Sourcebook of family theory & research. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Sourcebook of family theory and research
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Vern L. Bengtson [and four others].
• Other Names: Bengtson, Vern L
• Contents: Pt. I. Setting the context for future family research. 1. Theory and theorizing in family research / Vern L. Bengtson [and others]. Applying Kuhn's "Scientific structure of revolutions" to family science / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson -- The cyclical process of theory and data in science / David M. Klein -- The use of explicit theory in family research: a case analysis of the Journal of marriage and the family, 1990-1999 / Alan C. Taylor and Aparna Bagdi -- A scientific theory of the family? / Jonathan H. Turner -- Theorizing family: from the particular to the general / David Cheal -- 2. Contemporary and emerging theories in studying families / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton, and David M. Klein. Application of Pepper's world hypotheses to family theories / Hilary A. Rose -- In search of a philosophical foundation for family theory and therapy / Norbert A. Wetzel -- Agony or ecstasy? Evolving theory and methods of the circumplex model / Judy Watson Tiesel and Dean Gorall -- On the use of probability in family theory / Jetse Sprey. 3. Contemporary and emerging research methods in studying families / Alan C. Acock [and others]. Asking new questions of existing qualitative data / M. Elise Radina and Kimberly J.M. Downs -- Mixed methods: meaning and validity in the development of self-report items for children / Michael E. Woolley, Natasha K. Bowen, and Gary L. Bowen -- Analyzing family interaction patterns from videotapes over time / Kurt Kreppner -- Deductive qualitative analysis and family theory building / Jane F. Gilgun -- pt. II. Changing family patterns. 4. Explanations of family change: a family demographic perspective / Suzanne M. Bianchi and Lynne M. Casper. The new demographics of families / Farrell J. Webb -- Does marriage make people happier? Marriage, cohabitation, and trajectories in well-being / Kelly Musick -- Strengths and resilience in Chinese immigrant families: an initial effort of inquiry / Yan Ruth Xia, Zhi George Zhou, and Xiaolin Xie -- Family change: decline or resilience? / Paul R. Amato. 5. Family composition and family transitions / David H. Demo, William S. Aquilino, and Mark A. Fine. Family disruption -- chaos versus havoc: a chaos theory (dynamical systems) view of family structure and change / Rory Remer -- Causal analysis of family structure effects / Tam M. Videon -- Predicting marital success or failure: Burgess and beyond / Ione Y. DeOllos -- The adjustment of children in divorced and remarried families / E. Mavis Hetherington -- 6. Decentering heteronormativity: a model for family studies / Ramona Faith Oswald, Libby Balter Blume, and Stephen R. Marks. Backward socialization and gay identity negotiation in families / Bertram J. Cohler -- Gay marriage and social science / Timothy J. Biblarz and Judith Stacey -- Reflections on queer theory and family science / Lawrence A. Kurdek -- 7. Theorizing and studying sibling ties in adulthood / Alexis J. Walker, Katherine R. allen, and Ingrid Arnet Connidis. Theorizing about sibling relationships when parents become frail / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford. Twin studies and dementia / Keith E. Whitfield -- Reaching beyond the Dyad: research on adult siblings / Sarah H. Matthews -- Sibling relationships in childhood: implications for life-course study / Susan M. McHale and Ann C. Crouter -- 8. Ecological changes in ethnic families of color / Harriette Pipes McAdoo, Estella A. Martinez, and Hester Hughes. Empirical reality and vision: studying people of color / Tammy L. Henderson -- Methodological considerations in the study of families of color / Masako Ishii-Kuntz -- Black-white interracial marriage and multiracial families / Erica Chito Childs -- The demographics of the 21st-century family: examining race, ethnicity, and culture within geographic and generational context / Ana Mari Cauce -- 9. Advancing theory through research: the case of extrusion in stepfamilies / Margaret Crosbie-Burnett [and others]. Emotionally focused family therapy with stepfamilies / James L. Furrow, Brent Bradley, and Susan M. Johnson -- Exploring the diversity of stepfamily relationships / Maria Schmeeckle. Identity enactment and verification in gay and lesbian stepfamilies / Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Kari Henley, and Kay Pasley -- Leaving whose home? When stepchildren leave is it always extrusion? / Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman -- pt. III. Changing family interactions within and across generations. 10. Through the lens of time: how families live in and through time / Kerry J. Daly and John Beaton. Family in and beyond time / Andrew J. Weigert -- The experience sampling method / Jennifer A. Schmidt -- Viewing time through the eyes of overscheduled children and their underconnected families / Yvette V. Perry and William J. Doherty -- time and time again: a critical look at order in family life / Barbara H. Fiese -- 11. Theorizing about marriage / Jason S. Carroll, Sten J. Knapp, and Thomas B. Holman. Theory-driven couple evaluation / Luciano L'Abate -- Studying marriages longitudinally / Frank D. Fincham and Thomas N. Bradbury -- Cultural narratives and individual experiences in relationships / Richard Bulcroft, Linda Smeins, and Kris Bulcroft -- Couples under stress: studying change in Dyadic closeness and distance / Yoav Lavee. Theorizing the particulars of marriage / Bert N. Adams -- 12. Analyzing couples and families: multilevel methods / Aline G. Sayer and Mary Maguire Klute. Personality and family process / James E. Deal, Charles F. Helverson, Jr., and Valerie Havill -- Families in community contexts / Jay A. Mancini, Gary L. Bowen, and James A. Martin -- A comment on the use of multilevel methods in family research / James M. White and Jay d. Teachman -- 13. Theorizing about aggression between intimates: a dialectical approach / Loreen N. Olson, Mark A. Fine, and Sally A. Lloyd. Family resilience / Charles H. Huber -- Holding multiple theories in our hands: advanced dialectical research methods / Deborah A. Davis and Edward Read Barton -- An ecological perspective on an intergenerational family problem / Lawrence B. Schiamberg and Daphna Gans -- The challenges and promise of a dialectical approach to theorizing about intimate violence / Claire M. Renzetti -- 15. Influences of parents and siblings on the development of children and adolescents / Martin Pinquart and Rainer K. Silbereisen. Parental acceptance-rejection theory / Ronald P. Rohner. Observational methods for studying families / Lorraine C. Taylor and Melissa A. Barnett -- Parent-adolescent relationships: integrating attachment and Bowenian family systems theories / Mark J. Benson -- The role of families in developmental continuity and change during adolescence / Jennifer L. Matjasko and Katherine A. Paz -- 16. Theorizing intergenerational family relations: solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence in cross-national contexts / Ruth Katz [and others]. Qualitative approaches to the study of intergenerational relations / Gay Becker -- Testing theories about intergenerational exchanges / Merril Silverstein -- Recent shifts in family support for older people in Ghana / Isabella Aboderin -- Theorizing intergenerational relations across societies / G. Clare Wenger -- pt. IV. Families and larger social forces. 17. Culture, cognition, and parenthood / Ralph LaRossa, Wendy Simonds, and donald C. Reitzes. The evolution of parenting / David C. Bell -- Studying foster and adoptive parent-child relationships / Katharine P. Leslie -- River of grief: hearing parents and siblings following child death / Colleen I. Murray and Kathleen R. Gilbert -- Parenthood, parenting, and marital interactions / Debra Umberson and Belinda L. Needham. 18. Multicultural and critical race feminisms: theorizing families in the third wave / Lee Ann De Reus, April L. Few, and Libby Balter Blume. Veiled heads: a middle eastern feminist perspective / Manijeh Daneshpour -- Kentucky homeless mothers / Joanna M. Badagliacco -- Challenges faced by nonelite women in higher education / Norma Burgess -- Integrating youth into our feminist theory, research, and practice / Kristine M. Baber -- 19. Socioeconomic status and childhood externalizing behaviors: a structural equation framework / Robert Flynn Corwyn and Robert H. Bradley. Multisite, mixed-methods study of rural low-income families / Bonnie Braun and Elaine A. Anderson -- Promoting positive youth development across variations in socioeconomic status: framing the structural equation modeling approach within a developmental systems perspective / Christina Theokas and Richard M. Lerner -- 20. Don't stop at the borders: theorizing beyond dichotomies of work and family / Shelley M. MacDermid, Kevin Roy, and Anisa M. Zvonkovic. Cross-cultural perspectives on work-family conflict / Josip Obradovic and Mira Cudina -- Methodological challengesin theorizing the work-family complex / Suraj Commuri -- The interface of elder caregiving and paid employment / Judy L. Singeton. Suggestions for a multilevel reframing of work-family theory / Joseph G. Grzywacz, Angela J. Hattery, and Patricia Voydanoff -- 21. Religion and families / Linda M. Chatters and Robert Joseph Taylor. "Good enough" theorizing about families, spirituality, and religion: facing our own fundamentalism / Carla M. Dahl -- Measurement issues in the study of religion and spirituality / Jacqueline S. Mattis -- Links between families and religion / Don Swenson, Jerry G. Pankhurst, and Sharon K. Houseknecht -- How highly religious families strive to fulfill sacred purposes / David C. Dollahite and Loren D. Marks -- 22. Families, theories, and social policy / Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane. Families and policy: health issues of older women / Karen A. Roberto -- Investigating child abuse investigations / Jennifer A. Reich -- Theoretical threads weave the foundation for family policy research / Lydia Blalock, Pamela a. Monroe, and M.E. Betsy Garrison -- Thoughts on families and public policy as viewed by Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane / Joan Aldous. pt. V. Preparing the next generation of family scholars. 23. College professors conversations about teaching family theories / Velma McBride Murry, Paul C. rosenblatt, and Elizabeth Wieling. Walking the walk: teaching systems theory by doing theory / Gail g. Whitchurch -- Human ecology theory for the 21st century / Lillian A. Phenice and Robert J. Griffore -- Teaching theory 101A / Denise Berg -- Linking theory, methods, community wisdom, and local need / James M. Frabutt -- A family with gender inequality: theory in clinical teaching / Thomas W. Blume and Charles Lee Cole -- 23. Teaching methods of family research / Constance L. Shehan and Theodore N. Greenstein. Making statistics come alive / Walter R. Schumm -- Developing professional skills in methods: writing grant proposals / Chalandra M. Bryant -- Getting to the bottom of the spanking debate: bringing in the ethics of research / Robyn L. Mowery and Lynda H. Walters -- 25. Controversies and firestorms: an epilogue / Vern L. Bengtson [and others]. Are you a "positivist"? An epistemological self-assessment / David M. Klein -- Where does queer theory take us? / Stan J. Knapp and Camille S. Williams -- Pushing the boundaries of the sourcebook / Katherine R. Allen.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 666 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.85/072; Families -- Research -- Methodology; Family; Research; Methods; Famille -- Recherche -- Méthodologie; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference; Families -- Research -- Methodology; Famille; Structure familiale; Famille recomposée; Mariage; Fratrie; Relation entre générations; Société; Religion; Politique sociale; Méthodologie de recherche; Recherche; Familiensoziologie; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781412990172; 1412990173; 9781452210940; 1452210942
• Related ISBNs: 0761930655; 9780761930655; 0761930663; 9780761930662
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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