Parental Development

Jack Demick, Krisanne Bursik, Rosemarie DiBiase

• Contents: Preface. J. Demick, K. Bursik, R. DiBiase, Introduction. Part I: Parental Development in Context: Theory.S. Wapner, Parental Development: A Holistic, Developmental Systems-Oriented Perspective. C.J. Palus, Transformative Experiences of Adulthood: A New Look at the Seasons of Life. Part II: Cognitive Development in Parenthood.D.A. Harkins, Parental Goals and Styles of Storytelling. M.S-C. Lam, S.I. Powers, G.G. Noam, S.T. Hauser, A.M. Jacobson, Parental Moral Stage and Adolescent Moral Development. Part III: Psychosocial Development in Parenthood.J. Stevens-Long, S. Macdonald, Empathy, Cognitive Generativity, and Parenting. M.T. Miliora, Development of the Capacity for Empathy: A Case for Healthy Parenting. D.T. Roelke, Essential Relationships: The Shared Worlds of Friendship. M.J. Solomon, Transmission of Cultural Goals: Social Network Influences on Infant Socialization. Part IV: Some Variations on Parental Development.P.M. Miller, Mothers' and Strangers' Behavior With Infants. J. Demick, Adaptation of Marital Couples to Open Versus Closed Adoption: A Preliminary Investigation. M.P. Farrell, S.D. Rosenberg, H.J. Rosenberg, Changing Texts of Male Identity From Early to Late Middle Age: On the Emergent Prominence of Fatherhood. M.H. Silver, Balancing "Caring and Being Cared For" in Old Age: The Development of Mutual Parenting. Part V: Directions for Future Research.J. Demick, Parental Development: Future Research Directions.