In this fifth edition of the definitive reference on fatherhood, Michael Lamb, the recognized authority on the role of fathers in child development, has brought together a group of world-renowned scholars to describe the state of fatherhood across cultures, classes, economic systems and family formations and reformations to help academics, clinicians, and policy makers improve the relationships between fathers and children and thus childrens well being.Michael E. Lamb, Ph.D., Editor, is Professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences, Cambridge University. He has been the head of the Section on Social and Emotional Development at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland. His current research is concerned with the evaluation, validation, and facilitation of children's accounts of sexual abuse; the effects of domestic violence on children's development; the effects of contrasting patterns of early child care on children and their families; and the description of early patterns of infant care in diverse sociocultural ecologies.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-40549-9
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés