FAMILY RELATIONS: 21ST CENTURY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- FAMILY RELATIONS: 21ST CENTURY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD IN THE LIFE COURSE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN GERMANY -- 3. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3.1. Sample -- 3.2. Data Analysis -- 3.3. Data Analysis Framework -- 3.3.1. The Intention to Start a Family -- 3.3.2. Leipzig Questionnaire on Motives for Having a Child (LKM) -- 3.3.3. Socio-demographic Features -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. Characteristics of the Sample -- 4.2. Partnership - Married and Happy? -- 4.2.1. Contentment in the Relationship and Living Arrangements -- 4.3. Children - Yes or No? -- 4.3.1. Actual Number of Children -- 4.3.3. Ideal Number of Children -- 4.3.4. Ideal Number of Children over Time -- 4.4. CURRENT WISH FOR A CHILD -- 4.5. Can Children Be Planned for? -- 4.5.1. Intention and Realisation of Pregnancies -- 4.6. Attitudes towards Having Children -- 4.6.1. Correlations Regarding the Total Sample -- 4.6.2. Correlations Regarding Parents -- 4.6.3. Correlations Regarding Childless Participants -- 5. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- RESILIENCE IN RECONSTITUTED FAMILIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES -- Years of Marriage -- Gender and Age of the Children -- The Support from the Environment -- Social Networks -- The Internal Support and Cohesion of the Family -- The Balance between Old and New -- Attachment Problems -- Communication -- Ambiguity of Roles and Boundaries -- Ambiguity and Changing Boundaries -- THE FAMILY RESILIENCY MODEL -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measuring Instruments -- Procedures -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- Suggestions for Further Research -- Recommendations for the Practice -- REFERENCES -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL AND CHILD MENTAL HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND POLICY -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS -- Introduction to the Risk Factor Approach -- The Ecological Systems Model and the Risk Factor Approach -- Common Risk Factors in Children's Mental Health -- MATERNAL DEPRESSION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CHILDREN -- Maternal Depression and the Risk Factor Framework -- Models of Risk Transmission -- Biological or Genetic Mechanisms of Risk Transmission -- Mother-Child Interaction Mechanisms of Risk Transmission -- Empirical Evidence of Maternal Depression as a Risk Factor for Children -- Controlled Studies of Children of Depressed versus Non-Depressed Parents -- Prospective or Longitudinal Studies of Children of Depressed versus Non-depressed Parents -- Review Articles -- The Reciprocal Relationship between Maternal and Child Mental Health -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL AND CHILD MENTAL HEALTH IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SETTINGS -- The Prevalence of Depression among Mothers Bringing Children for Treatment -- The Impact of Maternal Mental Health Problems on ChildTreatment Response -- Mental Health Treatment and the Link between Maternal and Child Mental Health -- IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND POLICY -- The Integration of Adult and Child Services -- Developing a Prevention Model of Mental Health Care -- Policy Considerations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MENTAL HEALTH PROFILE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN HONG KONG -- ABSTRACT -- Objective -- Method -- Results -- Conclusion -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Sample -- Measures -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variables -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Prevalence and Chronicity of Sexual Coercion -- Risk Factors -- Multiple Logistic Regression -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- INTRA-FAMILIAL SEXUAL ABUSE (INCEST) AMONG KOREAN ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Case 1 -- Case 2.

PREVALENCE OF INTRA-FAMILIAL CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (INCEST) IN KOREA AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON -- PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE -- FAMILY DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- COPING RESOURCES AND ADJUSTMENT TO DIVORCE AMONG WOMEN: AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH -- The Ontogenic System -- Background Variables (Education and Economic Situation) -- Sense of Coherence -- The Microsystem -- Quality of the Relationship with the Ex-spouse -- Relationship with a New Partner -- Mesosystem -- The Father's Involvement in His Children's Life -- The Exosystem -- Research Goal and Hypotheses -- METHOD -- Sample -- Instruments -- Sociodemographic Questionnaire -- Adjustment to Divorce -- Sense of Coherence -- Quality of Relationship with the Ex-spouse -- Relationship with a New Partner -- Father's Involvement with His Children -- Relationship between the Grandchildren and Grandparents -- Maternal and Paternal Grandparents' Resiliency -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Description of the Research Variables -- Dimensions of Adjustment -- Explanatory Variables -- Correlations between Resources and Dimensions of Adjustment, by Ecological Systems -- Ontogenic System -- Microsystem -- Mesosystem -- Exosystem -- The Combined Contribution of the Research Variables to Explaining Women's Adjustment to Divorce -- Self-Acceptance of Divorce -- Symptoms of Grief -- Disentanglement of the Love Relationship -- Self-evaluation -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- Limitations of the Study and Recommendations for Future Research -- REFERENCES -- A POSSIBLE NEUROSCIENCE APPROACH TO SOME HEALTH BENEFITS RELATED TO RELIGION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. OVERVIEW: PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH -- 2. STRATEGY -- 3. MENTAL HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE AND THE HOLY BIBLE.

4. SCHEMATIC SUMMARY -- 5. FINAL COMMENTS -- Excerpts from the Holy Bible -- Old Testament -- Eccles 7 -- Prov 1 -- Prov 15 -- Prov 16 -- Prov 17 -- Prov 18 -- Prov 21 -- Prov 22 -- Prov 29 -- New Testament -- Act 20 -- 1 Cor 13 -- 1 Cor 16 -- 2 Cor 4 -- 2 Cor 8 -- Coloss 3 -- Eph 4 -- 1 John 3 -- 1 John 3 -- 1 John 4 -- John 20 -- Luke 6 -- Luke 7 -- Luke 11 -- Mt 5 -- Mt 10 -- Mt 18:21 -- REFERENCES -- AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN A FRONTIER AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY OF THE LOWER SOUTH: REPUTATION AND RESPECTABILITY IN NARRATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF ECONOMIC LIVELIHOOD -- ABSTRACT -- LOCAL HISTORY -- NARRATIVES OF LIVED EXPERIENCE -- CJ -- VL -- FA -- JQ -- GC -- RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION: EACH TIME A NEW PROCESS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY…": A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HOW THE BLACK CHURCH INFLUENCES PARENTS -- ABSTRACT -- A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ON THE BLACK CHURCH -- THE PHYSICAL AND TEMPORAL INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK CHURCH -- THE RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK CHURCH -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK CHURCH ON PARENTING PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES -- RESEARCH QUESTION -- PARTICIPANTS -- PROCEDURES -- ANALYSIS -- FINDINGS -- The Bible as a Guide to Parenting: "Go to the Bible to Help You" -- The Black Church as a Provider of Programs, Models, and Mentors: "This Helps Me…" -- Parenting Is a Sacred Responsibility: "My Children Are God's Gift to Me" -- Implications for Clinical Practice, Education/Outreach, and Research -- Implications for Clinical Practice -- Implications for Education and Outreach -- Implications for Future Research -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- "IT'S LIKE A FAMILY HERE.": THE 'FAMILY CLUB' IN JUNIOR SPORT -- A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FAMILY INFLUENCE -- CLUB SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND THE FAMILY -- METHODOLOGY -- THE FAMILY-SPORT ANALOGY.

THE CLUB AS A FAMILY: CLUB PRACTICE AND FAMILY PRACTICE -- SPORTS CLUB AND FAMILY UNIT FUNCTIONS -- 2. Physical Maintenance and Care of Group Members -- 3. Addition of New Members -- Socialisation of the Children -- 4. Social Control over Members -- 5. Production, Distribution and Consumption of Goods and Services -- 6. Maintenance of Motivation and Morale (through Love) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RELATIONS BETWEEN PERCEIVED PARTNER AND PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Sampling Criteria -- Sample Characteristics -- Measures -- Adult Version of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire for Mothers and Fathers (PARQ/Control: Mother and Father) -- Intimate Partner Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (IPAR/CQ) -- Adult Personality Assessment Questionnaire (Adult PAQ) -- RESULTS -- Relations between Partner and Parental Acceptance, Behavioral Control, and Women's Psychological Adjustment -- Parental Acceptance as a Possible Mediator or Moderator of the Relation between Partner Acceptance and Women's Psychological Adjustment -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.