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Unearthing the Developmental and Intergenerational Dynamics of Stress in Parent and Child Functioning

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The current volume represents some of the state-of-the-art research, theory, and practice addressing parenting stress and its connections with children’s development. The three major sections of this book represent work examining: the sociocultural and individual (parent and child) contributors to parenting stress, the consequences of parenting stress for children’s adaptive and maladaptive development and the parenting they exhibit and experience with the next generation; and pathways to coping and management of stress through enhanced self-regulation and utilization of social and personal resources. Together, the theories and empirical research findings that are presented convey the importance of examining individuals and their development within systems in and between families and generations. Increasingly, the means to that end will require collaborative multidisciplinary inquiry that integrates levels of analysis, from molecules to individuals, and families to societies.

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Deater-Deckard, K., Panneton, R. (2017). Unearthing the Developmental and Intergenerational Dynamics of Stress in Parent and Child Functioning. In: Deater-Deckard, K., Panneton, R. (eds) Parental Stress and Early Child Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55376-4_1

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