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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Philosophical Principles | |
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Conceptual Frameworks | |
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Integrative Themes | |
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Paradigms, Postmodernism, and Possibilities | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Meaning-Making | |
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Self | |
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Culture | |
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Story, Connection, Ritual, and Myth | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Strengths and Resilience | |
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Strengths and Resilience: Images of Altruism and Humanity | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Biopsychosocial Understanding | |
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Human Nature and the Human Condition | |
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Genes and Experience: The Case of Temperament | |
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The Brain and Behavior: The Biopsychosocial View | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Nature and Nurture, Neurons and Narratives: Putting it all Together | |
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Nature and Nurture: How Necessary Are Parents? | |
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Neurons and Narratives: A Biopsychosocial Understanding of Mental Illness | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Theories: Part 1 | |
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The Elements of Theory | |
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Part/Whole Analysis | |
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Psychodynamic Theory | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Theories: Part II | |
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Ecological Theory | |
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Cognitive Theory | |
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Radical/Critical Theory | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Person/Environment, Part I: Families--The Variety of Us | |
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The Family and Society Today: What's Up? | |
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What Are Families For? | |
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What Is a Family? | |
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Family Resilience | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Person/Environment, Part II: Coming Into Being in the Family and Community | |
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A Contextual Model of Family Transition and Adaptation | |
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Becoming Partners and Being a Couple | |
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A New Human Being Joins the Family | |
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When Things Go Awry | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Person/Environment, Part III: Growing Up in Family and Community | |
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Middle Childhood: The Forgotten Years | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Person/Environment, Part IV: Coming of Age in Family and Community | |
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Sturm and Drang or The Romance of Risk? | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Person/Environment, Part V: Maturing and Aging in Family and Community | |
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Maturity: Love, Work, Connection, and Closure | |
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Some Important Moments in Adult Life | |
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Coming of (Older) Age in America | |
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Conclusion | |
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M and M Dialogue | |
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Reprise, Vision, and the Final Conversation | |
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Reprise | |
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So What Is the Good Life, Anyway? | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Final M and M Dialogue | |
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Index | |