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This unique volume presents the results of a study of 200 German families over a period of 16 years from 1976 to 1992. This study--the findings of which yield a host of new insights into the dynamics of cross-generational personality and family development--is based on an ecopsychological framework comprising four levels of developmental analyses: * individual level--personality development, critical life events, and corresponding coping strategies; * dyadic relationships level--changes in parent-child relationships across time and development of marital relationships; * family relationship level--development of family climate and its impact on current dyadic relationships; and * contextual/ecological level--perceived changes in societal conditions, corresponding patterns of personality and coping strategies. The authors focus on the important ideas and keep methodological details to a minimum in the text. Technical issues having to do with data analysis, etc., are discussed in an appendix.
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Next to an introduction to the field and functions of family psychology this edition has been updated and expanded in the areas of indicators and effects of the changing way of family life; theoretical approaches to family and its appliance to questions of psychological research and practice; - process and results of education and socialisation in families; procedure of family diagnostics and evaluation, as well as analysis of family data; intervention in families (prevention, consulting and therapy) to strengthen family relations and to solve problems.