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Parenting: An Ecological Perspective, Second Edition (Paperback)
by Tom Luster (Editor), Lynn Okagaki (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Midwest Book Review

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective is the first to bring together in one place the results of research on parents and children conducted from the perspective of an ecological paradigm. The number and scope of investigations explicitly or implicitly employing an ecological model has increased substantially over the past two decades, with attention focused on the family system as the primary context of child rearing and its dynamic linkages with other key contexts affecting development: child care, school, parental workplace, neighborhood, class, and culture. Parenting enables readers to view the full range of this domain through its judicious selection of relevant studies, rich and rigorous interpretation and integration of research findings, and promising directions and concrete hypotheses for future research. It demonstrates that the complex task of considering the combined influences of several factors can be accomplished, bringing new knowledge and opening new vistas for the realization of human potential through parenting. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Luster and Okagaki have updated the original text focusing on parental behavior and also included 6 new chapters....The text summarizes the latest research on factors that influence parenting, with each chapter providing a look at one important influence and the linkages among the various factors.

—ADOLESCENCE

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective (2nd ed.)...marks a welcome revisiting of the multiple dimensions of parenting from the perspective of ecological theory. Luster and Okagaki have updated and revised the original text and added six new chapters addressing topics ranging from fathers, to children with special needs, to parent interventions....a considerable resource on parenting for researchers and possibly educators. The array of authors is distinguished...

—PsycCRITIQUES

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2 edition (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080584807X
• ISBN-13: 978-0805848076
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.1 inches