Handbook of Parenting: Theory and Research for Practice by Masud S. Hoghughi (En

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The Handbook of Parenting represents a single volume contextualization of the growing level of interest in research, educational and professional activity within the broadly defined field of parenting. Contributions come from a diverse range of disciplines and provide an accessible `map′ of the major debates in theory, research and practice in this vast and exciting field.

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The Handbook of Parenting brings together in a single volume much of the theoretical and empirical knowledge and aspects of professional activity within the broadly defined field of parenting. Contributions are presented from an internationally renowned group of scholars known for their work in a range of disciplines, including child and family psychology, education and family studies, providing an accessible map of the major debates in theory, research and practice in this important and exciting field.The material is presented comprehensively. It encompasses essential policy and professional issues in all the main areas of current concern from parenting in culturally divergent settings, to parenting children with special needs in areas of physical, mental, social and educational functioning, to looking at ways in which the wider community and technological advances may be able to provide parenting support. Published in a single-volume format, this handbook will prove an invaluable and essential resource. Academics, researchers, practitioners and advanced students in a host of disciplines will gain from its breadth, wealth of information and enormous insight into the principal issues related to parenting theory and practice in the 21st century. The distinctive contribution of this handbook is to present a vast body of research and other information in a manner that is usable by practitioners in a wide range of child and parental support activities.

Author Biography

Masud Hoghughi is Director of Aycliffe Centre for Children, County Durham and Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Hull. He is the author of Troubled and Troublesome (1978) and The Delinquent (1983) and co-author of Assessing Problem Children (1980) and Treating Problem Children (1988). Dr. Long is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of Pediatric Psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a licensed clinical psychologist. He is also the Director of the Center for Effective Parenting. Dr. Long has published extensively in the area of parenting and has been a frequently invited speaker on parenting at the national and international level. In addition, Dr. Long has also developed, evaluated, and disseminated various parenting programs.Dr. Long and his colleagues of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded "Parents Matter" study found that early prevention efforts with parents to reduce sexual intentions of adolescents can be effective. One-year follow-up data from the Parents Matter study indicates that parents participating in the prevention intervention, relative to the control intervention, demonstrated increased parent-pre-adolescent sexual communication and improved parent comfort with and responsiveness to sex-related questions. The CDC is currently replicating this study in Kenya. The CDC is also developing training materials for a national dissemination of this prevention program.Dr. Long continues to be actively involved in conducting parenting classes, having taught an average of 600 parents per year in parenting classes over the past 15 years. Dr. Long has a leadership role in several regional and national organizations concerned with parenting and children.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: KEY CONCEPTSParenting – An Introduction - Masud HoghughiThe Social Context of Parenting - David Utting and Gillian PughParenting in Social and Economic Adversity - Christine PuckeringParenting across the Lifespan - Martin HerbertParental Influences on Vulnerability and Resilience - Carole A Kaplan and Julie OwensParenting in Culturally Divergent Settings - Lee M Pachter and Thyde Dumont-MathieuReligious Influences on Parenting - Stephen FroshParenting in Restructured and Surrogate Families - Jan PryorSexual Orientation and Parenting - Charlotte J Patterson and Erin L SutfinGrandparenting and Extended Support Networks - Peter K Smith and Linda M DrewPART TWO: FUNCTIONAL AREASParenting and Children′s Physical Health - Elizabeth SolidayParenting Chronically Ill Children - The Scope and Impact of Pediatric Parenting Stress - Randi Streisand and Kenneth P TercyakParenting Influences on Intellectual Development and Educational Achievement - Sally M WadeParenting Exceptional Children - Susan McGawParenting Anitsocial Behavior - Dana K Smith, Peter G Sprengelmeyer and Kevin J MooreParenting Antisocial Children and Adolescents - Beth A Kotchick et alParenting and Mental Health - Colleen S Conley et alParenting Children with Mental Health Problems - Fiona K Miller and Jennifer M JenkinsPART THREE: PARENT SUPPORTAssessing and Delivering Parent Support - Harriet HeathCommunity-Based Support for Parents - Judy Hutchings and Carolyn Webster-StrattonTowards a Multi-Level Model of Parenting Intervention - Matthew R Sanders and Alan RalphE-Parenting - Nicholas Long

Details ISBN0761971041 Short Title HANDBK OF PARENTING Pages 416 Language English ISBN-10 0761971041 ISBN-13 9780761971047 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 306.874 Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Subtitle Theory and Research for Practice Edited by Masud S Hoghughi Edition 1st Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780761971047 UK Release Date 2004-02-17 NZ Release Date 2004-02-17 US Release Date 2004-02-17 Birth 1944 Affiliation Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Exeter Position Lecturer Qualifications M.D. Author Nicholas Long Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Publication Date 2004-02-17 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2004-02-16 We've got this

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