Download or read book Handbook of Developmental Family Psychology and Psychopathology written by Luciano L'Abate and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1993-12-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent contributors offer a comprehensive view of family from a developmental perspective, with a definable life cycle. The first section examines the normal pattern of family development including the individual in the family life cycle, siblings, marital and parental life cycles, leisure, grandparenthood and cultural variations. It then deals with such disruptions and dysfunctions in the family life cycle as abuse, divorce, death, illness and marital problems. Concludes with implications of this viewpoint for developmental theory and clinical application.