Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research - Bengtson, Vern L.

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Résumé :
Foreword - Pauline Boss
Preface
Part I: Setting the Context for Future Family Research
Chapter 1. Theory and Theorizing in Family Research - Vern L. Bengtson, Alan C. Acock, Katherine R. Allen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, and David M. Klein
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
Chapter 2. Contemporary and Emerging Theories in Studying Families - Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda M. Burton, and David M. Klein
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
Chapter 3. Contemporary and Emerging Research Methods in Studying Families - Alan C. Acock, Manfred H. M. van Dulmen, Katherine R. Allen, and Fred P. Piercy
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
Chapter 4. Explanations of Family Change: A Family Demographic Perspective - Suzanne M. Bianchi and Lynne M. Casper
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
Chapter 5. Family Composition and Family Transitions - David H. Demo, William S. Aquilino, and Mark A. Fine
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
Chapter 6. Decentering Heteronormativity: A Model for Family Studies - Ramona Faith Oswald, Libby Balter Blume, and Stephen R. Marks
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 Pa...

Biographie:
the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association's section on aging (1995)...

Sommaire:
Vern Bengtson is the AARP/University Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. He has published 15 books and over 220 articles in gerontology, the sociology of the life course, family sociology, social psychology, and ethnicity and aging.? He was elected President of the Gerontological Society of America and has been granted a MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging for his 35-year Longitudinal Study of Generations. Bengtson's honors include (twice) the Reuben Hill Award from the National Council of Family Relations (1980 and 1986)...