December 2005 | Vol. 36 No. 11
Monitor Table of Contents
COVER STORY
Making working families workAs the number of dual wage-earner families soars, psychologists focus on families' strategies for success.
Stepfamily success depends on ingredientsOne in three Americans is part of a stepfamily, each with its own flavor. How can psychologists help them thrive?
Meet the renaissance dadFathers are more involved in their children's lives than ever before, and researchers are taking notice.
The kids are all rightResearch shows that families headed by gay and lesbian parents are as healthy as traditional families, but misperceptions linger.
Adopting a new American familyAdoption plays a key role in our nation's diversity, experts say, and merits more attention from psychology.
A CLOSER LOOK
From basic research to health-care messagesImproved public health is a priority for many APA Div. 8 social psychologists.
ETHICS ROUNDS
Letter from a reader regarding a minor client and confidentialityAs psychologists engage in the process of synthesizing clinical and legal perspectives, both psychologists and their clients may benefit most when psychologists begin from their strengths: Their background, training and expertise as - clinicians.
SCIENCE WATCH
Feed the birdsSongbird study offers new insights into how malnutrition impairs development and cognition
FEATURE
Incoming Journal EditorsResponding to KatrinaA trailblazer retiresHenry Tomes, the first full-time executive director of APA's Public Interest Directorate, steps down after four decades of advancing public health and minority psychology.
Psychological support in Katrina's wakePsychologists across the country help quell the inner storms of Hurricane Katrina's victims.
Katrina destroys former LPA president's home, practiceResponders must consider victims' culture, experts sayPsychologists reach out to displaced colleaguesKatrina spurs disaster researchPsychology groups advise U.S. Senate on ways to help hurricane victimsStudents' new beginnings after the stormPsychology's broad community helps students and faculty displaced by Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives.
Bringing psychology to the worldAPA's U.N. representatives teach others the relevance of behavioral science.
Psychology in the public eyeAcross the country, psychologists are using novel ways to highlight psychology's everyday relevance to people's lives.
Introducing the training gridResource offers one-stop shopping for interventions targeting serious mental illness.
Psychologists back increased parity, prescriptive authority and professional accessPatients benefit as states enact legislation broadening mental health coverage and increasing psychologists' professional authority.
Psychology's education leaders meetThe 2005 Educational Leadership Conference examined diversity in its many forms–individual, organizational and epistemological.
Diversity of thoughtPsychologists tackled how to bridge the divide between theories of knowledge.
Ensuring psychology's place in the K–12 classroomCultural competence: An ethical must in teaching and researchELC speakers highlighted ways to infuse diversity in ethical principles, curricula and research.
ELC press experts offered tips on communicating with the mediaStumping for psychology education fundingEducators honor a teaching legendELC awards honor education advocatesPutting the 'play' back into performingPsychologist Jon Skidmore helps young musicians overcome anxiety and enjoy themselves on stage.
Martin takes on JEP: Learning, Memory and CognitionThe new editor hopes to include more cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology in the journal.
Roberts aims to keep PPRP a must-readThe incoming editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice wants the journal to remain every professional psychologist's timely informer.
Penrod assumes leadership of Psychology, Public Policy and LawThe journal's new editor continues its legal and psychological mix and introduces an original-research twist.
APA election guidelinesCan teaching troubled teens social problem-solving keep them out of trouble?With APF funding, Elena Grigorenko and colleagues are testing skills training meant to keep violent youth from re-offending.
The inner life of the gifted childThis year's APF Rosen grant winners will explore gifted children's motivation, learning and mental health.
PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE
Federal spotlight on children and youthGuided by psychologists' advocacy, Congress supports new legislation aimed at improving children's welfare.
IN BRIEF
- Taking work home can depress mood, energy
- Workers' new-job excitement often lasts less than a year
- APA supports World Mental Health Day
- Men receive more credit than women for joint work on stereotypically male tasks
- Become a positive psychology fellow
- Surgeon General calls for improved disability services
- People rate their self-esteem high across cultures
- APA task force addresses socioeconomic inequalities
- APA offers free journal access to world's poorest countries
- SAMHSA awards 22 federal grants to boost college mental health services