ISBN:
9780898598261
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (353 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Methods of Family Research : Biographies of Research Projects
DDC:
306.850722
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
These companion volumes provide a ""behind the scenes"" look into the personal experiences of researchers in an effort to eliminate the lack of communication surrounding family research methodology. They show how the researchers achieved their results and why they chose particular methodologies over others. These volumes present more than just findings -- they present the real experiences of the authors in their own styles and personalities, exposing the problems, mistakes, and concerns they experienced during their research projects. Volume I presents the experiences of researchers into typic
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Becoming a Family: Research and Intervention; How the Becoming a Family Project Developed; Conceptual Issues; Earlier Studies of the Transition to Parenthood; The Case for the Clinical Method; Research Design: Evaluating the Interventions; Choosing and Constructing Measures; Observational and Test Measures of Family Interaction and Child Outcome; Fine Tuning our Research Methods; A Personal Conclusion; References; 2. Parental Beliefs within the Family Context: Development of a Research Program
Description / Table of Contents:
The First Family Project: Effects of Family ConstellationIdeas about Beliefs and Beliefs about Ideas: A Reformulation of Effects of Family Constellation; Assessment of Beliefs; Data Analysis; The Origins of Beliefs and Changes in Beliefs: A Constructivist Model; Subsequent Studies of Beliefs within the Family Context; Current and Future Research Concerning Beliefs; Conclusion; References; 3. Journeys in Serendipity: The Development of the Distancing Model; The Search for Answers; Summary; The Distancing Program Moves to Buffalo
Description / Table of Contents:
The Move to Educational Testing Service: Another Educational ProgramReferences; 4. The Nature-Nurture Problem Revisited: The Minnesota Adoption Studies; Major Conceptual Issues; Research Methods; Our Program of Research: 1973-1976; Using Two Statistical Methods: Fine Tuning; Methodological and Design Recommendations: Proposing an Evolving Theory of Behavioral Development; References; 5. In Search of Fathers: A Narrative of An Empirical Journey; The State of the Art in the Study of Fathers in the Early 1970s; Early Work: Father-Newborn Interaction
Description / Table of Contents:
The Implications of Physical Play for Children's Social DevelopmentFinal Reflections; References; 6. Sibling Relationships; Major Conceptual Issues and research Methods in the Study of Sibling Relationships; Research Designs and Methodology; References; 7. Adolescents as Daughters and as Mothers: A Developmental Perspective; Transition from Specific Reproductive Events to a General Framework; Adolescents as Daughters; Adolescents as Mothers; Conclusion; References; 8. Finding the Laws of Close Personal Relationships; Historical Context; References
Description / Table of Contents:
9. Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Studies of Family Effects on School AchievementMethodological Problems in Cross-Cultural Studies of Families; How Things Got Started: The Origins of the Study; The Crucial Role of Collaboration in Cross-Cultural Studies; The Search for Cultural and Psychological Equivalence; Cultural Differences as a Source of New Information About One's Own Culture; What Should Be Inferred from Cultural Similarities?; Summary; References; 10. The Family as a System of Reciprocal Relations: Searching for a Developmental Lifespan Perspective; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
From Praxis to Logos: The Effects of Practical Constraints on Theory and Research
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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