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Article: Pratt, Michael W., & Fiese, Barbara H. (Eds.). Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations.(Book Review)
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- Adolescence
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- September 22, 2005
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PRATT, Michael W., & FIESE, Barbara H. (Eds.). Family Stories and the Life Course: Across Time and Generations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. 436pp. 39.95 (p).
This edited book is concerned with recent research and theory on family stories by leaders in this emerging field of study. The editors draw from work that focuses on the act of telling family stories, as well as their content and structure. The process of telling family stories is linked to central aspects of development, including language acquisition, affect regulation, and family interaction patterns. The chapters in the book show that messages inherent in these stories serve to ...