PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS -- PSYCHOLOGY OF FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Expert CommentaryTHE INFLUENCE OF PRENATAL MOTHER-CHILDATTACHMENT ON THE ATTACHMENT AT THE AGEOF 6 MONTHS AND ITS OBJECTIVATIONBY THE INTRAUTERINE FETAL ACTIVITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTION IN CULTURALCONTEXT: A STUDY OF NICARAGUANAND ITALIAN FAMILIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Nicaraguan Farmer Families -- Italian Middle -Class Families -- METHOD -- Participants -- Recruitment and Procedure -- Measures -- RESULTS -- Maternal Childrearing Beliefs -- Mother-Infant Interactions -- CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2FUSSY MOTHERS AND FUZZY BOUNDARIES -RELATIONSHIPS IN FAMILIESWITH OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Extent of Obesity in Children -- The Changing Nature of Family-Based Interventions -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- Description of the Sample -- The Focus Groups -- Findings -- Mothers' Perceptions -- Fathers' Responses -- Grandmothers' Responses -- The Two Case Studies -- Tom's Story -- Leah's Story -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3MATERNAL SENSITIVITY AND THECHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD-DIRECTED SPEECH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPT OF SENSITIVITY -- CHILD-DIRECTED SPEECH -- MATERNAL SENSITIVITY AND THE CHARACTERISTICSOF CHILD-DIRECTED SPEECH -- Overview of Earlier Findings -- Our Current Study -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4RECRUITMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS:RESEARCH WITH STIGMATIZEDAND SOCIALLY ISOLATED MOTHERS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXEMPLAR STUDIES -- Exemplar 1: The Mothering Study -- Exemplar 2: Mothers Offering Mentorship and Support (MOMS) Study -- MICRO-LEVEL BARRIERS AND ENABLERS TO RECRUITMENT -- Motivation -- Resources.

MEDIATOR-LEVEL BARRIERS AND ENABLERS TO RECRUITMENT -- Gate-Keepers -- MACRO-LEVEL BARRIERS AND ENABLERS TO RECRUITMENT -- Organizations -- Societal Perceptions -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5SHIFTING PATTERNS OF PARENTING STYLESBETWEEN DYADIC AND FAMILY SETTINGS:THE ROLE OF MARITAL DISTRESS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Design and Procedure -- Measures -- RESULTS -- Designation of Distressed and Non-Distressed Couples -- Multivariate Analyses -- Univariate -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6THE INTERRELATIONS OF PERCEPTIONS OF FAMILYADAPTABILITY AND COHESION, SELF-ESTEEMAND ANXIETY/DEPRESSION IN LATE ADOLESCENCE -- ABSTRACT -- THE INTERRELATIONS OF PERCEPTIONS OF FAMILYADAPTABILITY AND COHESION, SELF-ESTEEMAND WITH ANXIETY/DEPRESSION IN LATE ADOLESCENT -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Scores, Correlations between Measures, and Sex Difference -- Mediation Effects of Self-Esteem on the Adaptability-Anxiety/Depression,and Cohesion-Anxiety/Depression Relations -- Additive Effects of Adaptability and Self-esteem, and Cohesion and Selfesteemon Anxiety/Depression -- Moderation Effects of Self-esteem on the Adaptability-Anxiety/Depression,and Cohesion-Anxiety/Depression Relations -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONSOF EMOTIONSIN SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS -- ABSTRACT -- COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS OF EMOTIONSIN SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS -- CURRENT STUDY -- METHOD -- Sample -- Procedure -- Measures -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Limitations -- Broader Significance -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8CHILDHOOD SIBLING RELATIONSHIPQUALITY AND ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMESIN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: MEDIATIONBY PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESSAND PERSONAL MASTERY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Participants -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS.

Preliminary Analyses -- College GPA -- Mediational Analyses -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9LINKING CHILDREN'S PERSONALCHARACTERISTICS, EXTERNALIZINGBEHAVIOR AND RELATIONSHIPSIN FAMILY AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS:SOME DEVELOPMENTAL CASCADES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Etiological Factors -- Towards a Multiple Etiology -- Developmental Cascades in EB as a Risk for Family and Social Relationships -- METHOD -- Sample -- Measures -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10PREVENTION OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECTSOF MARITAL CONFLICT:A CHILD-ORIENTED PROGRAM -- ABSTRACT -- PREVENTION OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MARITAL CONFLICT:A CHILD-ORIENTED PROGRAM -- MARITAL CONFLICT AND CHILDREN'S SELF-REGULATION -- Emotional Regulation -- Cognitive Regulation -- Behavioral Self-Regulation -- CURRENT STUDY -- METHODS -- Participants -- Procedure -- Measures -- RESULTS -- Analysis Plan -- DISCUSSION -- Limitations -- Future Research -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES AFFECTINGPOST-DIVORCE PATERNAL FUNCTIONING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. PARENTAL FUNCTIONING IMPAIRED BY ONGOING CONFLICTWITH THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER -- 2. DISENGAGEMENT -- 3. STABLE AND CONSISTENT PARENTAL FUNCTIONING WITHINTHE LIMITATIONS OF NON-CUSTODIAL FATHERHOOD -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.