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Prominent contributors offer a comprehensive view of family from a developmental perspective, with a definable life cycle. The first section examines the normal pattern of family development including the individual in the family life cycle, siblings, marital and parental life cycles, leisure, grandparenthood and cultural variations. It then deals with such disruptions and dysfunctions in the family life cycle as abuse, divorce, death, illness and marital problems. Concludes with implications of this viewpoint for developmental theory and clinical application.
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Articles from various fields look at the family as a developing entity, and explore the normative characteristics and the dysfunctions related to the family life cycle and the individual. Covers the life cycle of the functional family, dysfunction in the family life cycle, and implications of a developmental family systems model for clinical practice. Topics include the sibling and marital life cycles, subcultural diversity in American families, occupation and the family, and the effects of divorce, mental illness, and chronic illness. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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