Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century

Explore the breakdown of the universal family form into new living arrangements and the political and social implications of how they influence the definition of family today! Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century views families from a US perspective and from many different cultures and societies. You will examine the family as it has evolved from the 1950s traditional family to today’s family structures. The controversial question, “What is family?” is thoroughly examined as it has become an increasingly important social policy concern because of the recent change in the traditional family. Scholars and researchers in family studies and sociology will be intrigued by these thought-provoking articles that analyze the definition of the family from a multitude of perspectives.Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century looks at family in terms of its social construction, variations and the diversity in families, among others. You will examine the negative implications of using the term “The Family” as it implies “The Nuclear Family,” which many powerful lobbies (politics, morality, religion) claim to support and revere. You will also explore family ideology and identity from many different social and cultural contexts. Some of the family issues you will explore in Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century include: 
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<li>marrying, procreating, and divorcing in a traditional Jewish family </li>
<li>redefining western families by taking into consideration the legal factors, history, tradition and the continued expansion of the definition of family in the US </li>
<li>addressing family issues in Lithuania, a country amidst many political changes </li>
<li>challenging and complicating the definition of family with stepfamilies </li>
<li>exploring the question “What are families after divorce?” </li>
<li>examining multicultural motives for marriage and how these motives effect courting behavior in Lithuania </li>
<li>defining families through caregiving patternsConcepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century goes in-depth to broaden and interpret the meaning of family in today’s society. Through the exploration of legal implications, professional and personal needs this text takes into account the large variety of groups that have close living relationships. Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century will assist you in answering the difficult and complex question “What is family?” </li>
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Politics & Social Sciences

Settles, Barbara H

Steinmetz, Suzanne

Sociology

Routledge

Fatherhood

How much power does a father have to influence his children's development? A lively and often heated public debate on the role and value of the father in a family has been underway in the United States for the past decade. Nevertheless, we are far from understanding the complex ways in which fathers make contributions to their families and children. Fatherhood: Research, Interventions, and Policies addresses the central questions of the role of fathers:  What is the impact of father involvement on child outcomes?  What factors predict increased involvement of fathers?Bringing together papers presented at the Conference on Father Involvement, this volume includes contributions by leading scholars in anthropology, demography, economics, family science, psychology, and sociology. Many of the contributors also address the implications of father involvement for family policy issues, including family leave, child care, and child support. Furthermore, the discussion of fatherhood ranges well beyond the case of intact, middle-class, white families to include fathers from various ethnic groups and socioeconomic classes and of varied marital status, including fathers of nonmarital children, single-father families, and nonresident fathers. Fatherhood: Research, Interventions, and Policies addresses both practical and theoretical concerns, including:the redefinition of fatherhood changes over time in research on fatherhood the predictive power of fathers’activities on their children's adult outcomes the correlation between fathers’income and their involvement with their nonmarital children the influence of fathers on their sons’probability of growing up to become responsible fathers the effects of divorce on father-son and father-daughter relationships interventions that help to keep divorced fathers in touch with their childrenThis comprehensive, powerful book combines pioneering empirical research with thoughtful consideration of the social and psychological implications of fatherhood. It is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, psychologists, and students of family studies, human development, gender studies, social policy, sociology, and human ecology.

Fatherhood: Research, Interventions, and Policies

Day, Randal D.

Peterson, Gary W.

Peters, H. Elizabeth

Reference

Health, Fitness & Dieting

“The family is the place where minds come in contact with one another”—Buddha Emotions and the Family reflects the dramatic change in how professionals and practitioners working with today's families view the role of emotions in general family and marital processes. Professionals, researchers, and academics present a wide variety of approaches to the study of emotion and family functioning, providing a rare theoretical and empirical look at how emotions regulate, guide, and influence actions and behaviors within the family. This unique book will provide you with new avenues of research, theory, measurement, and analysis, emphasizing contexts that range from the focus on specific relationships within the family to the impact of contextual influences in family emotionality. Emotions and the Family examines the shift that has taken place in how practitioners and therapists view emotions—as having important interpsychic functions instead of as a function of intrapsychic processes. The book will show you how emotions are involved in almost every aspect of family development: from the beginnings of the family formation (dating, courting, and marriage) to the transition to parenthood (pregnancy, birth, bonding, and attachment) to the dissolution of family relationships (divorce, death). Authors discuss aspects of how the fabric of family life is woven together by the complex interplay of emotions, with essential information on:  marital/family relationships  parenting  socialization  sibling relationships  family health  dysfunctional family processes  family therapy  and much more! Emotions and the Family functions as an invaluable textbook for graduate studies in family sciences, child development, psychology, social work, and sociology. The book is equally effective as a professional resource for clinical practitioners in psychology, marriage and family therapy, and social work.

Emotions and the Family (Marriage & Family Review)

Fabes, Richard

Parenting & Relationships

“The family is the place where minds come in contact with one another”—Buddha Emotions and the Family reflects the dramatic change in how professionals and practitioners working with today's families view the role of emotions in general family and marital processes. Professionals, researchers, and academics present a wide variety of approaches to the study of emotion and family functioning, providing a rare theoretical and empirical look at how emotions regulate, guide, and influence actions and behaviors within the family. This unique book will provide you with new avenues of research, theory, measurement, and analysis, emphasizing contexts that range from the focus on specific relationships within the family to the impact of contextual influences in family emotionality. Emotions and the Family examines the shift that has taken place in how practitioners and therapists view emotions—as having important interpsychic functions instead of as a function of intrapsychic processes. The book will show you how emotions are involved in almost every aspect of family development: from the beginnings of the family formation (dating, courting, and marriage) to the transition to parenthood (pregnancy, birth, bonding, and attachment) to the dissolution of family relationships (divorce, death). Authors discuss aspects of how the fabric of family life is woven together by the complex interplay of emotions, with essential information on: 
<ul>
<li> marital/family relationships </li>
<li> parenting </li>
<li> socialization </li>
<li> sibling relationships </li>
<li> family health </li>
<li> dysfunctional family processes </li>
<li> family therapy </li>
<li> and much more!</li>
</ul> Emotions and the Family functions as an invaluable textbook for graduate studies in family sciences, child development, psychology, social work, and sociology. The book is equally effective as a professional resource for clinical practitioners in psychology, marriage and family therapy, and social work.

Emotions and the Family

Meet the men and women whose groundbreaking work elevated the field of family studies!  In Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars, you'll find 40 autobiographies written by leading scholars in sociology, family studies, psychology, and child development. Their fascinating stories demonstrate how their family experiences, educational opportunities, and occupational endeavors not only shaped the disciplines they chose but also shaped the theoretical perspectives they utilized and the topics they researched.  From the editors: “These autobiographies document the experiences of scholars from the early twentieth century to the present. The descriptions of early influences on their education, of their graduate school experiences, and of their academic career paths, provides a wealth of valuable material. Since four of these scholars have died and a number are in their eighties or older, these histories provide rich case studies on factors that influence the decision to go to college, get married, pursue an advanced degree, make specific occupational choices, and investigate certain topics. These autobiographies also detail the barriers that early women scholars in the social sciences faced.”  The scholars whose lives you will learn about in Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families include:  Joan Aldous  Katherine R. Allen  Pauline Boss  Carlfred B. Broderick  Wesley R. Burr  Catherine Street Chilman  Harold T. Christensen  Marilyn Coleman  Rand D. Conger  Randal D. Day  William J. Doherty  Evelyn Millis Duvall  Glen H. Elder, Jr.  Bernard Farber  Margaret Feldman  Mark A. Fine  Greer Litton Fox  Frank F. Furstenberg  Viktor Gecas  Harold D. Grotevant  Gerald Handel  Michael E. Lamb  Ralph LaRossa  Gary R. Lee  Helena Znaniecka Lopata  Harriette P. McAdoo  Hamilton McCubbin  Brent C. Miller  Phyllis Moen  Gerhard Neubeck  Gary W. Peterson  Ira L. Reiss  John Scanzoni  Walter R. Schumm  Barbara H. Settles  Laurence Steinberg  Suzanne K. Steinmetz  Sheldon Stryker  Marvin B. Sussman  Irv Tallman

Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars

Meet the men and women whose groundbreaking work elevated the field of family studies! In Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars, you'll find 40 autobiographies written by leading scholars in sociology, family studies, psychology, and child development. Their fascinating stories demonstrate how their family experiences, educational opportunities, and occupational endeavors not only shaped the disciplines they chose but also shaped the theoretical perspectives they utilized and the topics they researched. From the editors: “These autobiographies document the experiences of scholars from the early twentieth century to the present. The descriptions of early influences on their education, of their graduate school experiences, and of their academic career paths, provides a wealth of valuable material. Since four of these scholars have died and a number are in their eighties or older, these histories provide rich case studies on factors that influence the decision to go to college, get married, pursue an advanced degree, make specific occupational choices, and investigate certain topics. These autobiographies also detail the barriers that early women scholars in the social sciences faced.” The scholars whose lives you will learn about in Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families include: 
<ul>
<li> Joan Aldous </li>
<li> Katherine R. Allen </li>
<li> Pauline Boss </li>
<li> Carlfred B. Broderick </li>
<li> Wesley R. Burr </li>
<li> Catherine Street Chilman </li>
<li> Harold T. Christensen </li>
<li> Marilyn Coleman </li>
<li> Rand D. Conger </li>
<li> Randal D. Day </li>
<li> William J. Doherty </li>
<li> Evelyn Millis Duvall </li>
<li> Glen H. Elder, Jr. </li>
<li> Bernard Farber </li>
<li> Margaret Feldman </li>
<li> Mark A. Fine </li>
<li> Greer Litton Fox </li>
<li> Frank F. Furstenberg </li>
<li> Viktor Gecas </li>
<li> Harold D. Grotevant </li>
<li> Gerald Handel </li>
<li> Michael E. Lamb </li>
<li> Ralph LaRossa </li>
<li> Gary R. Lee </li>
<li> Helena Znaniecka Lopata </li>
<li> Harriette P. McAdoo </li>
<li> Hamilton McCubbin </li>
<li> Brent C. Miller </li>
<li> Phyllis Moen </li>
<li> Gerhard Neubeck </li>
<li> Gary W. Peterson </li>
<li> Ira L. Reiss </li>
<li> John Scanzoni </li>
<li> Walter R. Schumm </li>
<li> Barbara H. Settles </li>
<li> Laurence Steinberg </li>
<li> Suzanne K. Steinmetz </li>
<li> Sheldon Stryker </li>
<li> Marvin B. Sussman </li>
<li> Irv Tallman</li>
</ul>

Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families: The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Marriage & Family Review, 3&4,1/2&3/4,1/2)

Explore the most fundamental human relationshipbetween parent and childWestern social science has long neglected to acknowledge that family relationships must always be examined from a culturally sensitive perspective. Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives fills this void by exploring in depth the most fundamental human relationshipbetween parent and childin different societies around the world. International experts provide a comprehensive collection of original research and theory on how parental styles and the effects of culture are interconnected. Written from diverse perspectives, this unique resource reveals deep insight into these relationships by focusing on the individuals, the structure of the family, and societal and cultural influences. Parental relations and cultural belief systems both play integral parts on how socialization and development occur in children. Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives presents several viewpoints, some comparing similarities and differences across societies or nations, others exploring relationships within a single culture. This probing global look at parent-youth relations provides sensitively nuanced information valuable for every professional or student in the social sciences. Detailed tables illustrate research data while thorough bibliographies offer opportunities for further study.Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives explores: parenting style and its effects on children in Chinese culture parenting style in problem-solving situations in Hong Kong cross-national perspectives on parental acceptance-rejection theory multinational studies of interparental conflict, parenting, and adolescent functioning the relationship between parenting behaviors and adolescent achievement in Chile and Ecuador parent-adolescent relations and problem behaviors in Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States cross-national analysis of family and school socialization and adolescent academic achievement parent-child contact after divorcefrom the child’s perspective familial impacts on adolescent aggression and depression in Colombia predicting Korean adolescents’ sexual behavior from individual and family factors parenting in Mexican society relations with parents and friends during adolescence and early adulthood parent-child relationships in childhood and adulthood and their effect on the parent’s marriage the effects of financial hardship, interparental conflict, and maternal parenting in Germany and more original research studies! Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives presents the freshest research available along with extensive bibliographies, providing essential reading for educators, advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in family studies, sociology, psychology, and anthropology.

Parent-Youth Relations: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Wilson, Stephan

Social Sciences

Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Implications

The coming boom in the population of the aging will impact families at several levels. Challenges of Aging on U.S. Families: Policy and Practice Implications explores this trend, presenting the latest original research on the changing roles of caregivers along with the economic and emotional effects on the family unit. Respected authorities discuss in detail long-term care and the standard of living of families, with a focus on the effects of changing family structures on families themselves and society at large. Detailed tables provide clarity of thought while comprehensive bibliographies offer further opportunity for study.

Caputo, Richard K.

Reporting the results of a study on abuse of the elderly by adult children, Dynamics of Elder Abuse examines the impact that caring for an elderly patient has on the lives of middle-aged and sometimes elderly caregiving offspring.  The data are derived from in-depth interviews with 104 caregivers, and is used to detail the daily tasks of caregivers and the resulting stress, conflict and abuse. Correlating information such as the nature of the tasks performed and the amount of stress and burden perceived by the caregiver, Steinmetz analyzes the relationship between the level of dependency, stress produced by the dependency and the level of abuse, and addresses intergenerational patterns of control and abuse interaction

Duty Bound: Elder Abuse and Family Care (SAGE Library of Social Research)

Sage Publications, Inc.

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