… But from recent analyses of the study members in historical context (Elder, 1999), we see
them amidst the hardships of the Great Depression and, later, the dramatic changes of World …

Using a sample of 429 inner-city families, this study traces the effects of economic pressure
to the emotional distress and parenting behaviors of African American and European …

Over 400 married couples participated in a 3-year prospective study of economic pressure
and marital relations. The research (a) empirically evaluated the family stress model of …

The term “agency” is quite slippery and is used differently depending on the epistemological
roots and goals of scholars who employ it. Distressingly, the sociological literature on the …

Observations of continuity and discontinuity over the life span have focused attention on the
process involved, such as mechanisms by which unpromising beginnings lead to …

… The hfe-course perspective (Elder, 1985) of this study assumes that the long-term effects of
heavy combat include potential psychological gams as well as losses, and that the particular …

This chapter addresses the current status of the Iowa families by describing their economic
variations and links to the older generation. Reduced expenditures on household utilities, …

… Elder first encountered longitudinal studies in the early 1960s… Though Elder approached
this research project with an … These observations focused Elder’s attention on ways of thinking …

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by
poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other …

… Elder's subjects live in post-depression America, Block's subjects live in Anytime Anywhere
… transcend the histoncal specificity of Elder's approach but qualify the histoncal generality of …