TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bengtson,Vern L.
TI  - Sourcebook of family theory & research
SN  - 0761930655
AV  - HQ728 .S639 2005
U1  - 306.85072 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage
KW  - Families
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Pauline Boss --; 1; Theory and theorizing in family research; Vern L. Bengtson, Alan C. Acock, Katherine R. Allen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson and David M. Klein --; Spotlight on theory : applying Kuhn's "scientific structure of revolutions" to family science; Peggye Dilworth-Anderson --; Spotlight on methods : the cyclical process of theory and data in science; David M. Klein --; Case study : the use of explicit theory in family research : a case analysis of the journal of marriage and the family, 1990-1999; Alan C. Taylor and Aparna Bagdi --; Case study : a scientific theory of the family?; Jonathan H. Turner --; Discussion and extension : theorizing family : from the particular to the general; David Cheal --; 2; Contemporary and emerging theories in studying families; Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton and David M. Klein --; 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; Norbert A. Wetzel --; Case study : agony or ecstasy? : evolving theory and methods of the circumplex model; Judy Watson Tiesel and Dean Gorall --; Case study : on the use of probability in family theory; Jetse Sprey --; 3; Contemporary and emerging research methods in studying families; Alan C. Acock, Manfred H. M. van Dulmen, Katherine R. Allen and Fred P. Piercy --; Spotlight on methods : asking new questions of existing qualitative data; M. Elise Radina and Kimberly J. M. Downs --; Case study : mixed methods : meaning and validity in the development of self-report items for children; Michael E. Woolley, Natasha K. Bowen and Gary L. Bowen --; Case study : analyzing family interaction patterns from videotapes over time; Kurt Kreppner --; Discussion and extension : deductive qualitative analysis and family theory building; Jane F. Gilgun --; 4; Explanations of family change : a family demographic perspective; Suzanne M. Bianchi and Lynne M. Casper --; Spotlight on theory : the new demographics of families; Farrell J. Webb --; Spotlight on methods : does marriage make people happier? : marriage, cohabitation, and trajectories in well-being; Kelly Musick --; Case study : strengths and resilience in Chinese immigrant families : an initial effort of inquiry; Yan Ruth Xia, Zhi George Zhou and Xiaolin Xie --; Discussion and extension : family change : decline or resilience?; Paul R. Amato --; 5; Family composition and family transitions; David H. Demo, William S. Aquilino and Mark A. Fine --; Spotlight on theory : family disruption - chaos versus havoc : a chaos theory (dynamical systems) view of family structure and change; Rory Remer --; Spotlight on methods : causal analysis of family structure effects; Tami M. Videon --; Case study : predicting marital success or failure : Burgess and beyond; Ione Y. DeOllos --; Discussion and extension : the adjustment of children in divorced and remarried families; E. Mavis Hetherington --; 6; Decentering heteronormativity : a model for family studies; Ramona Faith Oswald, Libby Balter Blume and Stephen R. Marks --; Case study : backward socialization and gay identity negotiation in families; Bertram J. Cohler --; Case study : gay marriage and social science; Timothy J. Biblarz and Judith Stacey --; Discussion and extension : reflections on queer theory and family science; Lawrence A. Kurdek --; 7; Theorizing and studying sibling ties in adulthood; Alexis J. Walker, Katherine R. Allen and Ingrid Arnet Connidis --; Spotlight on theory : theorizing about sibling relationships when parents become frail; Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford --; Spotlight on methods : twin studies and dementia; Keith E. Whitfield --; Case study : reaching beyond the dyad : research on adult siblings; Sarah H. Matthews --; Discussion and extension : sibling relationships in childhood : implications for life-course study; Susan M. McHale and Ann C. Crouter --; 8; Ecological changes in ethnic families of color; Harriette Pipes McAdoo, Estella A. Martinez and Hester Hughes --; Spotlight on theory : empirical reality and vision : studying people of color; Tammy L. Henderson --; Spotlight on methods : methodological considerations in the study of families of color; Masako Ishii-Kuntz --; Case study : black-white interracial marriage and multiracial families; Erica Chito Childs --; Discussion and extension : the demographics of the 21st-century family : examining race, ethnicity, and culture within geographic and generational context; Ana Mari Cauce --; 9; Advancing theory through research : the case of extrusion in stepfamilies; Margaret Crosbie-Burnett, Edith A. Lewis, Summer Sullivan, Jessica Podolsky, Rosane Mantilla de Souza and Victoria Mitrani --; Spotlight on theory : emotionally focused family therapy with stepfamilies; James L. Furrow, Brent Bradley and Susan M. Johnson --; Spotlight on methods : exploring the diversity of stepfamily relationships; Maria Schmeeckle --; Case study : identity enactment and verification in gay and Lesbian stepfamilies; Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Kari Henley and Kay Pasley --; Discussion and extension : leaving whose home? : when stepchildren leave is it always extrusion?; Lawrence H. Ganong and Marilyn Coleman --; 10; Through the lens of time : how families live in and through time; Kerry J. Daly and John Beaton --; Spotlight on theory : family in and beyond time; Andrew J. Weigert --; Spotlight on methods : the experience sampling method; Jennifer A. Schmidt --; Case study : viewing time through the eyes of overscheduled children and their underconnected families; Yvette V. Perry and William J. Doherty --; Discussion and extension : time and time again : a critical look at order in family life; Barbara H. Fiese --; 11; Theorizing about marriage; Jason S. Carroll, Stan J. Knapp and Thomas B. Holman --; Spotlight on theory : theory-driven couple evaluation; Luciano L'Abate --; Spotlight on methods : studying marriages longitudinally; Frank D. Fincham and Thomas N. Bradbury --; Case study : cultural narratives and individual experiences in relationships; Richard Bulcroft, Linda Smeins and Kris Bulcroft --; Case study : couples under stress : studying change in dyadic closeness and distance; Yoav Lavee --; Discussion and extension : theorizing the particulars of marriage; Bert N. Adams --; 12; Analyzing couples and families : multilevel methods; Aline G. Sayer and Mary Maguire Klute --; Spotlight on theory : personality and family process; James E. Deal, Charles F. Halverson, Jr. and Valerie Havill --; Spotlight on theory : families in community contexts; Jay A. Mancini, Gary L. Bowen and James A. Martin --; Discussion and extension : a comment on the use of multilevel methods in family research; James M. White and Jay D. Teachman --; 13; Theorizing about aggression between intimates : a dialectical approach; Loreen N. Olson, Mark A. Fine and Sally A. Lloyd --; Spotlight on theory : family resilience; Charles H. Huber --; Spotlight on methods : holding multiple theories in our hands : advanced dialectical research methods; Deborah A. Davis and Edward Read Barton --; Case study : an ecological perspective on an intergenerational family problem; Lawrence B. Schiamberg and Daphna Gans --; Discussion and extension : the challenges and promise of a dialectical approach to theorizing about intimate violence; Claire M. Renzetti --; 14; Fatherhood and father involvement : emerging constructs and theoretical orientations; Randal D. Day, Charlie Lewis, Margaret O'Brien and Michael E. Lamb --; Case study : incarceration and reentry of fathers into the lives of their families; Joyce A. Arditti, Alan C. Acock and Randal D; Day --; Case study : the unanticipated consequences of promoting father involvement : a feminist perspective; Yoshie Sano --; Discussion and extension : fathers, fatherhood, and families : (re)casting issues of diversity into forming and re-forming conceptualizations; Vivian L. Gadsden and R. Karl Rethemeyer --; 15; Influences of parents and siblings on the development of children and adolescents; Martin Pinquart and Rainer K. Silbereisen --; Spotlight on theory : parental acceptance-rejection theory; Ronald P. Rohner --; Spotlight on methods : observational methods for studying families; Lorraine C. Taylor and Melissa A. Barnett --; Case study : parent-adolescent relationships : integrating attachment and Bowenian family systems theories; Mark J. Benson --; Discussion and extension : the role of families in developmental continuity and change during adolescence; Jennifer L. Matjasko and Katherine A. Paz --; 16; Theorizing intergenerational family relations : solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence in cross-national contexts; Ruth Katz, Ariela Lowenstein, Judith Phillips and Svein Olav Daatland --; Spotlight on methods : qualitative approaches to the study of intergenerational relations; Gay Becker --; Case study : testing theories about intergenerational exchanges; Merril Silverstein --; Case study : recent shifts in family support for older people in Ghana; Isabella Aboderin --; Discussion and extension : theorizing intergenerational relations across societies; G. Clare Wenger --; 17; Culture, cognition, and parenthood; Ralph LaRossa, Wendy Simonds and Donald C. Reitzes --; Spotlight on theory : the evolution of parenting; David C. Bell --; Spotlight on methods : studying foster and adoptive parent-child relationships; Katharine P. Leslie --; Case study : river of grief : hearing parents and siblings following child death; Colleen I. Murray and Kathleen R. Gilbert --; Discussion and extension : parenthood, parenting, and marital interactions; Debra Umberson and Belinda L. Needham --; 18; Multicultural and critical race feminisms : theorizing families in the third wave; Lee Ann De Reus, April L. Few and Libby Balter Blume --; Spotlight on theory : veiled heads : a Middle Eastern feminist perspective; Manijeh Daneshpour --; Spotlight on methods : Kentucky homeless mothers; Joanna M. Badagliacco --; Case study : challenges faced by nonelite women in higher education; Norma Burgess --; Discussion and extension : integrating youth into our feminist theory , research, and practice; Kristine M. Baber --; 19; Socioeconomic status and childhood externalizing behaviors : a structural equation framework; Robert Flynn Corwyn and Robert H. Bradley --; Case study : multisite, mixed-methods study of rural low-income families; Bonnie Braun and Elaine A. Anderson --; Discussion and extension : promoting positive youth development across variations in socioeconomic status : framing the structural equation modeling approach within a developmental systems perspective; Christina Theokas and Richard M. Lerner --; 20; Don't stop at the borders : theorizing beyond dichotomies of work and family; Shelley M. MacDermid, Kevin Roy and Anisa M. Zvonkovic --; Spotlight on theory : cross-cultural perspectives on work-family conflict; Josip Obradovic and Mira Cudina --; Spotlight on methods : methodological challenges in theorizing the work-family complex; Suraj Commuri --; Case study : the interface of elder caregiving and paid employment; Judy L. Singleton --; Discussion and extension : suggestions for a multilevel reframing of work-family theory; Joseph G. Grzywacz, Angela J. Hattery and Patricia Voydanoff --; 21; Religion and families; Linda M. Chatters and Robert Joseph Taylor --; Spotlight on theory : "good enough" theorizing about families, spirituality, and religion : facing our own fundamentalism; Carla M. Dahl --; Spotlight on methods : measurement issues in the study of religion and spirituality; Jacqueline S. Mattis --; Case study : links between families and religion; Don Swenson, Jerry G. Pankhurst and Sharon K. Houseknecht --; Discussion and extension : how highly religious families strive to fulfill sacred purposes; David C. Dollahite and Loren D. Marks --; 22; Families, theories, and social policy; Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane --; Spotlight on theory : families and policy : health issues of older women; Karen A. Roberto --; Spotlight on methods : investigating child abuse investigations; Jennifer A. Reich --; Case study : theoretical threads weave the foundation for family policy research; Lydia Blalock, Pamela A. Monroe and M. E. Betsy Garrison --; Discussion and extension : thoughts on families and public policy as viewed by Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane; Joan Aldous --; 23; College professors' conversations about teaching family theories; Velma McBride Murry, Paul C. Rosenblatt and Elizabeth Wieling --; Spotlight on theory : walking the walk : teaching systems theory by doing theory; Gail G. Whitchurch --; Spotlight on theory : human ecology theory for the 21st century; Lillian A. Phenice and Robert J. Griffore --; Spotlight on theory : teaching theory 101A; Denise Berg --; Spotlight on methods : linking theory, methods, community wisdom, and local need; James M. Frabutt --; Case study : a family with gender inequality : theory in clinical teaching; Thomas W. Blume and Charles Lee Cole --; 24; Teaching methods of family research; Constance L. Shehan and Theodore N. Greenstein --; Spotlight on methods : making statistics come alive; Walter R. Schumm --; Spotlight on methods : developing professional skills in methods : writing grant proposals; Chalandra M. Bryant --; Case study : getting to the bottom of the spanking debate : bringing in the ethics of research; Robyn L. Mowery and Lynda H. Walters --; 25; Controversies and firestorms : an epilogue; Vern L. Bengtson, Katherine R. Allen, David M. Klein, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson and Alan C. Acock --; Spotlight on methods : are you a "positivist"? : an epistemological self-assessment; David M. Klein --; Spotlight on theory : where does queer theory take us?; Stan J. Knapp and Camille S. Williams --; Spotlight on theory : pushing the boundaries of the sourcebook; Katherine R. Allen
N2  - "This book is the reference work on theory and methods for family scholars and students around the world. 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." "The Sourcebook will be an excellent addition to any academic library. It is an authoritative reference for scholars and researchers in Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology. In addition, the Sourcebook can also be used in graduate courses on family theory and methodology."--BOOK JACKET
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