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1 online resource (615 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter 1 Adapting to Family Life in Our Times; Chapter Preview; Introduction; Reasons for Studying Family Life; There Are Other Legitimate Ways of Studying Family Life; Studying Family Life Is Not the Same as Living Family Life; Why We Care About Families; Families Struggle Throughout the World; Biases in the Study of Family Life; Our View of Daily Family Life Is Changing; A Statistical Overview of Families in the United States; What Is Family?; Why Is the Study of Family Life Important?; Family Processes; The Protean Family |
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Genetic InheritancePersonality; Gender; Gender and Power in Family Life; Your Marriage or Partnership; Summary; Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Endnotes; Chapter 6 Fixed Family Relationships: Generations in Family Life; Chapter Preview; Introduction; Why the Study of Generations Is Important; Generational Processes Are a Basic Key of Family Life; Two Kinds of Generational Processes; The Genogram: A Tool for Understanding Family Processes; Using Knowledge About Generational Processes to Help People; Preserving Desirable Generational Processes |
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Creating Healthy Generational AlliancesSummary; Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 7 Chosen Relationships and the Roots of Mature Love; Chapter Preview; Introduction; Family-Involved Mate Selection; Love-Based Mate Selection; Dating in the United States; Love: Commitment, Passion, and Intimacy; The Triangular Theory of Love; Summary; Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 8 The Core of Family Life: Family Paradigms, Themes, and Ideologies; Chapter Preview; Introduction; Understanding the Continuum of Abstraction: A Key Thinking Tool; Family Paradigms |
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Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 2 How We Study Families; Chapter Preview; Introduction; Concepts in Family Science Research; Research Goals, Strategies and Tactics; Causation and Correlation; Constructs and Variables; Empirical Research; Field Research; Summary; Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 3 Theories About Family Life; Chapter Preview; Introduction; What Is Theory?; Family Systems Theory; Theories of Change and Family Development; Rational Choice/Social Exchange Theory; Conflict Theory and Family Science; Symbolic Interaction Theory |
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Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 4 Families as Units of Change and Transition; Chapter Preview; Introduction; What Is Family Change?; Family Change Versus Individual Change; Different Kinds of Change; Predictability and Variability in Family Life; Transitions; Anticipatory Socialization; Role Strain; Transition Procedures; Morphostasis and Morphogenesis; Why Does Morphostasis Occur?; Practical Implications; Summary; Study Questions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Chapter 5 Genetics, Personality, Gender, and Power; Chapter Preview; Introduction |
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What goes on ""behind closed doors"" in families is examined in this text. Through his storytelling style, Randy Day introduces readers to the family processes approach - the strategies and behaviors families use to achieve goals. The emphasis is on how families work and interact rather than on the psychological, sociological, or economic processes. It examines emotions in families, communication, relationship formation/dissolution, family rituals, and power and conflict. Chapters open with a Preview and conclude with a Summary, Study Questions, Key Terms, and Suggested Readings. Principle Box |
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The Role of Family Paradigms |
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Print version record |
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Families.
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Families -- Research.
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Families.
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Families -- Research.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Day, Randal D
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| ISBN |
9781136648069 |
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1136648062 |
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