0 a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.
A strong feature is that the book includes case studies of extended family systems as well as nuclear family systems.
Also, the trend towards the nuclear family is expected to result in a large increase in the number of single elders.
Ideally, each assessment would have evaluated family interaction within the context of the entire nuclear family, including all siblings.
Here, the nuclear family emerges as the core cell of economic activity, psychological comfort, moral upbringing, and general socialization into modern life.
Beyond the nuclear family: the increasing importance of multigenerational bonds.
Thus, the marital conflict and parenting problems that predict children's outcomes in a nuclear family may be markers of an unfolding process of intergenerational transmission.
Beyond the nuclear family : the increasing importance of multigenerational bonds.
As for the analysed sample, the structure of the nuclear family was an important indicator of the level of support.
