The Parental Experience in Midlife

In this groundbreaking volume, distinguished scholars in anthropology, demography, economics, psychology, social work, and sociology explore the uncharted years of midlife parenthood. The authors employ a rich array of theory and methods to address how parental experience affects the health, well-being, and development of parents. Collectively, they look at the time when parents watch their children grow into adulthood and begin to establish adult-to-adult relationships with children. With a strong emphasis on the diversity of midlife parenting, including sociodemographic variations and specific parent or child characteristics such as single parenting or raising a child with a disability, this volume presents for the first time the complex factors that influence the quality of the midlife parenting experience.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carol D. Ryff (Editor), Marsha Mailick Seltzer (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9780226732510
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73251-0
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 235 mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 1093 g
• Series: The John D. and Catherine T. M
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family