... of 63 families selected from a predominately rural midwestern county of approximately 26,000 residents. The criteria used to select the families were 1) both biological parents lived in the home, 2) the family contained a seventh grader, and 3) there was a sibling within four years of age of the seventh grader. Telephone calls were placed to the families of seventh graders in the county and ... as parenting, psychological adjustment, self-concept, health, social support, deviant behavior, and economic distress. The second night was devoted to videotaping family interaction involving a r...

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