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| Preface | |
| Understanding Marriage and the Family | |
| Marriage and Family: Disciplinary and Theoretical Approaches | |
| Disciplines Involved in Family Study | |
| Social Science Approach to the Family | |
| Nature of Research and Theoretical Frames of Reference | |
| Theories and Frames of Reference | |
| Appraisal and Expansion of Contemporary Family Theory | |
| Mar... MORE | |
| Family as a Social Institution | |
| Families as Groups and Systems | |
| Characteristics of Marriage, Family, and Kinship Groups | |
| The Family and Other Systems: A Focus on Work | |
| Relations Between the Family and Other Systems | |
| Work Roles of Family Members | |
| II | |
| U.S. Families: Characteristics, Change and Issues | |
| Characteristics of U.S. Families | |
| Today's Families: Significant Changes | |
| Issues in U.S. Families | |
| African American Families | |
| African-American Family System | |
| Hispanic American, Asian American, and Native American Families | |
| Hispanic American Family System | |
| Asian-American Family System | |
| Native American Family System | |
| Social Class Variations in U.S. Families | |
| Meaning of Social Class | |
| Determination of Social Class | |
| Consequences of Social Class to Families | |
| Social Categories of Families | |
| Single Parents and Poverty | |
| Social Mobility: Changing Family Life Styles | |
| Partner Selection and Intimate Relationships | |
| Patterns in the Selection of Intimate Partners | |
| Homogamy and Endogamy in the Selection of Partners | |
| Intermarriage | |
| Social/Structural Characteristics | |
| Explanations of Partner Selection | |
| Arranged Marriage versus Free Choice of Intimate Partners | |
| Individualistic Explanations of Partner Selection | |
| Sociocultural Explanations of Partner Selection | |
| Processes of Status Change: Single to Married | |
| Nonmarital Cohabitation | |
| Sexual Norms and Relationships | |
| Social Regulation of Sexual Relationships | |
| Biological versus Sociological Approaches to Sexual Behavior | |
| The Social Dimensions of Sexuality | |
| Nonmarital Sexual Behavior | |
| Premarital Sexual Intercourse | |
| Sex and Marriage | |
| Extramarital Sex | |
| The Life Course of Family Relationships | |
| The Marital System | |
| Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships | |
| Marriage Trends and Characteristics | |
| Power in Conjugal and Intimate Relationships | |
| Marital Quality | |
| The Parental System | |
| Transition to Parenthood | |
| Social Consequences of Parenthood | |
| Young and Unwed Parenthood | |
| Family Size and Related Factors | |
| Parent-Child Interaction and Socialization | |
| Socialization of Parents and Children | |
| Theories of Socialization Processes | |
| Socialization in Adolescence and Beyond | |
| Gender Identity and Sex-Role Socialization | |
| The Aging Family | |
| Postparental Period: The Middle Years | |
| Grandparent Status | |
| Families of Later Life and People who Are Aged | |
| Common Problems of People who Are Aged | |
| Socialization in Later Life | |
| Retirement | |
| Dying and Death | |
| Widows and Widowers | |
| Family Crisis and Social Policy | |
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