基本説明
It examines emotions in families, communication, relationship formation and dissolution, family rituals and secrets, and power and conflict.
Full Description
What goes on "behind closed doors" in families is examined in this text. Through his storytelling style, Randy Day introduces readers to the family processes approach - the strategies and behaviors families use to achieve goals. The emphasis is on how families work and interact rather than on the psychological, sociological, or economic processes. It examines emotions in families, communication, relationship formation/dissolution, family rituals, and power and conflict. Chapters open with a Preview and conclude with a Summary, Study Questions, Key Terms, and Suggested Readings. Principle Boxes highlight key concepts and a Glossary defines the key terms listed at the ends of the chapters.
Significantly updated with 50% new material including many new references and examples, the new edition features:
A new chapter that introduces the discipline's methodology
A new chapter on relationship formation including partner selection, falling in love, commitment, sexuality, passion, and intimacy
A new design reformatted to tie in with the book's website at http://www.psypress.com/family-processes which now contains the Chapter Activity Questions that reinforce critical thinking skills, the Journal Activities that strengthen students' personal connection to the material, and the chapter Previews and Key Terms for review purposes
An Instructor's Web Resource at http://www.psypress.com/family-processes with small group and in-class exercises, lecture outlines in PowerPoint, topics for debate, suggested films, and multiple-choice, true/false, matching, and essay questions
More material on the role of gender, power, genetics, and personality in relationships; families from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and the impact of work and technology on the family; the changing nature of family structures including single parenting and gay unions; and stresses in family life.
Written for undergraduate courses on family processes, family dynamics, family life, the family, and/or marriage & family interaction taught in family studies, human development, psychology, sociology, social work, education, consumer sciences, home economics, health, and nursing departments, this book also appeals to those who want to maximize the positive parts of family life and manage the inevitable challenges.
Contents
1. Adapting to Family Life in Our Times. 2. How We Study Families. 3. Theories about Family Life. 4. Families as Units of Change and Transition. 5. Genetics, Personality, Gender, and Power. 6. Fixed Family Relationships: Generations in Family Life. 7. Chosen Relationships and the Roots of Mature Love. 8. The Core of Family Life: Paradigms, Themes, and Ideologies. 9. Rules and Rule Sequences. 10. Communicating in Families. 11. Regulating Distance. 12. Building and Maintaining Family Rituals. 13. Coping with Turbulence, Gains, and Losses.
