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Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods

A Contextual Approach

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Editors:
  1. Pauline Boss

    1. Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

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  2. William J. Doherty

    1. Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

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  3. Ralph LaRossa

    1. Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

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  4. Walter R. Schumm

    1. School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

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  5. Suzanne K. Steinmetz

    1. Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA

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  • Emphasizes not only family theories but also research methods and the relationship between the two

  • Places each theory and method in the sociohistorical context of its formulation

  • Emphasizes multicultural dimensions through discussion of how each theory and method takes into account differences in age, ethnicity, race, and gender

  • Includes contributions from leading family practitioners and scholars

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Overview

    1. Family Theories and Methods

      • William J. Doherty, Pauline G. Boss, Ralph LaRossa, Walter R. Schumm, Suzanne K. Steinmetz
      Pages 3-30

    2. Metatheory and Family Studies

      • David M. Klein, Joan A. Jurich
      Pages 31-67

  3. The Emergence of Family Theories and Methods

    1. Family Theory and Methods in the Classics

      • Bert N. Adams, Suzanne K. Steinmetz
      Pages 71-98

    2. Historical Methods in Family Research

      • Jay D. Schvaneveldt, Robert S. Pickett, Margaret H. Young
      Pages 99-116

    3. Comparative Methods in Family Research

      • Gary R. Lee, Linda Haas
      Pages 117-131

  4. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1918–1929

    1. Symbolic Interactionism and Family Studies

      • Ralph LaRossa, Donald C. Reitzes
      Pages 135-166

    2. Qualitative Family Research

      • Paul C. Rosenblatt, Lucy Rose Fischer
      Pages 167-177

  5. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1930–1945

    1. Quantitative Measurement in Family Research

      • Karen S. Wampler, Charles F. Halverson Jr.
      Pages 181-194

    2. Structural-Functionalism

      • Nancy Kingsbury, John Scanzoni
      Pages 195-221

  6. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1946–1960

    1. Family Development Theory

      • Roy H. Rodgers, James M. White
      Pages 225-257

    2. Longitudinal Research Methods and Family Theories

      • Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Deborah D. Godwin
      Pages 259-273

    3. Theoretical Contributions from Developmental Psychology

      • Inge Bretherton
      Pages 275-301

    4. Simulation and Experimentation in Family Research

      • George W. Howe, David Reiss
      Pages 303-321

  7. Family Theories and Methods Emerging during 1960–1980

    1. Systems Theory

      • Gail G. Whitchurch, Larry L. Constantine
      Pages 325-355

    2. Social Conflict Theories of the Family

      • Keith Farrington, Ely Chertok
      Pages 357-384

    3. Exchange and Resource Theories

      • Ronald M. Sabatelli, Constance L. Shehan
      Pages 385-417

    4. Human Ecology Theory

      • Margaret M. Bubolz, M. Suzanne Sontag
      Pages 419-450

    5. Analysis of Covariance Structures Applied to Family Research and Theory

      • Alan C. Acock, Walter R. Schumm
      Pages 451-468

    6. The Life Course Perspective Applied to Families Over Time

      • Vern L. Bengtson, Katherine R. Allen
      Pages 469-504
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About this book

Origins We call this book on theoretical orientations and methodological strategies in family studies a sourcebook because it details the social and personal roots (i.e., sources) from which these orientations and strategies flow. Thus, an appropriate way to preface this book is to talk first of its roots, its beginnings. In the mid 1980s there emerged in some quarters the sense that it was time for family studies to take stock of itself. A goal was thus set to write a book that, like Janus, would face both backward and forward a book that would give readers both a perspec tive on the past and a map for the future. There were precedents for such a project: The Handbook of Marriage and the Family edited by Harold Christensen and published in 1964; the two Contemporary Theories about theFamily volumes edited by Wesley Burr, Reuben Hill, F. Ivan Nye, and Ira Reiss, published in 1979; and the Handbook of Marriage and the Family edited by Marvin Sussman and Suzanne Steinmetz, then in production.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

    Pauline Boss, William J. Doherty

  • Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

    Ralph LaRossa

  • School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

    Walter R. Schumm

  • Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA

    Suzanne K. Steinmetz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods

  • Book Subtitle: A Contextual Approach

  • Editors: Pauline Boss, William J. Doherty, Ralph LaRossa, Walter R. Schumm, Suzanne K. Steinmetz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85764-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44264-3Published: 31 March 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-85763-3Published: 23 October 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-85764-0Published: 19 November 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 748

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Sociology, general, Social Work

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