| Description |
x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Fit Between Qualitative Research and Characteristics of Families / Kerry Daly -- 2. The Qualitative Tradition in Family Research / Gerald Handel -- 3. Definitions, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Family Research / Jane F. Gilgun -- 4. Interviewing College Students About Their Constructions of Love / Susan U. Snyder -- 5. Case Study Interviews; Caring for Persons With AIDS / Linda K. Matocha -- 6. Life Histories: Conflict in Southeast Asian Refugee Families / Daniel F. Detzner -- 7. Parenthood as Problematic: Insider Interviews With Couples Seeking to Adopt / Kerry Daly -- 8. An In-Depth Interview With the Parents of Missing Children / Deborah Lewis Fravel and Pauline G. Boss -- 9. Using Multiple Forms of Family Data: Identifying Pattern and Meaning in Sibling-Infant Relationships / Susan O. Murphy -- 10. A Family Case Study: An Examination of the Underclass Debate / Robin L. Jarrett |
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11. A Feminist Analysis of Interviews With Elderly Mothers and Their Daughters / Katherine R. Allen and Alexis J. Walker -- 12. Participant Observation in Special Needs Adoptive Families: The Mediation of Chronic Illness and Handicap / Anita Lightburn -- 13. Observations in a Clinical Setting: Team Decision-Making in Family Incest Treatment / Jane F. Gilgun -- 14. Analyzing Popular Literature: Emergent Themes on Marriage and Retirement / Ellen M. Harbert, Barbara H. Vinick and David J. Ekerdt -- 15. The Blending of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Understanding Childbearing Among Welfare Recipients / Mark R. Rank -- 16. Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: The Transition to Parenthood of Infertile Couples / Margarete Sandelowski, Diane Holditch-Davis and Betty Glenn Harris |
| Summary |
Family phenomena are complex, subjective and private, and their study requires methods and perspectives tailored to this complexity. In response to the rapidly growing interest in this field, the contributors to this volume examine the unique contribution that qualitative research can make to the study of families. Through both methodological discussions and illustrative cases from a variety of family settings, this book provides the crucial information needed to conduct, or learn about, qualitative family research |
| Analysis |
Families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Families -- Research -- Methodology.
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Families -- Research.
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Qualitative research.
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Family.
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Research.
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| Author |
Daly, Kerry J.
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Gilgun, Jane Frances.
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Handel, Gerald.
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| LC no. |
92014934 |
| ISBN |
0803944624 |
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0803944632 (paperback) |
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