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Family Context in Developmental Psychopathology

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Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology

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Few would disagree that families affect children’s development. The theoretical basis for this assumption, however, has evolved over time, with increasing recognition that children live in complex and multidetermined environments (Bronfenbrenner, 1977; Sameroff, 1997). Despite these concerns, historical factors, theoretical limitations, and restricted diagnostic systems have limited the understanding of family-context effects in developmental psychopathology. To address these limitations, we have organized the chapter to examine the historical, theoretical, and diagnostic challenges encountered in studying families and their effects on children’s adaptation and maladaptation. Our overview is necessarily brief and the interested reader is directed to more extensive discussions found in other sources (e.g., Cowan, 1991; Crockenberg, Lyons-Ruth, & Dickstein, 1993;Lewis, 1987; Lewis & Feiring, 1992; Wagner & Reiss, 1995).

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