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Changing
Families: Marriage, Divorce, and Conflict in Children's Lives
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on his research and experience as a clinical psychologist and
divorce mediator, Dr. Emery will discuss what parents can do
to ensure their children's well-being. He will present an overview
of the demographic changes in American family life with a strong
emphasis on the psychological, social, and economic consequences
for children. There is no doubt that, on average, children fare
better in a happy two-parent family, but conflict in marriage
and the changing cultural landscape do not make this possible
for all children. Still, children can and do thrive in different
types of families, provided that parents continue to meet their
responsibilities as parents.
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 Friday,
May 16, 2003
7:00
- 9:00pm
at the Virginia
Beach Central Library
4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard
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 Robert
E. Emery is the Director of the Center for Children, Families
and the Law. and a Professor of Clinical Training in the
Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia.
He received his Ph.D. at SUNY at Stony Brook.
The faculty at the University of Virginia includes some
of the most distinguished experts on children, families,
and the law in the country. The multidisciplinary Center
for Children, Families, and the Law was created to focus
and coordinate efforts in addressing pressing family problems.
It recognizes both the talent of the family faculty and
the benefits of promoting multidisciplinary collaboration.
The center includes members of the departments of psychology,
sociology, economics, and government as well as the law
school and education school.
Professor Emery's research focuses on family conflict, divorce,
family violence, legal and policy issues, divorce mediation,
and the consequences of parental conflict on children.
Included among his many publications are Marriage Divorce,
and Children's Readjustment (1998) and Renegotiating
Family Relationships: Divorce, Child Custody, and Mediation
(1994).
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Professor
Emery's works include:
Emery, R.E. (1994). Renegotiating Family Relationships: Divorce,
Child Custody, and Mediation. New York: Guilford Press.
Emery,
R.E. (1998). Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (2nd Ed)
Emery,
R.E. & Billings, L.L. (in press). An overview of the nature,
causes and consequences of abusive family relationships: Toward
differentiating maltreatment and violence. American Psychologist.
Coiro,
M.J. & Emery, R.E. (in press). Do marriage problems affect
fathering more than mothering? A quantitative and qualitative
review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
Martin,
M.T., Miller-Johnson, S., Kitzmann, K.M., & Emery, RE (in
press). Parent-child relationships and insulin dependent
diabetes mellitus: Observational ratings of clinically relevant
dimensions. Journal of Family Psychology.
Recent News and Quotes
Professor Emery was quoted November 24 in a Washington Post
Magazine story by Bob Thompson headlined: IS
THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A DIVORCE? / WHEN ELI AND DEBBIE SPLIT
UP, AFTER 15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO
DO RIGHT BY THEIR KIDS. THE RESULT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM
THE STEREOTYPES
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