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Defining Prevention Science

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Close relationships play vital roles in the development and maintenance of the physical and psychological health and illness of children and adults (Beach et al., 2006). Of particular importance are enduring relationships within families, including intimate relationships between adults and caregiving relationships among children, their parents, and other parental figures. Not only do positive family relationships promote resiliency across all stages of the life course, distressed family relationships are related to disability and suffering.

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Eddy, J.M., Martinez, C.R., Metzler, C.W., Heyman, R.E. (2014). Family. In: Sloboda, Z., Petras, H. (eds) Defining Prevention Science. Advances in Prevention Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7424-2_6

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