Marriage and family : perspectives and complexities /

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Family life has been radically transformed over the past three decades. Half of all households are unmarried, while only a quarter of all married households have kids. A third of the nation's births are to unwed mothers, and a third of America's married men earn less than their wives. With...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Peters, Elizabeth, 1955- (Editor ), Kamp Dush, Claire M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Marriage > United States.
Families > United States.
Parenting > United States.
Mariage > États-Unis.
Familles > États-Unis.
Rôle parental > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Families.
Marriage.
Parenting.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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