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ED389417 PS023731

 

Title: Handbook of Parenting. Volume 2: Biology and Ecology of Parenting.
Author(s): Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.
Pages: 459
Publication Date: 1995
Notes: For other volumes in this series, see PS 023 730-733.
ISBN: 0-8058-1893-6
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262 ($45, special pre-paid price).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020); Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Jersey
Journal Announcement: RIEAPR1996
Target Audience: Parents

Concerned with social settings and correlates of parenting, this volume, the second of four volumes on parenting deals specifically with the biology and the ecology of parenting. The volume consists of 12 chapters as follows: (1) "Hormonal Basis of Parenting in Mammals" (Jay S. Rosenblatt); (2) "Parenting in Primates" (Kim A. Bard); (3) "Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals" (Alison S. Fleming and Carl M. Corter); (4) "Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Human Beings" (Carl M. Corter and Alison S. Fleming); (5) "Intuitive Parenting" (Hanus Papousek and Mechthild Papousek); (6) "Maternal and Dual-Earner Employment Status and Parenting" (Adele Eskeles Gottfried and others); (7) Socioeconomic Status and Parenting" (Erika Hoff-Ginsberg and Twila Tardif); (8) "Ethnic and Minority Parenting" (Cynthia T. Garcia Coll and others); (9) "Culture and Parenting' (Sara Harkness and Charles Super); (10) "Environment and Parenting" (Robert H. Bradley); (11) "History of Parenting" (Valerie French); and (12) "Developmental Contextual Perspective on Parenting" (Richard M. Lerner and others). Articles are accompanied by references. (JW)

Descriptors: *Biological Influences; Caregiver Child Relationship; Caregiver Role; *Child Rearing; Cognitive Development; Cultural Influences; Environmental Influences; Family Work Relationship; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; *Parent Child Relationship; Parent Education; *Parent Influence; Parent Role; *Parenting Skills; Parents
Identifiers: Historical Background