Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research
by Vern L. BengtsonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-02-17
Publisher(s): Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary
Sponsored by the National Council on Family Relations, the Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research 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 reflects an interactive approach that focuses on the process of theory building and designing research, thereby engaging readers in "doing" theory rather than simply reading about it. An accompanying Web site, http://www.ncfr.org/sourcebook , offers additional participation and interaction in the process of doing theory and making science.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Setting the Context for Future Family Research | |
| Theory and Theorizing in Family Research | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Applying Kuhn's "Scientific Structure of Revolutions" to Family Science | |
| Spotlight on Methods: The Cyclical Process of Theory and Data in Science | |
| Case Study: The Use of Explicit Theory in Family Research: A Case Analysis of the Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990-1999 | |
| Case Study: A Scientific Theory of the Family? | |
| Discussion and Extension: Theorizing Family: From the Particular to the General | |
| Contemporary and Emerging Theories in Studying Families | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Application of Pepper's World Hypotheses to Family Theories | |
| Spotlight on Theory: In Search of a Philosophical Foundation for Family Theory and Therapy | |
| Case Study: Agony or Ecstasy? Evolving Theory and Methods of the Circumplex Model | |
| Case Study: On the Use of Probability in Family Theory | |
| Contemporary and Emerging Research Methods in Studying Families | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Asking New Questions of Existing Qualitative Data | |
| Case Study: Mixed Methods: Meaning and Validity in the Development of Self-Report Items for Children | |
| Case Study: Analyzing Family Interaction Patterns From Videotapes Over Time | |
| Discussion and Extension: Deductive Qualitative Analysis and Family Theory Building | |
| Changing Family Patterns | |
| Explanations of Family Change: A Family Demographic Perspective | |
| Spotlight on Theory: The New Demographics of Families | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Does Marriage Make People Happier? Marriage, Cohabitation, and Trajectories in Well-Being | |
| Case Study: Strengths and Resilience in Chinese Immigrant Families: An Initial Effort of Inquiry | |
| Discussion and Extension: Family Change: Decline or Resilience? | |
| Family Composition and Family Transitions | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Family Disruption--Chaos Versus Havoc: A Chaos Theory (Dynamical Systems) View of Family Structure and Change | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Causal Analysis of Family Structure Effects | |
| Case Study: Predicting Marital Success or Failure: Burgess and Beyond | |
| Discussion and Extension: The Adjustment of Children in Divorced and Remarried Families | |
| Decentering Heteronormativity: A Model for Family Studies | |
| Case Study: Backward Socialization and Gay Identity Negotiation in Families | |
| Case Study: Gay Marriage and Social Science | |
| Discussion and Extension: Reflections on Queer Theory and Family Science | |
| Theorizing and Studying Sibling Ties in Adulthood | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Theorizing About Sibling Relationships When Parents Become Frail | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Twin Studies and Dementia | |
| Case Study: Reaching Beyond the Dyad: Research on Adult Siblings | |
| Discussion and Extension: Sibling Relationships in Childhood: Implications for Life-Course Study | |
| Ecological Changes in Ethnic Families of Color | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Empirical Reality and Vision: Studying People of Color | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Methodological Considerations in the Study of Families of Color | |
| Case Study: Black-White Interracial Marriage and Multiracial Families | |
| Discussion and Extension: The Demographics of the 21st-Century Family: Examining Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Within Geographic and Generational Context | |
| Advancing Theory Through Research: The Case of Extrusion in Stepfamilies | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Emotionally Focused Family Therapy With Stepfamilies | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Exploring the Diversity of Stepfamily Relationships | |
| Case Study: Identity Enactment and Verification in Gay and Lesbian Stepfamilies | |
| Discussion and Extension: Leaving Whose Home? When Stepchildren Leave Is it Always Extrusion? | |
| Changing Family Interactions Within and Across Generations | |
| Through the Lens of Time: How Families Live in and Through Time | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Family in and Beyond Time | |
| Spotlight on Methods: The Experience Sampling Method | |
| Case Study: Viewing Time Through the Eyes of Overscheduled Children and Their Underconnected Families | |
| Discussion and Extension: Time and Time Again: A Critical Look at Order in Family Life | |
| Theorizing About Marriage | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Theory-Driven Couple Evaluation | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Studying Marriages Longitudinally | |
| Case Study: Cultural Narratives and Individual Experiences in Relationships | |
| Case Study: Couples Under Stress: Studying Change in Dyadic Closeness and Distance | |
| Discussion and Extension: Theorizing the Particulars of Marriage | |
| Analyzing Couples and Families: Multilevel Methods | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Personality and Family Process | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Families in Community Contexts | |
| Discussion and Extension: A Comment on the Use of Multilevel Methods in Family Research | |
| Theorizing About Aggression Between Intimates: A Dialectical Approach | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Family Resilience | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Holding Multiple Theories in Our Hands: Advanced Dialectical Research Methods | |
| Case Study: An Ecological Perspective on an Intergenerational Family Problem | |
| Discussion and Extension: The Challenges and Promise of a Dialectical Approach to Theorizing About Intimate Violence | |
| Fatherhood and Father Involvement: Emerging Constructs and Theoretical Orientations | |
| Case Study: Incarceration and Reentry of Fathers Into the Lives of Their Families | |
| Case Study: The Unanticipated Consequences of Promoting Father Involvement: A Feminist Perspective | |
| Discussion and Extension: Fathers, Fatherhood, and Families: (Re)Casting Issues of Diversity Into Forming and Re-forming Conceptualizations | |
| Influences of Parents and Siblings on the Development of Children and Adolescents | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Observational Methods for Studying Families | |
| Case Study: Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Integrating Attachment and Bowenian Family Systems Theories | |
| Discussion and Extension: The Role of Families in Developmental Continuity and Change During Adolescence | |
| Theorizing Intergenerational Family Relations: Solidarity, Conflict, and Ambivalence in Cross-National Contexts | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Intergenerational Relations | |
| Case Study: Testing Theories About Intergenerational Exchanges | |
| Case Study: Recent Shifts in Family Support for Older People in Ghana | |
| Discussion and Extension: Theorizing Intergenerational Relations Across Societies | |
| Families and Larger Social Forces | |
| Culture, Cognition, and Parenthood | |
| Spotlight on Theory: The Evolution of Parenting | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Studying Foster and Adoptive Parent-Child Relationships | |
| Case Study: River of Grief: Hearing Parents and Siblings Following Child Death | |
| Discussion and Extension: Parenthood, Parenting, and Marital Interactions | |
| Multicultural and Critical Race Feminisms: Theorizing Families in the Third Wave | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Veiled Heads: A Middle Eastern Feminist Perspective | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Kentucky Homeless Mothers | |
| Case Study: Challenges Faced by Nonelite Women in Higher Education | |
| Discussion and Extension: Integrating Youth Into Our Feminist Theory, Research, and Practice | |
| Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Externalizing Behaviors: A Structural Equation Framework | |
| Case Study: Multisite, Mixed-Methods Study of Rural Low-Income Families | |
| Discussion and Extension: Promoting Positive Youth Development Across Variations in Socioeconomic Status: Framing the Structural Equation Modeling Approach Within a Developmental Systems Perspective | |
| Don't Stop at the Borders: Theorizing Beyond Dichotomies of Work and Family | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Work-Family Conflict | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Methodological Challenges in Theorizing the Work-Family Complex | |
| Case Study:The Interface of Elder Caregiving and Paid Employment | |
| Discussion and Extension: Suggestions for a Multilevel Reframing of Work-Family Theory | |
| Religion and Families | |
| Spotlight on Theory: "Good Enough" Theorizing About Families, Spirituality, and Religion: Facing Our Own Fundamentalism | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Measurement Issues in the Study of Religion and Spirituality | |
| Case Study: Links Between Families and Religion | |
| Discussion and Extension: How Highly Religious Families Strive to Fulfill Sacred Purposes | |
| Families, Theories, and Social Policy | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Families and Policy: Health Issues of Older Women | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Investigating Child Abuse Investigations | |
| Case Study: Theoretical Threads Weave the Foundation for Family Policy Research | |
| Discussion and Extension: Thoughts on Families and Public Policy as Viewed by Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane | |
| Preparing the Next Generation of Family Scholars | |
| College Professors' Conversations About Teaching Family Theories | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Walking the Walk: Teaching Systems Theory by Doing Theory | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Human Ecology Theory for the 21st Century | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Teaching Theory 101A | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Linking Theory, Methods, Community Wisdom, and Local Need | |
| Case Study: A Family With Gender Inequality: Theory in Clinical Teaching | |
| Teaching Methods of Family Research | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Making Statistics Come Alive | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Developing Professional Skills in Methods: Writing Grant Proposals | |
| Case Study: Getting to the Bottom of the Spanking Debate: Bringing in the Ethics of Research | |
| Controversies and Firestorms: An Epilogue | |
| Spotlight on Methods: Are You a "Positivist"? An Epistemological Self-Assessment | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Where Does Queer Theory Take Us? | |
| Spotlight on Theory: Pushing the Boundaries of the Sourcebook | |
| Author Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| About the Editors | |
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