This review collates and examines critically a theoretically convergent but widely dispersed
body of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as …

This meta-analysis involved 92 studies that compared children living in divorced single-
parent families with children living in continuously intact families on measures of well-being …

In a large-scale (N= 317) prospective 8-year longitudinal multiage, multidomain,
multivariate, multisource study, we tested a conservative three-term model linking parenting …

Almost since the beginnings of psychiatric practice, there has been a recognition that
negative life experiences and stressful happenings may serve to precipitate mental …

Family processes affecting the socioemotional functioning of children living in poor families
and families experiencing economic decline are reviewed. Black children are of primary …

The importance of major life stress and minor daily hassles associated with parenting was
studied in 74 mothers and their 5‐year‐old children. Of interest were the relative and …

Presents a 3-component model of parenting that places emotion at the heart of parental
competence. The model emphasizes (a) child, parent, and contextual factors that activate …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

I compare five perspectives that account for children's adjustment to divorce. These
perspectives refer to the absence of the noncustodial parent, the adjustment of the custodial …

Reviews research on the relationship between extra familial stressors (eg, unemployment,
low socioeconomic status), interpersonal stressors (eg, marital distress, divorce), and child …