Exploring family theories / Suzanne R. Smith, Raeann R. Hamon.

By:

Smith, Suzanne R, 1968- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Hamon, Raeann R [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0199860017
9780199860012

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.85 23

LOC classification:

HQ519 .I54 2012

Contents:

1. Symbolic interactionism theory -- 2. Structural functionalism theory -- Family development theory -- 4. Family stress theory -- 5. Family systems theory -- 6. Human ecological theory -- 7. Conflict theory -- 8. Social exchange theory -- 9. Feminist family theory -- 10. Biosocial theory.

Summary: "Offering a diverse variety of perspectives, Exploring Family Theories, Third Edition, is a combined text/reader that integrates theory with research and applications. In each chapter, Suzanne R. Smith and Raeann R. Hamon present the history, scholarship, and critiques of one principal family theory in a concise manner. Numerous examples and illustrations augment and clarify content, while application questions help students relate these theories to the real world. After each chapter, a follow-up journal article exemplifies how that particular theory is used to guide actual research."--Publisher's website.

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Revised edition of: Exploring family theories / Suzanne R. Smith [and others]. 2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Offering a diverse variety of perspectives, Exploring Family Theories, Third Edition, is a combined text/reader that integrates theory with research and applications. In each chapter, Suzanne R. Smith and Raeann R. Hamon present the history, scholarship, and critiques of one principal family theory in a concise manner. Numerous examples and illustrations augment and clarify content, while application questions help students relate these theories to the real world. After each chapter, a follow-up journal article exemplifies how that particular theory is used to guide actual research."--Publisher's website.

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