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The Contemporary American Family : a Dialectical Perspective on Communication and Relationships.
The Contemporary American Family: A Dialectical Perspective on Communication and Relationships recognizes that families are both close and distant, stable and changing, amenable and uncontrollable. Teresa Chandler Sabourin employs a dialectical approach, acknowledging that a family's contradict...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: A Dialectical Approach to Family; Conceptual tools; Basic concepts; Dialectical management patterns; Interface of culture patterns; Dialectical classifications; Chapter 2: Defining the Contemporary Family; Defining family; Criteria for defining family; Chapter 3: Structural Diversity; Contemporary family structures; Nuclear family; Single parent family; Blended family; Chapter 4: Cultural Diversity; Cultural diversity in the family; Religion and family culture; Diversity in sexual orientation; Racial and ethnic diversity; Chapter 5: Developmental Diversity; Approaches to development; The family life cycle approach; The learning approach; A dialectical approach; Chapter 6: Functional Diversity; Functional diversity and the family; The impact of alcoholism on the family; Domestic violence; The dark side of divorce; Chapter 7: Family Spirituality; Bringing light into darkness; A spiritual approach; 12-Step programs; References.