Books in the Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series series

The topics of the symposia are timely and of significant interest to family researchers. This book focuses on the importance of the differences found among siblings and how they influence interactions between members of the family and behavior outside th

Examines the nature and origin of adolescents' contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, spanning such diverse topics as the evolutionary roots of these behaviors. This book is useful for academicians and upper-lever undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of human development and family studies and psychology.

In this volume, experts from several social science disciplines explore the condition under which communities affect children's development and family functioning.

In this volume, experts from several social science disciplines explore the condition under which communities affect children's development and family functioning.

This volume addresses how children's personal qualities make their mark on families in ways that may in turn influence children's subsequent development.

Examines the nature and origin of adolescents' contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, spanning such diverse topics as the evolutionary roots of these behaviors. This book is useful for academicians and upper-lever undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of human development and family studies and psychology.

This volume brings leaders throughout the social sciences together to discuss men's current family roles, as well as what the future holds for fathers and husbands. For social and developmental psychologists, and sociologists.

This book is based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on "Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes Underlying Fertility in Developed Countries," held at the Pennsylvania State University in 2003.