Pauline Boss
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Setting the Context for Future Family Research
Vern L. Bengtson, Alan C. Acock, Katherine R. Allen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, and David M. Klein
Chapter 1. Theory and Theorizing in Family Research
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 |
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton, and David M. Klein
Chapter 2. Contemporary and Emerging Theories in Studying Families
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 |
Alan C. Acock, Manfred H. M. van Dulmen, Katherine R. Allen, and Fred P. Piercy
Chapter 3. Contemporary and Emerging Research Methods in Studying Families
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 |
Part II: Changing Family Patterns
Suzanne M. Bianchi and Lynne M. Casper
Chapter 4. Explanations of Family Change: A Family Demographic Perspective
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 |
David H. Demo, William S. Aquilino, and Mark A. Fine
Chapter 5. Family Composition and Family Transitions
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 |
Ramona Faith Oswald, Libby Balter Blume, and Stephen R. Marks
Chapter 6. Decentering Heteronormativity: A Model for Family Studies
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 |
Chapter 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 |
Harriette Pipes McAdoo, Estella A. Martínez, and Hester Hughes
Chapter 8. Ecological Changes in Ethnic Families of Color
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 |
Margaret Crosbie-Burnett, Edith A. Lewis, Summer Sullivan, Jessica Podolsky, Rosane Mantilla de Souza, and Victoria Mitrani
Chapter 9. Advancing Theory Through Research: The Case of Extrusion in Stepfamilies
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 |
Part III: Changing Family Interactions Within and Across Generations
Kerry J. Daly and John Beaton
Chapter 10. Through the Lens of Time: How Families Live in and Through Time
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 |
Jason S. Carroll, Stan J. Knapp, and Thomas B. Holman
Chapter 11. Theorizing About Marriage
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 |
Aline G. Sayer and Mary Maguire Klute
Chapter 12. Analyzing Couples and Families: Multilevel Methods
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 |
Loreen N. Olson, Mark A. Fine, and Sally A. Lloyd
Chapter 13. Theorizing About Aggression Between Intimates: A Dialectical Approach
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 |
Randal D. Day, Charlie Lewis, Margaret O'Brien, and Michael E. Lamb
Chapter 14. Fatherhood and Father Involvement: Emerging Constructs and Theoretical Orientations
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 |
Martin Pinquart and Rainer K. Silbereisen
Chapter 15. Influences of Parents and Siblings on the Development of Children and Adolescents
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 K. Benson |
Discussion and Extension: The Role of Families in Developmental Continuity and Change During Adolescence |
Jennifer L. Matjasko and Katherine A. Paz |
Ruth Katz, Ariela Lowenstein, Judith Phillips, and Svein Olav Daatland
Chapter 16. Theorizing Intergenerational Family Relations: Solidarity, Conflict, and Ambivalence in Cross-National Contexts
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 |
Part IV: Families and Larger Social Forces
Ralph LaRossa, Wendy Simonds, and Donald C. Reitzes
Chapter 17. Culture, Cognition, and Parenthood
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 |
Lee Ann De Reus, April L. Few, and Libby Balter Blume
Chapter 18. Multicultural and Critical Race Feminisms: Theorizing Families in the Third Wave
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 |
Robert Flynn Corwyn and Robert H. Bradley
Chapter 19. Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Externalizing Behaviors: A Structural Equation Framework
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 |
Shelley M. MacDermid, Kevin Roy, and Anisa M. Zvonkovic
Chapter 20. Don't Stop at the Borders: Theorizing Beyond Dichotomies of Work and Family
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 |
Linda M. Chatters and Robert Joseph Taylor
Chapter 21. Religion and Families
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 |
Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane
Chapter 22. Families, Theories, and Social Policy
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 |
Part V: Preparing the Next Generation of Family Scholars
Velma McBride Murry, Paul C. Rosenblatt, and Elizabeth Wieling
23. College Professors' Conversations About Teaching Family Theories
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 |
Constance L. Shehan and Theodore N. Greenstein
Chapter 24. Teaching Methods of Family Research
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 |
Vern L. Bengtson, Katherine R. Allen, David M. Klein, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, and Alan C. Acock
Chapter 25. Controversies and Firestorms: An Epilogue
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 |
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors