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Marriages and families : intimacy, diversity, and strengths / David H L Olson; John D DeFrain; Linda Skogrand

By: Olson, David H L.
Contributor(s): DeFrain, John D | Skogrand, Linda.
New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, ©2019Edition: Ninth edition.Description: xxxii, 484 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781260091595 (pbk).Subject(s): Families -- United States -- Psychological aspects | Marriage -- United States -- Psychological aspects | Intimacy (Psychology) | Communication in families -- United StatesDDC classification: 306.850973 Ol84 2019
Contents:
Perspectives on intimate relationships? -- Cultural diversity and diversity in family structure: family strengths and challenges? -- Understanding marriage and family dynamics? -- Communication and intimacy? -- Conflict and conflict resolution? -- Sexual intimacy? -- Gender roles and power in the family? -- Managing economic resources? -- Friendship, intimacy, and singlehood? -- Dating, mate selection, and living together? -- Marriage: building a strong foundation -- Parenthood: satisfaction and challenge? -- Midlife and older couples? -- Stress, abuse, and family problems? -- Divorce, single-parent families, and stepfamilies? -- Strengthening marriages and families worldwide?
Summary: "Three distinctive themes have guided our efforts in writing this book, and they are woven throughout the text. The first is intimacy, and our focus is on how to develop and maintain close relationships. Most people seek connectedness and want to be involved in intimate relationships, the most intimate being marriage and family. This book is full of ideas, principles, and suggestions for building and keeping intimate relationships in your life. As a result, we hope this will be a book that you will want to keep and refer to throughout your life. The second key theme is marital and family strengths. The family strengths perspective is based on the premise that if you approach relationships from a "problem-oriented" perspective, you will find problems. If you look for strengths, you will find strengths. Growing numbers of family educators and family therapists are using this approach today, helping families recognize their own strengths and use them as a foundation for positive growth. In Chapter 1, we identify a number of strengths that have been found to be present in healthy marriages and families all over the world. Throughout the book, we show how these strengths help families provide healthy and nurturing settings that promote the growth and well-being of individual family members, better enabling them to face the challenges and solve the problems they encounter"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on intimate relationships? --
Cultural diversity and diversity in family structure: family strengths and challenges? --
Understanding marriage and family dynamics? --
Communication and intimacy? --
Conflict and conflict resolution? --
Sexual intimacy? --
Gender roles and power in the family? --
Managing economic resources? --
Friendship, intimacy, and singlehood? --
Dating, mate selection, and living together? --
Marriage: building a strong foundation --
Parenthood: satisfaction and challenge? --
Midlife and older couples? --
Stress, abuse, and family problems? --
Divorce, single-parent families, and stepfamilies? --
Strengthening marriages and families worldwide?

"Three distinctive themes have guided our efforts in writing this book, and they are woven throughout the text. The first is intimacy, and our focus is on how to develop and maintain close relationships. Most people seek connectedness and want to be involved in intimate relationships, the most intimate being marriage and family. This book is full of ideas, principles, and suggestions for building and keeping intimate relationships in your life. As a result, we hope this will be a book that you will want to keep and refer to throughout your life. The second key theme is marital and family strengths. The family strengths perspective is based on the premise that if you approach relationships from a "problem-oriented" perspective, you will find problems. If you look for strengths, you will find strengths. Growing numbers of family educators and family therapists are using this approach today, helping families recognize their own strengths and use them as a foundation for positive growth. In Chapter 1, we identify a number of strengths that have been found to be present in healthy marriages and families all over the world. Throughout the book, we show how these strengths help families provide healthy and nurturing settings that promote the growth and well-being of individual family members, better enabling them to face the challenges and solve the problems they encounter"--

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