Family Psychology Iii

This third collection of writings covers most of the author's published papers in the areas of theory building and testing, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in family psychology, since publication of similar books in 1983 and 1987. Family therapy is limited to a single approach devoted to the treatment of families in trouble; family psychology encompasses the entire range of family functioning, from optimal to pathological. This book examines developments within the field of family psychology that have occurred over the last 15 years.