Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods A Contextual Approach Edited by
Pauline Boss University of Minnesota St Paul, Minnesota
William J. Doherty University of Minnesota St Paul, Minnesota
Ralph LaRossa Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia
Walter R. Schumm Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
Suzanne K. Steinmetz indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana
Springer
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Part I. Overview Chapter 1 Family Theories and Methods: A Contextual Approach
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William J. Doherty, Pauline G. Boss, Ralph LaRossa, Walter R. Schumm, and Suzanne K. Steinmetz Chapter 2 Metatheory and Family Studies
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David M. Klein and Joan A. Jurich
Part II. The Emergence of Family Theories and Methods Chapter 3 Family Theory and Methods in the Classics
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Bert N. Adams and Suzanne K. Steinmetz Chapter 3 Application Expanding the History of Family Theory and Methods: Another Point of View 95 Wesley R. Burr Chapter 4 Historical Methods in Family Research Jay D. Schvaneveldt, Robert S. Pickett, and Margaret H. Young
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Chapter 5 Comparative Methods in Family Research
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Gary R. Lee and Linda Haas
Part III. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1918-1929 Chapter 6 Symbolic Interactionism and Family Studies
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Ralph LaRossa and Donald C. Reitzes
Chapter 6 Application The Reconstruction of Family Life with Alzheimer's Disease: Generating Theory to Lower Family Stress from Ambiguous Loss
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Pauline G. Boss
Chapter 7 Qualitative Family Research
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Paul C. Rosenblatt and Lucy Rose Fischer
Part IV· Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1930-1945 Chapter 8 Quantitative Measurement in Family Research
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Karen S. Wampler and Charles F. Halverson, Jr.
Chapter 9 Structural-Functionalism
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Nancy Kingsbury and John Scanzoni
Chapter 9 Application Functionalism May Be Down, But It Surely Is Not Out: Another Point of View for Family Therapists and Policy Analysts 218 Joe F. Pittman
Part V. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1946-1960 Chapter 10 Family Development Theory Roy H. Rodgers and James M. White
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Chapter 10 Application Family Development Theory as Revised by Rodgers and White: Implications for Practice
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Candyce S. Russell Chapter 11 Longitudinal Research Methods and Family Theories
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Elizabeth G. Menaghan and Deborah D. Godwin Chapter 12 Theoretical Contributions from Developmental Psychology
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Inge Bretherton Chapter 12 Application The Social Cultural Contexts of Ecological Developmental Family Models
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Harriette Pipes McAdoo Chapter 13 Simulation and Experimentation in Family Research
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George W. Howe and David Reiss
Part VI. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1960-1980 Chapter 14 Systems Theory
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Gail G. Whitchurch and Larry L. Constantine Chapter 14 Application The Application of Systems Theory to the Study of Family Policy
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Elaine A. Anderson Chapter 15 Social Conflict Theories of the Family
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Keith Farrington and Ely Chertok Chapter 15 Application Conflict and Family Violence: The Tale of Two Families Jeffrey L Edleson and Ngoh Tiong Tan
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Chapter 16 Exchange and Resource Theories
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Ronald M. Sabatelli and Constance L. Shehan
Chapter 16 Application Clinical Uses of Social Exchange Principles
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Dennis A. Bagarozzi
Chapter 17 Human Ecology Theory
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Chapter 17 Application Human Ecology Theory: Implications for Education, Research, and Practice
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Margaret M. Bubolz and M. Suzanne Sontag
Ouida E. Westney
Chapter 18 Analysis of Covariance Structures Applied to Family Research and Theory
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Alan C. Acock and Walter R. Schlimm
Chapter 19 The Life Course Perspective Applied to Families Over Time
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VernL.Bengtson and Katherine R. Allen Chapter 19 Application Family Change and the life Course
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Edward L Kain
Chapter 20 Theories Emerging from Family Therapy
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William J. Doherty and David A. Baptiste, Jr.
Chapter 20 Application Family Therapy Theory Implications for Marriage and Family Enrichment Charles Lee Cole and Anna L Cole
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Chapter 21 Theoretical Contributions from Social— and Cognitive—Behavioral Psychology
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Margaret Crosbie-Burnett and Edith A. Lewis Chapter 21 Application Applying the Social-Cognitive-Behavioral Model to Work with Stepfamilies
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Β. Kay Pasley
Part VIL Family Theories and Methods Emerging during the 1980s Chapter 22 Communication Theory and the Family
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Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and L David Ritchie Chapter 22 Application The Benefits of Communication Research: Intervention Programs for Couples and Families
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Fran C. Dickson and Howard J. Markman Chapter 23 Feminist Theories: The Social Construction of Gender in Families and Society
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Marie Withers Osmond and Barrie Thorne Chapter 23 Application Feminist Theories
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Virginia Goldner Chapter 24 Reframing Theories for Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton, and Leanor Boulin Johnson Chapter 24 Application Implications for Practice with Ethnic Minority Families
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Kenneth V. Hardy Chapter 25 Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology, and Family Discourse Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
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Chapter 25 Application Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology, and Family Discourse: A Clinical Application
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David V. Keith Chapter 26 Emerging Biosocial Perspectives on the Family
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Kay Michael Troost and Erik Filsinger Chapter 26 Application Applying a Biosocial Perspective on the Family
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Thomas L Campbell Chapter 27 Emerging Methods
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Jay D. Teachman and Alan Neustadtl
Index
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