Marriage and family : perspectives and complexities / / edited by H. Elizabeth Peters and Claire M. Kamp Dush.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
:
TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:xxix, 414 p. :; ill.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Elizabeth Peters, Claire M. Kamp Dush
  • Perspectives on marriage. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on marriage / Arland Thornton
  • Marriage and family : the evolutionary ecological context / Bobbi S. Low
  • Gender lens on marriage / Paula England
  • Institutional, companionate, and individualistic marriage : a social psychological perspective on marital change / Paul R. Amato
  • Contemporary families. Single parenthood and child well-being : trends, theories, and evidence / Rachel Dunifon
  • Cohabitation and parenthood : lessons from focus groups and in-depth interviews / Wendy D. Manning, Pamela J. Smock, Cava Bergstrom-Lynch
  • Examination of child well-being in stable single-parent and married families / Claire M. Kamp Dush
  • Reconsidering the association between stepfather families and adolescent well-being / Megan M. Sweeney, Hongbo Wang, Tami M. Videon
  • Parenting by gay men and lesbians : beyond the current research / Gary J. Gates, Adam P. Romero
  • Strengthening marriage. Supporting healthy marriage : designing a marriage education demonstration and evaluation for low-income married couples / Virginia Knox, David Fein
  • Differentiating among types of domestic violence : implications for healthy marriages / Michael P. Johnson
  • Future of marriage. Growing importance of marriage in America / Steven L. Nock
  • Future of marriage and the state : a proposal / Tamara Metz
  • Why won't African Americans get (and stay) married? Why should they? / Shirley A. Hill
  • Race, immigration, and the future of marriage / Daniel T. Lichter, Warren A. Brown.