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UNINA9910481022503321 |
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Titolo |
Sourcebook of family theory & research [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Vern L. Bengtson ... [et al.] |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2005 |
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1-322-30755-5 |
1-4522-1094-2 |
1-4129-9017-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (781 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Families - Research - Methodology |
Social sciences - Research - Methodology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Setting the Context for Future Family Research; 1. Theory and Theorizing in Family Research; Spotlight on Theory: Applying Kuhn's "Scientific Structure of Revolutions" to Family Science; Spotlight on Methods: The Cyclical Process of Theory and Data in Science; Case Study: The Use of Explicit Theory in Family Research: A Case Analysis of the Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990-1999; Case Study: A Scientific Theory of the Family? |
Discussion and Extension: Theorizing Family: From the Particular to the General2. Contemporary and Emerging Theories in Studying Families; Spotlight on Theory: Application of Pepper's World Hypotheses to Family Theories: Hilary A. Rose; Spotlight on Theory: In Search of a Philosophical Foundation for Family Theory and Therapy; Case Study: Agony or Ecstasy? Evolving Theory and Methods of the Circumplex Model; Case Study: On the Use of Probability in Family Theory; 3. Contemporary and Emerging Research Methods in Studying Families |
Spotlight on Methods: Asking New Questions of Existing Qualitative DataCase Study: Mixed Methods: Meaning and Validity in the |
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Development of Self-Report Items for Children; Case Study: Analyzing Family Interaction Patterns From Videotapes Over Time; Discussion and Extension: Deductive Qualitative Analysis and Family Theory Building; Part II. Changing Family Patterns; 4. Explanations of Family Change: A Family Demographic Perspective; Spotlight on Theory: The New Demographics of Families |
Spotlight on Methods: Does Marriage Make People Happier? Marriage, Cohabitation, and Trajectories in Well-BeingCase Study: Strengths and Resilience in Chinese Immigrant Families: An Initial Effort of Inquiry; Discussion and Extension: Family Change: Decline or Resilience?; 5. Family Composition and Family Transitions; Spotlight on Theory: Family Disruption-Chaos Versus Havoc: A Chaos Theory (Dynamical Systems) View of Family Structure and Change; Spotlight on Methods: Causal Analysis of Family Structure Effects; Case Study: Predicting Marital Success or Failure: Burgess and Beyond |
Discussion and Extension: The Adjustment of Children in Divorced and Remarried Families6. Decentering Heteronormativity: A Model for Family Studies; Case Study: Backward Socialization and Gay Identity Negotiation in Families; Case Study: Gay Marriage and Social Science; Discussion and Extension: Reflections on Queer Theory and Family Science; 7. Theorizing and Studying Sibling Ties in Adulthood; Spotlight on Theory: Theorizing About Sibling Relationships When Parents Become Frail; Spotlight on Methods: Twin Studies and Dementia; Case Study: Reaching Beyond the Dyad: Research on Adult Siblings |
Discussion and Extension: Sibling Relationships in Childhood: Implications for Life-Course Study |
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This volume provides a diverse, eclectic, and paradoxically mature approach to theorizing and demonstrates how the development of theory is crucial to the future of family research. |
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UNINA9910451380403321 |
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Autore |
Nettle Daniel |
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Happiness [[electronic resource] ] : the science behind your smile / / Daniel Nettle |
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Oxford, UK ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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1-280-75268-8 |
0-19-156671-3 |
1-4294-3075-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Happiness |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references(p. 198-212). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Comfort and joy -- Bread and circuses -- Love and work -- Worriers and enthusiasts -- Wanting and liking -- Panaceas and placebos -- A design for living. |
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The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round. The world's largest and fastest-growing industries - alcohol, pharmaceuticals, mind altering drugs, self-help books, counselling, travel and tourism - all profit heavily from our intent to become completely happy with our lives. This is the first book to comprehensively address the most basic of human desires. - ;Everybody wants it. But what exactly is happiness?. The pursuit of happiness has been recognized by everyone from poets to politicians as what makes the world go round. |
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