norris (University of Guelph), Michael W. Pratt (Wilfrid Laurier University), & Stephanie L. Kuiack (University of Guelph) PART V: METHODOLOGY Chap. 17. Quantitative Methods for Deductive (Theory-Testing) Research on Parent-Child Dynamics - William L. Cook (Maine Medical Center) Chap. 18. Qualitative Methods as Inductive (Theory-Generating) Research: Psychological & Sociological Approaches - Leon Kuczynski & Kerry Daly (both of University of Guelph) PART VI: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH & PRACTICE Chap. 19. Parent-Based Interventions for Aggressive Children: Adapting to a Bilateral Lens - Timothy A. Cavell (University of Arkansas) & Paul S. Strand (Washington State University) Chap. 20. Reconstructing Common Sense: Metaphors of Bidirectionality in Parent-Child Relations - Leon Kuczynski, Susan Lollis, & Yuiko Takei (all of University of Guelph) Chap. 21. Epilogue: Dynamic Viewpoints on Parent-Child Relations: Their Implications for the Socialization Process - Eleanor Maccoby (Stanford University)

"This is a truly exceptional collection of contributions on the dynamics of family relationships. The authors not only provide thoughtful state-of-the-art reviews of relevant bodies of literature and methods, but also grapple with thorny conceptual issues and present novel theoretical insights. In doing so, they demonstrate the tremendous progress in thinking about families in the past decade or two and provide guideposts for future theory and research on parent-child relationships." -- Nancy Eisenberg