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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956706703321

Titolo

Sourcebook of family theory & research / / editors, Vern L. Bengtson ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, c2005

ISBN

9781412990172 (ebook) :

9781452279107

1452279101

9781322307558

1322307555

9781452210940

1452210942

9781412990172

1412990173

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 666 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BengtsonVern L

Disciplina

306.85072

Soggetti

Families - Research - Methodology

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.