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Toward an integrated science of research on families : workshop report /

"Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo rapid change, family science is at the brink of a new and exciting integration across methods,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Science of Research on Families, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Otros Autores: Olson, Steve, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Demographic perspectives on family change
  • Studying how families cope with poverty and economic stress: the role of quantitative and qualitative methods
  • Studying family processes in the clinical and prevention sciences
  • Family research methods and frameworks: examples from the study of biomarkers, child health, and econometric methods
  • Strengthening funding opportunities and training models for the future of integrated family research studies
  • Final observations.