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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nijole V Benokraitis |
| ISBN: | 0132431734 9780132431736 |
| OCLC Number: | 86115277 |
| Description: | xxvii, 646 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | Boxed features -- A few words to students -- Preface -- About the authors -- pt. 1. Marriage and the family in perspective -- 1. The changing family -- Data digest -- What is marriage? -- What is a family? -- Family structure and social change -- Functions of the family -- Diversity in marriages, families, and kinship systems -- Myths about marriage and the family -- Family values : three perspectives on the changing family -- Trends in changing families -- Why are families changing? -- A cross-cultural and global perspective -- 2. Studying marriage and the family -- Data digest -- Why are theories and research important in our everyday lives? -- Theoretical frameworks for understanding families -- Methods used in family research -- The ethics and politics of family research -- 3. The family in historical perspective -- Data digest -- The colonial family -- Early American families from non-European cultures -- Industrialization, urbanization, and European immigration : 1820 to 1930 -- The modern family emerges -- The golden fifties -- The family since the 1960s -- 4. Racial and ethnic families : strengths and stresses -- Data digest -- The increasing diversity of U.S. families -- Race and ethnicity still matter -- African American families -- American Indian families -- Latino families -- Asian American families -- Middle Eastern families -- Interracial and interethnic relationships and marriages -- pt. 2. The individual and the developing relationship -- 5. Socialization and gender roles -- Data digest -- Gender myths and biological puzzles -- How we learn gender roles -- Who teaches gender roles? -- Traditional views and gender roles -- Contemporary gender roles in adulthood -- Current gender roles : changes and constraints -- A global view : variations in gender roles -- 6. Love and loving relationships -- Data digest -- Loving and liking -- What is love? -- Caring, intimacy, and commitment -- Some theories about love and loving -- Functions of love and loving -- Experiencing love -- When love goes wrong -- How couples change : romantic and long-term love -- A global view -- 7. Sexuality and sexual expression throughout life -- Data digest -- Sexuality and human development -- Why we have sex -- How we learn about sex -- Sexual behaviors -- Sexuality throughout life -- Sexual infidelity -- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual sex -- Sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and AIDS -- pt. 3. Individual and marital commitments -- 8. Choosing others : dating and mate selection -- Data digest -- How often do we date? -- Why do we date? -- The dating spectrum -- Meeting others -- Choosing whom we date : choices and constraints -- Why we choose each other : theories of mate selection -- A global view : mate selection across cultures -- Harmful dating relationships : power, control, and sexual aggression -- Breaking up -- 9. Singlehood, cohabitation, civil unions, and other options -- Data digest -- The single option -- The diversity of singles -- Home alone -- Why more people are single -- Racial and ethnic singles -- Myths and realities about being single -- Cohabitation -- Gay and lesbian couples -- Communal living arrangements -- 10. Marriage and communication in committed relationships -- Data digest -- Why do people marry? -- What do we expect from marriage? -- Types of marriages -- Marital success and happiness -- How does marriage affect health? -- Marital roles -- How marriages change throughout the life course -- Communication : a key to successful relationships -- What do couples fight about? -- Productive communication patterns -- pt. 4. Parents and children -- 11. To be or not to be a parent : more choices, more constraints -- Data digest -- Becoming a parent -- How many children do you want? -- Postponing parenthood -- Infertility -- Adoption : the traditional solution to infertility -- Medical and high-tech solutions to infertility -- Having children outside marriage -- Abortion -- Child free by choice -- 12. Raising children : prospects and pitfalls -- Data digest -- Contemporary parenting roles -- Some theories of child development -- Parenting styles and discipline -- Variations by ethnicity and social class -- Changes over the life course -- Parenting in lesbian and gay families -- Parents' impact on child development -- Child care arrangements -- Current social issues and children's well-being -- pt. 5. Conflicts and crises -- 13. Balancing work and family life -- Data digest -- The big picture : work and family in society -- Adapting to economic changes -- Women's participation in the labor force -- New economic roles within marriage -- Two-income families -- Work and family dynamics -- Inequality in the workplace -- Families and work policies -- 14. Family violence and other health issues -- Data digest -- Marital and intimate partner violence -- Child maltreatment -- Hidden victims : siblings and adolescents -- Elder abuse and neglect -- Violence among same-sex couples and racial-ethnic immigrants -- Explaining domestic violence -- Other family health issues -- Combating domestic violence and other family crises -- 15. Separation and divorce -- Data digest -- Separation : process and outcome -- Trends in divorce -- The process of divorce -- Why do people divorce? -- How divorce affects adults -- How divorce affects children -- Some positive outcomes of separation and divorce -- Counseling, marital therapy, and divorce mediation -- pt. 6. Changes and transitions -- 16. Remarriages and stepfamilies -- Data digest -- Being single again : dating and cohabitation -- Forming a stepfamily -- Characteristics of remarried couples -- Remarriage as a process -- How first marriages and remarriages differ -- Couple dynamics in stepfamilies -- The diversity and complexity of stepfamilies -- Living in a stepfamily -- Successful remarriages and stepfamilies -- 17. Families in later life -- Data digest -- Our aging society -- Health, social status, and ageism -- Work, retirement, and family life -- Grandparenting -- Aging parents and adult children -- Dying, death, and bereavement -- Being widowed and single in later life -- Family caregiving in later life -- 18. The family in the twenty-first century -- Data digest -- Family structure -- Racial-ethnic diversity -- Children's well-being -- Family policy -- Health issues -- Economic concerns -- Global aging -- Appendices -- A. Sexual anatomy -- B. Sexual problems, dysfunctions, and treatment -- C. Conception, pregnancy, and childbirth -- D. Birth control and disease prevention techniques -- E. HIV, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections -- F. Premarital and nonmarital agreements -- Glossary -- References -- Photo credits -- Name index -- Subject index. |
| Other Titles: | Marriages and families |
| Responsibility: | Nijole V. Benokraitis. |
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