Book Review

摘要

Recent theoretical and methodological innovations have generated rapid integration of social and biological theories and data on family processes.This timely volume, based on papers from the Seventeenth Annual Penn State Symposium on Family Issues in October 2009, presents several perspectives on the current and future research prospects in this dynamic area of investigation. The 17 chapters are organized into four sections: (1) parenting and early childhood, (2) development and adolescence, (3) family formation, and (4) stratification and child well-being. Each section has a longer lead article with three shorter subseauent response articles.