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Sourcebook of Family Theory & Research


Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research


 

 

Alan C. Acock, Vern L. Bengtson, Katherine R. Allen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, David M. Klein, Editors

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Foreword: Pauline Boss

Preface:  The editors

Part I: Setting the Context for Future Family Research and Explanation

Chapter 1--Theory and theorizing in family research (Vern Bengtson, Alan Acock, Katherine Allen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, & David Klein).

  1. The use of explicit theory in family research: A case analysis of the Journal of Marriage and Family 1990-1999 (Alan Taylor & Aparna Bagdi).

  2. A scientific theory of the family? (Jonathan Turner).

  3. Applying Kuhn's "Scientific structure of revolutions" to family science (Peggye Dilworth-Anderson). Click Supplement

  4. The cyclical process of science (David Klein).

  5. Theorizing family: From the particular to the general (David Cheal). Click Supplement

Chapter 2--Contemporary and emerging theories in studying families (Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Linda Burton, & David Klein).

  1. Agony or ecstasy? Evolving theory and methods of the Circumplex Model (Judy Tiesel & Dean Gorall).

  2. Application of Pepper's World Hypotheses to family theories (Hilary A. Rose).  Click Supplement

  3. In search of a philosophical foundation for family theory and therapy (Norbert Wetzel).

  4. On the use of probability in family theory (Jetse Sprey).

Chapter 3--Contemporary and emerging research methods in studying families (Alan Acock, Manfred van Dulman, Katherine Allen, & Fred Piercy). Click Supplement Web Surveys. Click Supplement Comparison of Qualitative Software. NCFR journals maintain a Webpage with guidelines for creating tables. this is at http://oregonstate.edu/~acock/tables/

  1. Mixed methods: Meaning and validity in the development of self-report items for children (Michael Woolley, Natasha Bowen, & Gary Bowen). Click Video clip . This Quick Time video is about 5 minutes and shows the critical importance of the approach the authors propose. Click Supplement . Click Annotated Bibliography

  2. Analyzing family interaction patterns from video tapes (Kurt Kreppner).

  3. Asking new questions of existing qualitative data (M. Elise Radian & Kimberly Downs). Click Supplement . Click Annotated Bibliography

  4. Deductive qualitative analysis and family theory building (Jane Gilgun).

Part II:  Changing Family Patterns

Chapter 4--Explanations of family change: A family demographic perspective (Suzanne Bianchi & Lynne Casper).

  1. Strengths and resiliency in Chinese immigrant families: An initial effort of inquiry (Yan ruth Xia, George Zhou Zhi, and Xie, Xiaolin).

  2. The new demographics of families (Farrell Webb).

  3. Does marriage make people happier? Marriage, cohabitation, and trajectories of well-being (Kelly Musick).

  4. Family change: Decline or resilience? (Paul Amato).

Chapter 5--Family composition and family transitions (David Demo, William Aquilino, & Mark Fine). Click Supplement

  1. Predicting marital success or failure: Burgess and beyond (Ione Y. DeOllos). Click Supplement

  2. Family disruption--Chaos vs. havoc: A Chaos theory (Dynamical Systems) view of family structure and change (Rory Remer). For more information see http://www.uky.edu/~rremer/Manuscripts.htm

  3. Causal analysis of family structural effects (Tami Videon).

  4. The adjustment of children in divorced and remarried families (Mavis Heatherington).

Chapter 6--Decentering heteronormativity: A model for family studies (Ramona Faith Oswald, Libby Balter Blume, Stephen Marks).

  1. Backward socialization and gay identity negotiation in families (Bert Cohler).

  2. Gay marriage and social science (Tim Biblarz & Judith Stacey).

  3. Reflections on queer theory and family science (Larry Kurdek).

Chapter 7--Theorizing and studying sibling ties in adulthood (Alexis Walker, Katherine Allen, & Ingrid Connidis. Click Extensive References

  1. Reaching beyond the dyad: Research on adult siblings (Sarah Mathews).

  2. Theorizing about sibling relationships when parents become frail (Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford).

  3. Twin studies and dementia (Keith Whitfield).

  4. Sibling relationships in childhood: Implications for life course study (Susan M. McHale & Ann C. Crouter).

Chapter 8--Ecological changes in ethnic families of color (Harriett McAdoo, Estella Martinez, & Hester Hughes).

  1. Black-white interracial marriage and multiracial families (Erica Chito Childs).

  2. Empirical reality and vision: Studying people of color (Tammy Henderson). Click Supplement

  3. Methodological considerations in the study of families of color (Masako Ishi-Kuntz).

  4. Demographics of the 21st century family: Examining race, ethnicity, and culture within geographic and generational context  (Ana Marie Cauce).

Chapter 9--Advancing theory through research: The case of extrusion in stepfamlies (Margaret Crosbie-Burnett, Edith Lewis, Summer Sullivan, Jessica Podolsky, Rosane Mantilla, and Victoria Mitrani).

  1. Identity enactment and verification in gay and lesbian stepfamilies (Brad vanEeden-Moorefield, Kari Henley, & Kay Pasley).

  2. Emotionally focused family therapy with stepfamilies (James Furrow, Brent Bradley, & Susan Johnson).  www.eft.ca

  3. Exploring the diversity of stepfamily relationships (Maria Schmeeckle).

  4. Leaving whose home? When stepchildren leave is it always extrusion? (Lawrence Ganong & Marilyn Coleman).

Part III:  Changing Family Interactions Within and Across Generations

Chapter 10--Through the lens of time: How families live in and through time  (Kerry Daly & John Beaton).

  1. Viewing time through the eyes of overscheduled children and their underconnected families, (Yvette Perry & William Doherty). Click Supplement

  2. Family in and beyond time (Andrew Weigert).

  3. The experience  sampling method (Jennifer Schmidt). Click Supplement

  4. Time and time again: A critical look at order in family life (Barbara Fiese).

Chapter 11--Theorizing about marriage  (Jason Carroll, Stan Knapp, & Thomas Holman). Click Supplement

  1. Cultural narratives and individual experiences in relationships  (Richard Bulcroff, Linda Smeins, & Kris Bulcroft).

  2. Theory-driven couple evaluation  (Luciano L'Abate). Click Supplement

  3. Studying marriages longitudinally (Frank Fincham & Tomas Bradbury).

  4. Studying marriages longitudinally (Frank Fincham & Yoav Lavee).

  5. Discussion and extension  (Bert Adams).

Chapter 12--Analyzing couples and families: Multi-level methods  (Aline Sayer & Mary Maguire Klute).  Click Intraclass correlation with SAS  Click SAS setup for RMANOVA  Click Annotated output for RMANOVA 

  1. Personality and family process (James E. Deal, Charles F. Halverson, Jr., & Valerie Havill).

  2. Families in community context (Jay Mancini, Gary Bowen, & James Martin).

  3. A comment on multilevel methods in family research (James White & Jay Teachman).

Chapter 13--A dialectical approach to theorizing about aggression between intimates (Loreen Olson, Mark Fine, & Sally Lloyd). Click Supplement

  1. An ecological perspective in an intergenerational family problem (Lawrence B. Schiamberg, & Daphna Gans). Click Supplement

  2. Family resilience  (Charles Huber). Click Supplement

  3. Holding multiple theories in our hands: Advanced dialectical research methods (Deborah A. Davis & Edward Read Barton). Click Supplement

  4. The challenges and promise of a dialectical approach to theorizing about intimate violence (Claire Renzetti).

Chapter 14--Fatherhood and father involvement: emerging constructs and theoretical orientations (Randal Day, Charlie Lewis, Margaret O'Brien, & Michael E. Lamb).

  1. Incarceration and reentry of fathers into the lives of their families (Joyce Arditti, Alan Acock, & Randal Day).

  2. The unanticipated consequences of promoting father involvement (Yoshie Sano).

  3. Fathers, fatherhood, and families: (Re)casting issues of diversity into forming and re-forming conceptualizations (Vivian L. Gadsden & R. Karl Rethemeyer).

Chapter 15--Influences of parents and siblings on the development of children and adolescents (Martin Pinquart & Rainer Silbereisen). Click Extensive References

  1. Parent-adolescent relationshilps: Integrating attachment and Bowenian family systems theories (Mark J. Benson). Click Supplement

  2. Parental acceptance-rejection theory (Ronald Rohner). Click Supplement

  3. Observational methods for studying families (Lorraine Taylor & Melissa Barnett).

  4. The role of famlies in developmental continuity and change during adolescence  (Jennifer Matjasko & Katherine Paz). Click Supplement

Chapter 16--Theorizing intergenerational family relations: Solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence in cross-nationla context (Ruth Katz, Ariela Lowenstein, Judith Phillips, & Svein Olav Daatland).

  1. Testing theories about intergenerational exchanges (Merril Silverstein).

  2. Recent shifts in family support for older people in Ghana (Isabella Aboderin).

  3. Qualitative approaches to the study of intergenerational relations (Gay Becker). Click Additional Readings

  4. Theorizing intergenerational relations (Clare Wenger).

Part IV:  Families and larger social forces

Chapter 17--Culture, cognition, & parenthood (Ralph LaRossa, Wendy Simonds, & Donald Reitzes). Click Supplement

  1. River of grief: Hearing parents and siblings following child death (Colleen Muray & Kathleen Gilbert).

  2. The evolution of parenting (David Bell). Click Supplement

  3. Studying foster and adoptive parent-child relationships (Katharine Leslie). Click Additional Readings . Also, see www.brandnewdayconsulting.com

  4. Parenthood, parenting, and marital interactions (Debra Umberson & Belinda Needham). Click Reading list

Chapter 18--Multicultural and critical race feminisms: Theorizing families in the third wave (Lee Ann De Reus, April Few, & Libby Balter Blume). Click Web Resources. Click Reading list. Click Morph movie. Click The three of us.

  1. Challenges faced by women in higher education (Norma Burgess).

  2. Veiled Heads: A Middle Eastern feminist perspective (Manijeh Daneshpour).

  3. Kentucky homeless mothers (Joanna Badagliacco).

  4. Integrating youth into our feminist theory, research, and practice (Kristine Baber).

Chapter 19--  Socioeconomic status and childhood externalizing behaviors: A structural Equation modeling framework (Robert Corwyn & Robert Bradley).

  1. Multi-site, mixed methods study of rural, low income families (Bonnie Braun & Elaine Anderson).

  2. Promoting positive youth development across variations in socioeconomic status and poverty: Framing Corwyn and Bradley structural equation modeling approach within a developmental systems perspective (Christina Theokas & Richard M. Lerner). Click Additional Readings . Click PowerPoint Figure

Chapter 20--Don't stop at the borders: Theorizing beyond dichotomies of work and family (Shelley MacDermid, Kevin Roy, & Anisa Zvonkovic).

  1. The interface of elder caregiving and paid employment (Judy Singleton). Click Supplement

  2. Cross-cultural perspectives on work-family conflict (Josip Obardovic & Mira Cudina).

  3. Methodological challenges in theorizing work-family complex (Suraj Commuri).

  4. Suggestions for a multilevel reframing of work-family theory (Joseph Grzywacz, Angela Hattery, & Patricia Voydanoff). Click Annotated Bibliography and Additional Readings

Chapter 21--Religion and Families (Linda Chatters & Robert Taylor).

  1. Links between families and religion (Don Swenson, Jerry Pankhurst, & Sharon Houseknecht). Additional information at http://www2.mtroyal.ab.ca/~dswenson

  2. "Good-enough" theorizing about families, spirituality, and religion. Facing our own fundamentalism (Carla Dahl).

  3. Measurement issues in the study of religion and spirituality (Jacqueline Mattis).

  4. How highly religious families strive to fulfill sacred purposes (David C. Dollahite & Loren Marks). Click Supplement

Chapter 22--Families, theories, and social policy (Phyllis Moen & Scott Coltrane). Click Supplement

  1. Theoretical threads weave the foundation for family policy research (Lydia Blalock, Pam Monroe, & Betsy Garrison).

  2. Multiple perspectives required for addressing health issues of older women (Karen A. Roberto). Click Supplement or Annotated Bibliography

  3. Investigating child abuse investigations (Jennifer A. Reich).

  4. Thoughts on families and public policy as viewed by Phyllis Moen and Scott Coltrane (Joan Aldous).

Part V:  Preparing the Next Generation of Family Scholars

Chapter 23--College professors' conversation about teaching family theories (Velma McBride Murry, Paul C. Rosenblatt, & Elizabeth Wieling).

  1. A family with gender inequality: Theory in clinical teaching (Thomas Blume & Charles Cole).

  2. Walking the walk: Teaching systems theory by doing theory (Gail Whitchurch).

  3. Teaching theory 101A (Denise Berg). Click Supplement

  4. Human ecology theory for the 21st century (Lilian Phenice & Robert Griffore).

  5. Linking theory, methods, community wisdom, and local need (James Frabutt).  Click Supplement or Annotated Bibliography

Chapter 24--Teaching methods of family research (Constance L. Shehan & Ted Greenstein). Click Supplement

  1. Getting to the bottom of the spanking debate: Bringing in the ethics of research (Robyn Mowery & Lynda Walters).

  2. Developing professional shills in methods: Writing grant proposals (Chalandra Bryant).

  3. Making statistics come alive (Walter Schumm).

Chapter 25--Epilogue (Vern Bengtson, Katherine Allen, David Klein,  Alan Acock, & Peggye Dilworth-Anderson).

  1. Are you a "positivist"? An epistemological self-assessment (David Klein).

  2. Where does Queer Theory take us? (Stan Knapp & Camille Williams).

  3. Pushing the boundaries of the sourcebook (Katherine Allen).

Questions about this page should be sent to Alan C. Acock at alan.acock@orst.edu