Couples in conflict / edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Mari L. Clements, and Tanya Boone-Holladay.

This classic volume provides a solid foundation for thinking about creative ways in which our society can work to prevent or minimize destructive couple conflict and enhance couples'abilities to constructively handle their differences. A common thread throughout is that constructive conflict an...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Booth, Alan, 1935-2015 (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2016.
Edition:Classic edition.
Series:Psychology Press and Routledge classic editions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the classic edition / Tanya Boone-Holladay; What are the societal and bioevolutionary underpinnings of couple conflict?; The evolutionary psychology of couple conflict in registered versus de facto marital unions / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly; Marital violence in evolutionary perspective / Jay Belsky; Men's changing family relationships / Frances K. Goldscheider; Searching for the roots of marital conflict in uxoricides and uxorious husbands / Rena L. Repetti; What are the interpersonal roots of couple conflict? What are the consequences for individuals and couples? Reconsidering the role of conflict in marriage / Thomas Bradbury, Ronald Rogge, and Erika Lawrence; Expanding the study of dyadic conflict: the potential role of self-evaluation maintenance processes / Steven R.H. Beach; Conflict and control : symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence / Michael P. Johnson; Broadening the scope of couples research : pragmatics and prevention / James V. Cordova; What effects does couple conflict have on children? How do individual differences in children moderate these effects?; Couple conflict, children, and families : it's not just you and me, Babe / E. Mark Cummings, Marcie C. Goeke-Morey, and Lauren M. Papp; The impact of interparental conflict on adolescent children : considerations of family systems and family structure / Christy M. Buchanan and Robyn Waizenhofer; Understanding child and adolescent response to caregiver conflict: some observations on context, process, and method / Rand D. Conger; Increasing precision in the study of interparental conflict and child adjustment / John H. Crych; What policies and programs influence couple conflict? What works? What doesn't work? Where do we go from here?; Helping families change: from clinical interventions to population-based strategies / Matthew R. Sanders; The challenge of changing couples / Richard J. Gelles; Policy responses to couple conflict and domestic violence : a framework for discussion / Theodora Ooms; Behavioral family intervention : less "behavior" and more "family" / Robert E. Emory; Reviewing couples in conflict / Chris Knoester and Tanya L. Afifi.