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Contents
Introduction and Overview vii

PART I: WHY MARRIAGES SUCCEED OR FAIL
1 Predicting the Future of Marriages 3
Sybil Carrére and John M. Gottman
2 Black Couples, White Couples: The Early Years
of Marriage 		23
Terri L. Orbuch, Joseph Veroff, and Andrea G. Hunter

PART II: CHILD ADJUSTMENT IN DIFFERENT FAMILY FORMS
3 Multiple Risks and Adjustment in Young Children Growing
up in Different Family Settings: A British Community Study
of Stepparent, Single Mother, and Nondivorced Families 		47
Kirby Deater-Deckard and Judy Dunn
4 Family Structure, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent
Adjustment: An Ecological Examination 		65
Shelli Avenevoli, Frances M. Sessa, and Laurence Steinberg

PART III: FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND CHILD ADJUSTMENT IN DIVORCED AND SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES
5 Should We Stay Together for the Sake of the Children? 93
E. Mavis Hetherington
6 Father Absence and the Welfare of Children 117
Sara S. McLanahan

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Publication Information: Book Title: Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective. Contributors: E. Mavis Hetherington - editor. Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Place of Publication: Mahwah, NJ. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: v.
    
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