Full Description
Offering a diverse variety of perspectives, Exploring Family Theories, Fifth Edition, is a combined text/reader that integrates theory with research and applications. In each chapter, Suzanne R. Smith and Raeann R. Hamon concisely present the history, scholarship, and critiques of one principal family theory. Numerous examples and illustrations augment and clarify content, while application questions encourage students to relate these theories to the real world.After each chapter, a follow-up journal article exemplifies how that particular theory is used to guide actual research.
Contents
IntroductionWhat is Theory?Family TheoryText Organization1. Symbolic InteractionismHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGA Grounded Theory of Becoming a First-Time Father due to a High-Risk Pregnancy, by Tanasirjiranont, R., Kantaraksa, K., Sansiriphan, N., & Jordan, P.L.2. Family Development TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGEmotional Intelligence and Marital Communication Among Married Couples at Different Stages of Marriage, by Zmaczynska-Witek, B., Komborska, M., & Rogowska, A.3. Family Stress TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGFinances, Religion, and the FAAR Model: How Religion Exacerbates and Alleviates Financial Stress, by LeBaron, A. B., Kelley, H. H., Hill, E. J., & Galbraith, Q.4. Family Systems TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGCircumplex Model of Family Functioning in Turkish Culture: Western family systems model in a Eurasian country, by Turkdogan, T., Duru, E., & Balkis, M.5. Ecological Systems TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGApplying the Ecological Systems Theory to Better Understand and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, by Martinello, E.6. Conflict TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGParents' and children's power effectiveness during polyadic family conflict: Process and outcome, by Porta, S.D., Howe, N., & Persram, R.J.7. Social Exchange TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGTogether despite the odds: Explaining racial and ethnic heterogeneity in union dissolution after incarceration, by Widdowson, A. O., Jacobson, W.C., Winnick, S.E., & Warren, P.Y.8. Attachment TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGMaternal and Paternal Attachment Style and Chaos as Risk Factors for Parenting Behavior, by Zaro, B., J., Lathren, C., Mills-Koonce, R.9. Feminist Family TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGChinese Immigrant Mothers Negotiating Family and Career: Intersectionality and the Role of Social Support, by Wing, V., Leung, Y., Zhu, Y., Peng, H., & Tsang, A.K.T.10. Biosocial TheoryHistoryBasic AssumptionsPrimary Terms and ConceptsCareer ApplicationCommon Areas of Research and ApplicationCritiqueApplicationSAMPLE READINGDo birds of a playful feather flock together? Playfulness and assertive mating by Chick, G., Proyer, R., Purrington, A., & Yarnel, C.EpilogueIndex
