Preface: Introduction and Overview - Leon Kuczynski
Part I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND PROCESSES IN PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS
Ch. 1. Beyond Bidirectionality: Bilateral Conceptual Frameworks for Studying Dynamics in Paren-Child Relations - Leon Kuczynski
Ch. 2. A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective on the Dynamics of Parenting - Daphne B. Bugental, Deborah H. Olster, & Gabriela A. Martorell (all of the University of California, Santa Barbara)
Ch. 3. Developmental Change in Parenting Interactions - W. Andrew Collins (University of Minnesota) & Stephanie D. Madsen (Western Maryland College)
Ch. 4. Conceptualizing the Influence of Past & Future in Present Parent-Child Relationships - Susan Lollis (University of Guelph)
PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN¿S AGENCY
Ch. 5. A Developmental Perspective on Children as Agents in the Family - E. Mark Cummings & Alice C. Schermerhorn (both of University of Notre Dame)
Ch. 6. Perspectives on Children¿s Agency Within Families: A View from the Sociology of Childhood - Virginia Morrow (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Ch. 7. The Aggressive Child as Agent in Coercive Family Processes - Donald Kent & Debra Pepler (both of York University)
Ch. 8. Behavioral Genetics Contributions to Understanding Dynamic Processes in Parent-Child Relationships - Thomas G. O¿Connor (Institute of Psychiatry, London)
PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON PARENTAL AGENCY
Ch. 9. Parenting as a Goal-Regulation Process - Theodore Dix & Sylvia H. Branca (both of University of Texas at Austin)
Ch. 10. Meta-Parenting in the Journey of Child Rearing: A Cognitive Mechanism for Change - George W. Holden & Carol Kozak Hawk (both of University of Texas at Austin)
Ch. 11. Effective Socialization as Problem-Solving & the Role of Parenting Cognitions - Joan E. Grusec (University of Toronto) & Judy Ungerer (Macquarie University, Sydney)
Ch. 12. Parental Agency & Mental Health: Proaction & Construction in Families with a Depressed Parent - Carolyn Byrne (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)
PART IV: PARENT-CHILD INTERACTIONS IN RELATIONAL & ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Chap. 13. Managing the External Environment: The Parent & Child as Active Agents in the System - Ross D. Parke, Colleen M. Killian, Jessica Dennis, Mary L. Flyr, David J. McDowell, Sandra D. Simpkins, Mina Kim & Margaret Wild
Chap. 14. Parent-Child Relationships in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Gisela Trommsdorff (University of Konstanz)) & Hans-Joachim Kornadt (University of the Saarland)
Chap. 15. Parenting & Adult Development: Contexts, Processes & Products of Intergenerational Relationships - Rob Palkovitz, Loren D. Marks, & David W. Appleby (all of University of Delaware), & Erin Kramer Holmes (University of Texas at Austin)
Chap. 16. Parent-Child Relations in Adulthood: An Intergenerational Family Systems Perspective - Joan E. Norris (University of Guelph), Michael W. Pratt (Wilfrid Laurier University), & Stephanie L. Kuiack (University of Guelph)
PART V: METHODOLOGY
Chap. 17. Quantitative Methods for Deductive (Theory-Testing) Research on Parent-Child Dynamics - William L. Cook (Maine Medical Center)
Chap. 18. Qualitative Methods as Inductive (Theory-Generating) Research: Psychological & Sociological Approaches - Leon Kuczynski & Kerry Daly (both of University of Guelph)
PART VI: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH & PRACTICE
Chap. 19. Parent-Based Interventions for Aggressive Children: Adapting to a Bilateral Lens - Timothy A. Cavell (University of Arkansas) & Paul S. Strand (Washington State University)
Chap. 20. Reconstructing Common Sense: Metaphors of Bidirectionality in Parent-Child Relations - Leon Kuczynski, Susan Lollis, & Yuiko Takei (all of University of Guelph)
Chap. 21. Epilogue: Dynamic Viewpoints on Parent-Child Relations: Their Implications for the Socialization Process - Eleanor Maccoby (Stanford University)