This book is concerned with the question of how families matter in young people's development - a question of obvious interest and importance which has serious policy implication. A series of key current topics concerning families are examined by the top international scholars in the field. List of Contributors ix Introduction 1(4) PART ONE. RISK AND RESILIENCE 1. How Families Matter in Child Development: Reflections from Research on Risk and Resilience 5(21) Ann S. Masten and Anne Shaffer 2. The Promotion of Resilience in the Face of Adversity 26(27) Michael Rutter 3. Identifying Risk and Protective Factors for Healthy Child Development 53(26) Arnold Sameroff PART TWO. PEERS AND PARENTS 4. The Influence of Family and Peer Relationships in the Development of Competence during Adolescence 79(25) W. Andrew Collins and Glenn I. Roisman 5. Toward a Dynamic Developmental Model of the Role of Parents and Peers in Early Onset Substance Use 104(31) Kenneth A. Dodge, Patrick S. Malone, Jennifer E. Lansford, Shari Miller-Johnson, Gregory S. Pettit, and John E. Bates PART THREE. WORK AND FAMILY 6. Mothers and Fathers at Work: Implications for Families and Children 135(20) Ann C. Crouter 7. The Family-Child-Care Mesosystem 155(24) Kathleen McCartney PART FOUR. DISCORD AND DIVORCE 8. Marital Discord, Divorce, and Children's Well-Being: Results from a 20-Year Longitudinal Study of Two Generations 179(24) Paul R. Amato 9. The Influence of Conflict, Marital Problem Solving and Parenting on Children's Adjustment in Nondivorced, Divorced and Remarried Families 203(35) E. Mavis Hetherington 10. Adolescents' Development in High-Conflict and Separated Families: Evidence from a German Longitudinal Study 238(35) Sabine Walper and Katharina Beckh PART FIVE. NEW AND EXTENDED FAMILY FORMS 11. New Family Forms 273(26) Susan Golombok 12. Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Family Change in Contemporary Britain 299(22) Judy Dunn, Emma Fergusson, and Barbara Maughan PART SIX. CONCLUSIONS AND COMMENTARIES 13. What Have We Learned: Proof That Families Matter, Policies for Families and Children, Prospects for Future Research 321(16) Alison Clarke-Stewart 14. Research and Policy: Second Looks at Views of Development, Families, and Communities, and at Translations into Practice 337(24) Jacqueline J. Goodnow 15. Prognosis: Policy and Process 361(10) Robert A. Hinde Index 371