ERIC Number: ED389417
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 459
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8058-1893-6
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Handbook of Parenting. Volume 2: Biology and Ecology of Parenting.
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.
Concerned with social settings and correlates of parenting, this volume, the second of four volumes on parenting deals specifically with the biology and the ecology of parenting. The volume consists of 12 chapters as follows: (1) "Hormonal Basis of Parenting in Mammals" (Jay S. Rosenblatt); (2) "Parenting in Primates" (Kim A. Bard); (3) "Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals" (Alison S. Fleming and Carl M. Corter); (4) "Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Human Beings" (Carl M. Corter and Alison S. Fleming); (5) "Intuitive Parenting" (Hanus Papousek and Mechthild Papousek); (6) "Maternal and Dual-Earner Employment Status and Parenting" (Adele Eskeles Gottfried and others); (7) Socioeconomic Status and Parenting" (Erika Hoff-Ginsberg and Twila Tardif); (8)"Ethnic and Minority Parenting" (Cynthia T. Garcia Coll and others); (9) "Culture and Parenting' (Sara Harkness and Charles Super); (10) "Environment and Parenting" (Robert H. Bradley); (11) "History of Parenting" (Valerie French); and (12) "Developmental Contextual Perspective on Parenting" (Richard M. Lerner and others). Articles are accompanied by references. (JW)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences, Family Work Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parent Influence, Parent Role, Parenting Skills, Parents
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262 ($45, special pre-paid price).
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom; Collected Works - General
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Parents
Language: English
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