Family Life Roles, Bonds and Impact

This book reviews the latest research from around the globe on the roles and impact of family life. This book discusses topical data including the role of family factors for the diagnosis, prevention and intervention in mental disorders, cohabitating males in inner-city households, the social and economic problems of multiple partner fertility (MPF), the complex nature of the work-family model, the ethnographic observation of everyday life in Italy, the effects of childhood rearing on substance and behaviour addiction among Japanese university students, and the connection between adolescent students' families and their schooling experiences and others.