| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 502 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Bringing the institution back in / Eliane Aerts -- Changes of heart : family dynamics in historical perspective / Arlene Skolnick -- The child in family and school : agency and the workings of time / Donald A. Hansen -- Conscripting kin : reflections on family, generation, and culture / Linda M. Burton and Carol B. Stack -- A cross-cultural perspective : the Japanese family as a unit in moral socialization / George A. De Vos -- Perspectives on family theory : families in history and beyond / Paula S. Fass -- Perspectives on family theory : new myths from old / Annette Lawson -- Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters : gender differences in family formation and parenting style / Phillip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, and Patricia K. Kerig -- Family transitions and children's functioning : the case of parental conflict and divorce / Janet R. Johnston |
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The structure of family decision-making : personal and societal sources and some consequences for children / Guy E. Swanson -- Work and family dynamics / Martha J. Moorehouse -- Perspectives on research in the early years of family life : costs and benefits of nontraditional variations / Susan Crockenberg -- An intergenerational family congruence model / Rosemary McCaslin -- The prolongation of life and the extension of family relationships : the families of the oldest old / Colleen Leahy Johnson -- The importance of family in advanced old age : the family is "forever" / Dorothy Field and Meredith Minkler -- Perspective on research with older families : contributions of older adults to families and to family theory / Laura Carstensen -- Developmental process : mother-child and father-child interaction during the second year of life / Calvin F. Settlage [and others] |
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Continuity and change in the transition to parenthood : a tale of two families / Isabel S. Bradburn and Joan A. Kaplan -- The life and family of Karl Schulz / John A. Clausen -- Perspectives on the use of case studies : all it takes is one / Nancy J. Chodorow -- Issues in defining a research agenda for the 1990s / Philip A. Cowan [and others] |
| Summary |
Any agenda for family research in the 1990s must take seriously a contextual approach to the study of family relationships. The editors and contributors to this volume believe that the richness in family studies over the next decade will come from considering the diversity of family forms -- different ethnic groups and cultures, different stages of family life, as well as different historical cohorts. Their goal is to make more explicit how we think about families in order to study them and understand them. To illustrate the need for diversity in family studies, examples are presented from new |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Families -- Research -- Methodology
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Families -- Research -- United States
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Families -- Research -- Japan
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Families -- Research
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Families -- Research -- Methodology
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Familiensoziologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Gezin.
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Onderzoek.
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Japan
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cowan, Philip A
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| ISBN |
9781317782780 |
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131778278X |
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