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This book documents the third in a series of annual symposia on
family issues--the National Symposium on International Migration
and Family Change: The Experience of U.S. Immigrants--held at
Pennsylvania State University. Although most existing literature on
migration focuses solely on the origin, numbers, and economic
success of migrants, this book examines how migration affects
family relations and child development. By exploring the
experiences of immigrant families, particularly as they relate to
assimilation and adaptation processes, the text provides
information that is central to a better understanding of the
migrant experience and its affect on family outcomes. Policymakers
and academics alike will take interest in the questions this book
addresses: * Does the fact that migrant offspring get involved in
U.S. culture more quickly than their parents jeopardize the
parents' effectiveness in preventing the development of antisocial
behavior? * How does the change in culture and language affect the
cognitive development of children and youth? * Does exposure to
patterns of family organizations, so prevalent in the United States
(cohabitation, divorce, nonmarital childbearing), decrease the
stability of immigrant families? * Does the poverty facing many
immigrant families lead to harsher and less supportive
child-rearing practices? * What familial and extra-familial
conditions promote "resilience" in immigrant parents and their
children? * Does discrimination, coupled with the need for rapid
adaption, create stress that erodes marital quality and the
parent-child bond in immigrant families? * What policies enhance or
impede immigrant family links to U.S. institutions?
Based on the presentations and discussions from a national
symposia, "Just Living Together" represents one of the first
systematic efforts to focus on cohabitation. The book is divided
into four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of
cohabitation. Part I addresses the big picture question, "What are
the historical and cross cultural foundations of cohabitation?"
Part II focuses specifically on North America and asks, "What is
the role of cohabitation in contemporary North American family
structure?" Part III turns the focus to the question, "What is the
long- and short-term impact of cohabitation on child well-being?"
Part IV addresses how cohabiting couples are affected by current
policies and what policy innovations could be introduced to support
these couples.
Providing a road map for future research, program development, and
policymaking. "Just Living Together" will serve as an important
resource for people interested in learning about variations in the
ways families of today are choosing to organize themselves.
This book documents the third in a series of annual symposia on
family issues--the National Symposium on International Migration
and Family Change: The Experience of U.S. Immigrants--held at
Pennsylvania State University.
Although most existing literature on migration focuses solely on
the origin, numbers, and economic success of migrants, this book
examines how migration affects family relations and child
development. By exploring the experiences of immigrant families,
particularly as they relate to assimilation and adaptation
processes, the text provides information that is central to a
better understanding of the migrant experience and its affect on
family outcomes.
Policymakers and academics alike will take interest in the
questions this book addresses:
* Does the fact that migrant offspring get involved in U.S.
culture more quickly than their parents jeopardize the parents'
effectiveness in preventing the development of antisocial behavior?
* How does the change in culture and language affect the cognitive
development of children and youth?
* Does exposure to patterns of family organizations, so prevalent
in the United States (cohabitation, divorce, nonmarital
childbearing), decrease the stability of immigrant families?
* Does the poverty facing many immigrant families lead to harsher
and less supportive child-rearing practices?
* What familial and extra-familial conditions promote "resilience"
in immigrant parents and their children?
* Does discrimination, coupled with the need for rapid adaption,
create stress that erodes marital quality and the parent-child bond
in immigrant families?
* What policies enhance or impede immigrant family links to U.S.
institutions?
Based on the presentations and discussions from a national
symposia, Just Living Together represents one of the first
systematic efforts to focus on cohabitation. The book is divided
into four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of
cohabitation. Part I addresses the big picture question, "What are
the historical and cross cultural foundations of cohabitation?"
Part II focuses specifically on North America and asks, "What is
the role of cohabitation in contemporary North American family
structure?" Part III turns the focus to the question, "What is the
long- and short-term impact of cohabitation on child well-being?"
Part IV addresses how cohabiting couples are affected by current
policies and what policy innovations could be introduced to support
these couples. Providing a road map for future research, program
development, and policymaking. Just Living Together will serve as
an important resource for people interested in learning about
variations in the ways families of today are choosing to organize
themselves.
In recent years, there has been an explosion of research on the
early origins of adult health. A growing body of evidence documents
that maternal health before conception, prenatal and perinatal
exposures, and conditions in childhood play critical roles in
health over the life course. Scientific understanding of the
multiple and interacting influences on child health and their role
in later health continues to evolve rapidly, but greater attention
to how families shape the conditions of early life that underlie
childhood health is needed. This volume aims to advance
understanding of this topic, with attention to mechanisms through
which health disparities emerge and are sustained across the
lifespan.
Early Adulthood in a Family Context, based on the 18th annual
National Symposium on Family Issues, emphasizes the importance of
both the family of origin and new and highly variable types of
family formation experiences that occur in early adulthood. This
volume showcases new theoretical, methodological, and measurement
insights in hopes of advancing understanding of the influence of
the family of origin on young adults' lives. Both family resources
and constraints with respect to economic, social, and human capital
are considered.
In recent years, there has been an explosion of research on the
early origins of adult health. A growing body of evidence documents
that maternal health before conception, prenatal and perinatal
exposures, and conditions in childhood play critical roles in
health over the life course. Scientific understanding of the
multiple and interacting influences on child health and their role
in later health continues to evolve rapidly, but greater attention
to how families shape the conditions of early life that underlie
childhood health is needed. This volume aims to advance
understanding of this topic, with attention to mechanisms through
which health disparities emerge and are sustained across the
lifespan.
Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems,
based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues,
examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the
family. Research on both biological and social/environmental
influences on behavior, health, and development is represented,
including behavioral endocrinology, behavior genetics,
neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, sociology, demography,
anthropology, economics, and psychology. The authors consider
physiological and social environmental influences on parenting and
early childhood development, followed by adolescent adjustment, and
family formation. Also, factors that influence how families adapt
to social inequalities are examined.
"Early Adulthood in a Family Context," based on the 18th annual
National Symposium on Family Issues, emphasizes the importance of
both the family of origin and new and highly variable types of
family formation experiences that occur in early adulthood. This
volume showcases new theoretical, methodological, and measurement
insights in hopes of advancing understanding of the influence of
the family of origin on young adults' lives. Both family resources
and constraints with respect to economic, social, and human capital
are considered.
Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems,
based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues,
examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the
family. Research on both biological and social/environmental
influences on behavior, health, and development is represented,
including behavioral endocrinology, behavior genetics,
neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, sociology, demography,
anthropology, economics, and psychology. The authors consider
physiological and social environmental influences on parenting and
early childhood development, followed by adolescent adjustment, and
family formation. Also, factors that influence how families adapt
to social inequalities are examined.
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