Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society: 9781522524045: Social Sciences & Humanities Books

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ISBN13: 9781522524045

EISBN13: 9781522524052

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2404-5

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As society changes and develops, personal relationships can be significantly affected by evolving cultures. By examining amorous and familial bonds in the present era, a comprehensive understanding of relationship formation and development can be established.

Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society provides a thorough examination of the types of emotional relationships that different cultures participate in. Highlighting innovative topics across a range of relevant areas such as LGBTQ relationships, long-distance relationships, interracial dating, and parental techniques, this publication is an ideal resource for all academicians, students, librarians, and researchers interested in discovering more about social and emotional interactions within human relationships.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Attachment Security
Bullying
Close-Distance
Digital Media
Emotional Availability
Interracial Dating
Long-Distance
Parent-Child Relationship
Romance

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The new text Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society, edited by Nava R. Silton, covers a wide range of topics relevant to relationship science. Topics include general relationship dynamics; nontraditional arrangements (i.e., consensual nonmonogamy); sexuality; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) relationships; culture; and parent-child relationships. Because so many topics are covered, the book is a bit unfocused, but despite this, it is very informative. As the title suggests, the topics in the book address the evolving nature of relationships in our society. The text could be a good resource for courses in psychology and sociology on marriage and family dynamics. Clinicians and scholars in developmental psychology would find a number of chapters of interest as well. The book is highly readable and would be appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses.

– Karen Wilson, PsycCRITIQUES

Nava R. Silton, Ph.D. is a Developmental Psychologist and a full Psychology Professor at Marymount Manhattan College. Silton received her B.S. at Cornell University and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Fordham University. She has worked at Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop and has consulted for Disney, Netflix, Apple, Blue’s Clues & You, 9Story Media Group and The Autism Seaver Center. She also serves as a Developmental Psychologist for two elementary schools. She has appeared over 200 times on Fox 5 News as a Parenting and Developmental Expert, and has appeared on Good Day New York, Good Day Street Talk and NBC. Silton has written over 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 20 chapters, book reviews and encyclopedia entries and has edited nine full textbooks, with a tenth on the way. Silton created the award-winning Realabilities Educational Comic Book Series and The Realabilities Mental Health Edition, which have been used in over 30 schools across the U.S. She also created Addy & Uno, The First Family Musical about Disabilities, Bullying and Kindness, which was nominated for an Off-Broadway Alliance Award and ran Off-Broadway for over 18 months at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in Manhattan. She has a variety of children’s TV shows with The Jim Henson Company, LeVar Burton Entertainment, Neptune Studios and Two Shakes Entertainment. Silton also created and hosts the parenting and child development podcast, A Cup of Java with Dr. Nava. She has also created the following games: Bashert (to help adults connect), The One of Kind Game (which teaches kindness and socio-emotional skills to children), Unbox Your Creativity (which teaches creativity and divergent thinking to kids), with Grit Lock (a game about Grit) and Executive Station (a game that teaches executive functioning) coming soon! Finally, Nava recently penned four feature screenplays, Pure, The Prof, Jackpot and Toycoon. All four screenplays have already achieved significant recognition (Finalist, Semifinalist and Quarterfinalist designations) in over twenty screenplay contests. Most recently, Silton was identified as one of the Top 50 screenwriters on the ISA Fellowship slate. Silton is married to Dr. Ariel Brandwein and has seven children; three boys and four girls.

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