ISBN:
9781461439875
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 914 p. 29 illus., 5 illus. in color, digital)
Edition:
3rd ed. 2013
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Handbook of marriage and the family
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Social work
;
Psychic research
;
Social Sciences
;
Social sciences
;
Social work
;
Psychic research
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ehe
;
Familie
;
Gesellschaft
;
Beziehung
;
Kultur
;
Forschung
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Ehe
;
Familie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Gesellschaft
;
Beziehung
;
Kultur
;
Forschung
;
Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract:
The third edition of Handbook of Marriage and the Family describes, analyzes, synthesizes, and critiques the current research and theory about family relationships, family structural variations, and the role of families in society. This updated Handbook provides the most comprehensive state-of-the art assessment of the existing knowledge of family life, with particular attention to variations due to gender, socioeconomic, race, ethnic, cultural, and life-style diversity. The Handbook also aims to provide the best synthesis of our existing scholarship on families that will be a primary source f
Description / Table of Contents:
Handbook of Marriage and the Family; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1: Introduction: Balancing Connectedness and Autonomy in Diverse Families; Balancing Connectedness and Autonomy in Diverse Families; References; Part I: Theoretical and Methodolocal Issues; 2: The Current Status of Theorizing About Families; Introduction; Knowledge; Explanation; Theory; Basic Problems in Social Science Theory; Basic Concepts in Theory; Review of Literature; Theoretical Frameworks; Rational Choice and Exchange Framework; Life Course/Family Development; Symbolic Interaction
Description / Table of Contents:
Ecological Theory and Systems TheoriesConflict and Feminist Theories; Insights; Marital Relationships and Marital Stability; Marital Quality and Marital Stability; Marital Exchange and Divorce; Methodology; Methodological/Theoretical Developments; Multiconceptual Propositions; Multilevel Propositions; Optimal Matching; Conclusion; References; 3: The Demography of Families; Defining the Families; Changes in Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage; Marriage; Divorce; Remarriage; Changes in the Context of Childbearing and Childrearing; The Changing Economic Fortune of America's Families; Discussion
Description / Table of Contents:
References4: Quantitative Methodology for Family Science; Data Collection Practices; Sample Type; Non-probability Sample; Complex Designs; Presenting Sampling Methods; Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs; Randomization and Random Sampling; More on Experiments and Quasi-Experiments; Power; Multicollinearity; Attrition; Missing Values; Types of Missing Values; Multiple Imputation and Full Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Measurement; The Problem with Alpha; Dimensions of a Measure; Rasch Modeling and Item Response Theory; Validity; Statistical Procedures; Levels of Measurement
Description / Table of Contents:
Mediation and ModerationEndogenous Regressors; Multilevel Models; Effect Size; Growth Modeling; Growth Mixture Models; Survival Analysis; A View of Where We Are Going and What We Need to Get There; References; 5: Qualitative Family Research: Enduring Themes and Contemporary Variations; Some History of the Influence of the Chicago School of Sociology; Emancipatory Research; Multiple Methods and Multiple Viewpoints; Subjectivity and Meanings; Open-Ended Approaches; Some Methodological Issues and Dilemmas; Relationships Between Theory and Empirical Data; Summary; The Change
Description / Table of Contents:
The Traditions Carried OnCase Studies of Chicago Graduates in the Middle Years; Gerald Handel and Creative, Independent Thinking; The Work of Rosalie Wax; Elizabeth Bott and Theorizing; Pockets of Chicago-Style Research; Life Course Research; Summary; An Analysis of Contemporary Qualitative Family Research; The Elements of the Framework; Analysis; Descriptive, Emancipatory Research; Research Whose Purpose Is Theory Development; Emancipatory Research for Practice; The Three Cities Study: A Project in Classic Chicago Traditions; Summary; Final Words; References
Description / Table of Contents:
6: Systemic and Ecological Qualities of Families
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-3987-5
URL:
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