The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments 3rd Edition
Author(s): Jan Pryor
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 15 Aug. 2008
Edition: 3rd
Language: English
Print length: 640 pages
ISBN-10: 0470114584
ISBN-13: 9780470114582
Book Description
Written by contributors from around the world, The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments 3rd Edition is a collection of research, legal, and clinical recommendations that fills a growing need for complex, re-formed families. Using the information in this book, which includes contemporary research and its implications, you will be able to consider stepfamilies in an international context. Understand the issues that clinicians face when they work with stepfamilies, both before and after formation, and gain more knowledge about this topic as the rates of family reformation increase.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The different topics and perspecitives should be of interest to a wide range of family scholars and pracitioners working with families. In particular, the inclusion of clinical issues broadens the book’s appeal. The book is international in scope…. The articles are well written; the book is well organized. Summing up: Highly recommended. Students, reseachers, faculty, professionals.” (Choice, August 2009)
“…is an important contribution to the literature about stepfamilies and is one of the few to take an international perspective. I enjoyed reading this book. Overall this is a volume that one should have on one’s shelf. It provides a rich view of the research and scholarship on modern stepfamilies. The handbook clearly demonstrates why we need to continue to focus on this important family form, as stepfamilies will be with us in growing numbers over the next decades.” (PsycCRITIQUES, 6/17/09)
“This work looks at stepfamilies from many different perspectives. Each article is well written and heavily researched with current article citations. This allows one to find, in a convenient source, a wealth of information on stepfamilies that should generate questions for future research. This will be of interest to most libraries supporting studies in the family.” (ARBAonline, August 2008)
Review
“The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments 3rd Edition, edited by Jan Pryor, is an important contribution to the literature about stepfamilies and is one of the few to take an international perspective. Much of the work in this area has been largely from the United States, and the importance of viewing these demographic changes from a global perspective is evident in the chapters…. overall this is a volume that one should have on one’s shelf. It providesa rich view of the research and scholarship on modern stepfamilies.” –James H. Bray, PhD, Assocaite Professor Baylor College of Medicine Texas, 2009 president of the American Psychological Association
About the Author
Jan Pryor, Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Jan Pryor is the Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families. Her research has addressed children’s perceptions of families; resilience in stepfamilies; cohabitation, marriage and parenting; and emotional conflict and estrangement between parents and its impact on children and adolescents. Jan teaches Family Psychology in the School of Psychology at Victoria University, and is a recognized expert in the English-speaking world in family dynamics, especially as they affect children.
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