Handbook Of Marriage And The Family

Introduction

Despite waves of societal, cultural, and generational change, the family remains the bedrock unit for studying the individual and society as well as a prime focus of study in its own right. In particular, where diverse family structures were once considered rare occurrences, they are now gaining increased recognition from the social sciences. The Handbook of Marriage and the Family has been updated to reflect the current realities of family life, synthesizing and critiquing the knowledge base in key areas such as dating, parenting, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, sibling relationships, divorce, and step families. This Third Edition assembles leading experts across the disciplines to cover an expanded range of topics in qualitative and quantitative methodology, roles and relationships, diversity, and application issues, among them:

Systemic and ecological qualities of families.

Division of household labor.

Families with cohabitating parents.

Fathers’ nurturance of children over the life course.

Cultural influences on socialization.

Family lives of lesbian and gay adults.

Family science as a teaching discipline.

Like its predecessors, this new edition of the Handbook of Marriage and the Family stands as a comprehensive primary resource for family scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and social workers who work with families, as well as for researchers, graduate students, and faculty in family studies, child development, psychology, sociology, social work, public health, and related fields.

TABLE OF CONTENTS (36 Chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xiv

Introduction: Balancing Connectedness and Autonomy in Diverse Families

Pages 1-7

Theoretical and Methodological Issues

Front Matter

Pages 9-9

The Current Status of Theorizing About Families

Pages 11-37

The Demography of Families

Pages 39-63

Quantitative Methodology for Family Science

Pages 65-89

Qualitative Family Research: Enduring Themes and Contemporary Variations

Pages 91-119

Systemic and Ecological Qualities of Families

Pages 121-138

Feminism and Families

Pages 139-158

Stress Processes in Families and Couples

Pages 159-176

Conceptualizing Cultural Influences on Socialization: Comparing Parent–Adolescent Relationships in the United States and Mexico

Pages 177-208

Relationships, Processes, and Roles in Families

Front Matter

Pages 209-209

Dating and Mate Selection

Pages 211-232

Marital Relationships in the Twenty-First Century

Pages 233-254

Living Together Unmarried: What Do We Know About Cohabiting Families?

Pages 255-273

Parent–Child Relationships in Diverse Contexts

Pages 275-302

Theory and Research Pertaining to Families with Adolescents

Pages 303-327

Sibling Relationships

Pages 329-351

Fathers’ Nurturance of Children over the Life Course

Pages 353-376

Adulthood and Aging in Families

Pages 377-399

Gender and Family Relations

Pages 401-422

Sexuality in Families: The (Re-) Creation of Sexual Culture

Pages 423-447

Family Violence

Pages 449-485

Marital Dissolution

Pages 487-516

Remarriage and Step-family Life

Pages 517-546

Families and Other Institutions

Front Matter

Pages 547-547

Work and Family Through Time and Space: Revisiting Old Themes and Charting New Directions

Pages 549-572

Family Economic Well-Being

Pages 573-611

The Division of Household Labor

Pages 613-635

Religion and Family Research in the Twenty-First Century

Pages 637-655

Diversity in Family Life

Front Matter

Pages 657-657

Family Lives of Lesbian and Gay Adults

Pages 659-681

African American Families: Research Progress and Potential in the Age of Obama

Pages 683-704

The Adjustment of Asian American Families to the U.S. Context: The Ecology of Strengths and Stress

Pages 705-722

Latino Families in the United States

Pages 723-747

Application of Family Social Science

Front Matter

Pages 749-749

Social Policies and Families Through an Ecological Lens

Pages 751-779

Families and Communities: A Social Organization Theory of Action and Change

Pages 781-813

Family Life Education: Issues and Challenges in Professional Practice

Pages 815-843

Family Therapy: An “Emerging Field”

Pages 845-860

Teaching About Family Science as a Discipline

Pages 861-883

Afterword

Front Matter

Pages 885-885

Diverse Families: Islands of Refuge in the Midst of Troubled Waters?

Pages 887-896

Back Matter

Pages 897-914

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Bibliographic information

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3987-5

Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3986-8

Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-3987-5