This comprehensive reference explores the current and future state of biobehavioral markers in family resilience research, with special focus on linking biological and physiological measures to behavioral and health outcomes. It brings together the latest biobehavioral data on child-parent and couple relationships, adversity, and other key areas reflecting new technological advances in biobehavioral studies and translates these findings into implications for real-world practice and policy. The contributors insights on biomarkers apply to emerging topics of interest (e.g., molecular genetics) as well as familiar ones (e.g., stress). Their interdisciplinary perspective helps to elaborate on risk and resilience factors for those creating the next generation of evidence-based interventions.Among the topics covered:The immune system as a sensor and regulator of stress: implications in human development and diseaseThe psychobiology of family dynamics: bidirectional relationships with adrenocortical attunementIntergenerational transmission of poverty: how low socioeconomic status impacts the neurobiology of two generationsThe influence of teacher-child relationships on preschool childrens cortisol levelsChallenges and strategies for integrating molecular genetics into behavioral scienceBesides its worth to researchers and practitioners studying and working with families at risk, Biobehavioral Markers in Risk and Resilience Research also has utility as a training text, offering a highly accessible presentation and discussion questions suited to classroom use.
The Immune System as a Sensor and Regulator of Stress: Implications in
Human Development and Disease.- The Psychobiology of Family Dynamics:
Bidirectional Relationships with Adrenocortical Attunement.- The Heart of
Conversation: Using State-Space Grids to Disentangle Cardiovascular and
Affect Dynamics During Couple Interaction. Intergenerational Transmission of
Poverty: How Low Socioeconomic Status Impacts the Neurobiology of Two
Generations.- The Influence of Teacher-Child Relationships on Preschool
Childrens Cortisol Levels.- Stress, Biomarkers and Resilience in Childhood
and Adolescence: Advances in the Last Few Decades.- Challenges and Strategies
for Integrating Molecular Genetics into Behavioral Science.- Risk as a First
Derivative: Using Intensive Repeated Measures and Molecular Approaches to
Studying Families.
Amanda W. Harrist received her Ph.D. in Child and Family Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently a Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University, where she is also Associate Director for Education and Translation at the Center for Family Resilience and Core Director, Human & Community Research Training Core for the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity. Her research is focused on understanding psychosocial risk and protective processes in childrens social contexts, particularly the parent-child relationship and peer relations at school.
Brandt C. Gardner received his Ph.D. in Marriage & Family Therapy from Texas Tech University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University. He spends the majority of his professional time teaching about and studying communication processes and interaction dynamics in marital and couple relationships.
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