Includes bibliographical references (pages 640-681) and index.

PrefaceNew to This EditionAcknowledgmentsCHAPTER 1: THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY WHAT IS A FAMILY? FAMILY STRUCTURES VERSUS FAMILY PROCESSES THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN FAMILIES THE APPROACH AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOKCHAPTER 2: HOW WE STUDY THE FAMILY: THEORIES AND RESEARCH METHODS OVERVIEW: THE NEED FOR GOOD THEORY AND RESEARCH DESIGN THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES IN RESEARCHCHAPTER 3: SEX AND GENDER OVERVIEW: A BIOECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SEX AND GENDER WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEX AND GENDER? THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER FOR LIVING IN FAMILIES GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND SEXISM THEORIES OF GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT OUR DEVELOPMENT INTO BOYS AND GIRLS AND MEN AND WOMENCHAPTER 4: SEXUALITIES OVERVIEW OF INFLUENCES ON SEXUALITY MACROSYSTEM AND HISTORICAL INFLUENCES ON SEX AND SEXUALITIES TRENDS IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES ABOUT SEX SEX ORGANS: THE WAY THEY WORK AND HOW THINGS GO AWRY SEXUAL ORIENTATION A CLOSER LOOK AT CURRENT ISSUES IN SEXUALITYCHAPTER 5: DATING AND MATE SELECTION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN COURTSHIP, DATING, HOOKING UP, AND MATE SELECTION A BIOECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF DATING AND MATE SELECTION THEORIES OF DATING AND MATE SELECTION DIVERSITY IN DATING AND MATE SELECTION CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AROUND THE WORLDCHAPTER 6: LOVE WHAT IS LOVE? IS LOVE UNIVERSAL? BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LOVE THE SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF LOVECHAPTER 7: MARRIAGES AND COMMITTED PARTNERSHIPS OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY MARRIAGE TRENDS HEALTH BENEFITS OF HAPPY MARRIAGES A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF MARRIAGE TYPES OF MARRIAGE MARITAL PROBLEMS HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP PROCESSESCHAPTER 8: LIVING SINGLE OVERVIEW OF SINGLEHOOD UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING SINGLES THE NORMATIVE LIFE CYCLE MODEL THE DIVERSE LIVES OF SINGLE PEOPLE MACROSYSTEM FORCES AGAINST SINGLEHOOD THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SINGLE PEOPLE SINGLE THROUGH COMMITMENT TO GODCHAPTER 9: REPRODUCTION AND PARENTING OVERVIEW: TO PARENT OR NOT TO PARENT HISTORICAL TRENDS IN PARENTING REPRODUCTION AND BIRTH THE TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD INFERTILITY AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO BECOME A PARENT PARENTING INFANTS AND CHILDREN THE MANY FACES OF PARENTHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE MACROSYSTEMCHAPTER 10: THE ECONOMY OF WORKING FAMILIES: BALANCING MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL HEALTH IN THE 21st CENTURY OVERVIEW OF ECONOMIC TRENDS DIVERSITY IN WORK AND FAMILY LIFE BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY LIVING ON THE EXTREMES OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTINUUM: POVERTY AND WEALTHCHAPTER 11: FAMILIES IN CRISIS: VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND NEGLECT OVERVIEW: THE PERVASIVE NATURE OF VIOLENCE ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT ANIMAL ABUSE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE BATTERERS CHILD MALTREATMENTCHAPTER 12: DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE OVERVIEW: TRENDS IN DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE THE COMPLEXITIES OF DIVORCE THE EFFECTS OF DIVORCE REDUCING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DIVORCE REMARRIAGECHAPTER 13: GROWING OLDER IN FAMILIES OVERVIEW: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BELIEFS ABOUT AGING MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHANGES WITH AGE RETIREMENT FAMILY LIFE ACROSS GENERATIONSCHAPTER 14: THE EVOLUTION OF FAMILIES IN THE 21st CENTURY FIVE KEY IDEAS FOR UNDERSTANDING MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES GENERAL TRENDS IN MULTICULTURALISM GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN THE 21st CENTURY GLOBALIZATION AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT IMMIGRATION FINAL REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF FAMILIESGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author

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