Volume 4 of the Handbook of Parenting describes socially defined groups of parents and social conditions that promote variation in parenting.

Marc H. Bornstein is Senior Investigator, Head of Child and Family Research, and Head of the Imaging and Behavioral Determinants of Development Affinity Group at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Part I: Social and Cultural Conditions of Parenting 1. A Relational Developmental Systems Perspective on Parenting Richard M. Lerner and Lacey J. Hilliard 2. Latino and Latin American Parenting Linda C. Halgunseth 3. African American Parenting Vonnie C. McLoyd, Cecily Hardaway, and Rosanne M. Jocson 4. Asian and Asian American Parenting Florrie Fei-Yin Ng and Qian Wang 5. Indigenous Parenting Nicole M. Muir, Yvonne Bohr, Matthew Shepherd, Gwen Healey, and Donald Warne 6. Immigrant Parenthood Marc H. Bornstein and Linda R. Cote 7. Parents with Disabilities Gwynnyth Llewellyn 8. Employment and Parenting Wen-Jui Han, Nina Philipsen Hetzner, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn 9. Parents in Poverty Katherine A. Magnuson and Greg J. Duncan Part II: Applied Issues in Parenting 10. Measurement of Parenting Diane L. Putnick 11. Maternal Deprivation Michael Rutter and Sandra Woodhouse 12. Parenting and Attachment E. Mark Cummings and Kelly M. Warmuth 13. Parental Acceptance-Rejection Ronald P. Rohner and Rhiannon L. Smith 14. Stress and Parenting Keith A. Crnic and Shayna S. Coburn 15. Parenting and Depression Theodore Dix and Anat Moed 16. Parenting and Substance Use Disorder Laurie Chassin, Andrea M. Hussong, W. Andrew Rothenberg, and Ariel Sternberg 17. Parental Psychopathology Nancy E. Suchman, Cindy DeCoste, and Hailey E. Dias 18. Parental Maltreatment Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Sheree L. Toth, Jennifer H. Suor, and Tangeria R. Adams 19. Incarcerated Parents Danielle Dallaire 20. Parenting Interventions Douglas R. Powell