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Stepfamily Relationships
Ganong, Lawrence; Coleman, Dr. Marilyn
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Description for Stepfamily Relationships
Hardback. Num Pages: 358 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMC; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 701.
This second edition synthesizes the emerging knowledge base on the diversity of stepfamilies, their inherent concerns, and why so relatively little is still known about them. Its extensive findings shed needed light on family arrangements relatively new to the literature (e.g., cohabitating stepparents), the effects of these relationships on different family members (e.g., stepsiblings, stepgrandparents), the experiences of gay and lesbian stepfamilies, and the stigma against non-nuclear families. Coverage reviews effective therapeutic and counseling interventions for emotional, familial, and social challenges of stepfamilies, as well as the merits of family education and self-help programs. The authors explore prevailing myths about ... Read more
This second edition synthesizes the emerging knowledge base on the diversity of stepfamilies, their inherent concerns, and why so relatively little is still known about them. Its extensive findings shed needed light on family arrangements relatively new to the literature (e.g., cohabitating stepparents), the effects of these relationships on different family members (e.g., stepsiblings, stepgrandparents), the experiences of gay and lesbian stepfamilies, and the stigma against non-nuclear families. Coverage reviews effective therapeutic and counseling interventions for emotional, familial, and social challenges of stepfamilies, as well as the merits of family education and self-help programs. The authors explore prevailing myths about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489977007
SKU
V9781489977007
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About Ganong, Lawrence; Coleman, Dr. Marilyn
Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman have studied, taught, counseled, and mediated with stepfamilies and stepfamily members for over 30 years. They are prolific authors (7 books, over 200 journal articles), whose writing and thinking about stepfamilies have heavily influenced researchers and clinicians for many years. In their persistent use of a risk and resilience approach to studying stepfamily relationships, Ganong ... Read more
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