Introduction, L'Abate
I. Foundations
1. The Role of Theory in the Study of Family
Psychopathology, Scabini and Cigoli
2. The Family as a Unity of Interacting Personalities,
Loukas, Twitchell, Piejak, Fitzgerald, and Zucker
3. The Concept of "the Family" in Family
Psychopathology, Petzold
4. Family Interaction and Family Psychopathology,
Brunner
5. Risk and Resiliency Factors among Culturally
Diverse Families: Implications for Family
Psychopathology, Gardano
II. Dimensions of Family Structure
6. Psychopathology and the Marital Dyad, Davila and
Bradbury
7. Parenting Styles and Psychopathology, Cusinato
8. Intergenerational Relationships in Modern Families,
Cicirelli
9. Comprehensive Assessment of Family Functioning,
Heffer and Snyder
III. Varieties of Individual and Family
Psychopathology
10. Destructive Parentification in Families: Causes and
Consequences, Jurkovic
11. Marital Processes and Depression, Beach and Fincham
12. Schizophrenia and the Family, Nicholson
13. Psychosomatic Illness and the Family, Cierpka, Reich,
and Kraul
14. The Family Roots of Aggression and Violence: A
Life Span Perspective, Rosen
15. Substance Abuse and Dependence, Trepper and
Dankoski
IV. Helping Families at Risk, in Need, and in
Crisis
16. Prevention Approaches for Families, Tolan,
Quintana, and Gorman-Smith
17. From Parent Education to Family Empowerment
Programs, Gerris, Van As, Wels, and Janssens
18. The Empirical Status of Psychological Interventions
with Families of Children and Adolescents, Sanders
V. Research Issues
19. Methodological Problems in Studying Family
Psychopathology, Tschacher