Description

Features

• Kelly Welch is a popular and award-winning instructor and a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) in a School of Family Studies. Her teaching background includes human development and sexuality as well as marriage and family.
• Applies the principles of Family Life Education: the skills and knowledge required to enrich individual and family life.
• Uses a conversational and personal tone that makes a special connection with readers.
• Interdisciplinary approach—using perspectives from sociology, psychology, lifespan human development, other social sciences.
• Each chapter has learner-centered pedagogical elements at the beginning, middle, and end of each chapter. 
• The Chapter Opening Scenarios are a strength of this text. These are poignant and powerful real life stories.
• Boxed features examine family life from various angles.

• FAMILY LIFE Now: This feature explores events, trends and attitudes today that shape how families function and how people interact as a result of these events, trends and attitudes.
• The Family Table: This feature looks at the way in which families work together to create healthy family dynamics
• Healthy Selves/Healthy Family: This feature discusses the impact of family health issues on the rest of the family, or the impact of any kind of health threat (including unhealthy behaviors) on the rest of the family.

• Own It!  These freewriting exercises give students opportunities to think critically about contemporary issues that affect day-to-day family living. (For instance: what will the long-term impact of Hurricane Katrina be on families in the affected regions?)
• Family Life Education brings closure to each chapter with the author's personal commentary on the content presented throughout the chapter starting with the poignant chapter opening vignette.
• Taking Sides: These exercises demonstrate stress points in relationships, by creating scenarios involving intimate partners and showing both positive and negative interaction patterns. Great for classroom discussion!
• End of chapter Material:
• Chapter summaries. Bulleted lists of key concepts and ideas conveyed throughout the chapter.
• Key Terms and Concepts.  A listing of key terms and concepts follows the summary.  
• Multiple choice questions: 10 questions per chapter.

New To This Edition

• Global changes in the Second Edition include an expanded graphics and photo program, more attention to diversity and multi-cultural issues, and the inclusion of cutting-edge research, with hundreds of new research studies and demographic trends reported.  Further, chapter lengths have been streamlined and condensed where possible.

• A New Chapter (12) on Work and Family explores the challenges and transformation of the modern working family, and includes a discussion of marriage and money, an exploration of government policies and how they affect working families, and a survey of the unique issues faced by families with members in the armed services.

• Updated chapters 1 and 2 from the previous edition have been combined into one succinct chapter that explores the meaning of family today, the various cultural contexts in which the modern family operates, and the significance of the family education framework.

CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER CHANGES

Chapter One:  Family Life Now

• expanded coverage of racial/ethnic compositions of families.
• new discussion about Native American/Alaska Native families.
• expanded discussions about the significance of collectivist and individualistic cultures, and how these social identities shape family experiences.
• Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model (moved from Chapter 2 to Chapter 1).
• revised discussion about Family Life Education to include information about practicing as a Family Life Educator.
• New Figures
  • Figure 1.1: The Types of Households in the United States
  • Figure 1.2: Percentage of Children Aged 0-17 Living in Various Family Arrangements
  • Figure 1.3: Percent of Children Living with a Cohabiting Parent, by Race
  • Figure 1.5: Percentage of Births to Unmarried Women, by Race
  • Figure 1.6: Characteristics of American Indian/Alaska Native Households
  • Figure 1.8: (Timeline with photos to run along bottom of pages)  Timeline of Family Life Education
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Acculturation and the sexual reproductive health of Latino youth in the United States” (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006).
  • “Between religion and desire: Being Muslim and gay in Indonesia” (Boellstorff, 2005).
  • “Sexuality in Islam” (Bouhdiba, 2001).
  • “Getting past our myths and stereotypes about Native Americans.” (Fleming, 2007).
  • “Environmental, social, and personal correlates of having ever had sexual intercourse among American Indian youths.” (Hellerstedt et al., 2006).
  • “Great Mysteries: Native North American religions and participatory visions” (Makes Marks, 2007).
  • “Cohabitation and marital dissolution.” (Manning & Jones, 2006).
  • “The sources of gender role attitudes among Christian and Muslim Arab-American women” (Read, 2003).
  • “Contested meanings of the veil and political ideologies of Iranian regimes.” (Zahedi, 2007).

Chapter Two:  Understanding Families through Theory and Research

• definitions of quantitative and qualitative; expanded discussion about these two concepts.
• the discussion about The Family Life Cycle is condensed and presented in table form.
• updated trends (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008).
• New Feature Box, Family Life Now
  • Research with Animals in Social Science.
• New Figures
  • Figure 2.4: Timeline of the Human Life Cycle, with photos
• Added Research Studies  (selected)
  • “Marital happiness and psychological well-being across the life course” (Kamp et al., 2008).

Chapter Three: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness

• new discussion about communication between men and women, and different ways in which the sexes communicate.
  • Men’s Communication: Offering Advice
  • Women’s Communication: Connecting with Others
  • And Herein Lies the Problem
• new discussion about the role of forgiveness in family and intimate relationships.
  • What is Forgiveness?This section discusses forgiveness at the individual level and at the relationship level.
  • Communicating Forgiveness: A Family Process. Here, we discuss how we communicate forgiveness directly, indirectly, and with conditions.
  • The Barriers and Benefits
• New Reading
  • “Forgive for Good”
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Forgiveness in marriage: Current status and future directions” (Fincham et al., 2006).
  • “Responses to interpersonal transgressions in families: forgivingness, forgivability, and relationship-specific effects” (Hoyt et al., 2005).
  • “Attitudinal ambivalence, rumination, and forgiveness of partner transgressions in marriage” (Kachadourian et al., 2005).
  • “Forgiveness and its associations with prosocial thinking, feelings, and doing beyond the relationship with the offender” (Karremans et al., 2005).
  • “Validating the developmental pathway of forgiveness” (Knutson et al., 2008).
  •  “Unraveling the role of forgiveness in family relationships” (Maio et al., 2008).
  • “Forgiveness in marriage: Putting the benefits into context” (McNulty 2008).
  • “Communicating forgiveness in friendships and dating relationships” (Merolla, 2008).
  • “Dispositional forgiveness of self, others, and situations” (Thompson et al., 2005).

Chapter Four: Gender in Today’s Society 

• a new chapter opener vignette.
• streamlined discussion of the biological foundations of gender.
• a new discussion about masculinity and femininity
  • Masculinity: “Doing” Male.  This section includes a discussion about black masculinities, intercultural masculinities, and the pressures associated with cultural concepts of masculinity.
  • Femininity: “Doing” Female.  This section discusses intercultural femininities and whether being a girl/woman means a lower status.
  • New discussion about gender inequality, which includes discussions about the glass ceiling, the wage gap, and the confidence gap, with updated data and trends from the U.S. Census Bureau.
• a new discussion about the agents of socialization.  This section includes discussions about learning gender from parents, play, peers, and the media; it also includes an updated discussion about gay and lesbian parents.
• New Figures
  • Figure 4.2: The Yin-Yang of Relationships
  • Figure 4.3(a): Income of Men and Women, 1953-2005
  • Figure 4.3(b): Income Inequity in the U.S.
• New Tables
  • Table 4.1: The Femininity Ideology Scale
  • Table 4.2: Gender Differences in Annual Median Income, by Education
  • Table 4.3: Sex Segregation, by Occupation
  • Table 4.4: Self-Confidence of First-Year College Students, by Gender
  • Table 4.6: Global Classifications of Gender
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Acculturation and the sexual reproductive health of Latino youth in the United States” (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006).
  • “Intercultural dimensions of communicating masculinities” (Jandt & Hundley, 2007).
  • “The Femininity Ideology Scale” (Levant et al., 2007).
  •  “Confucianism and women: A philosophical interpretation” (Rosenlee, 2006).
  • “The gender gap in college” (Sax, 2008).
  • “Wrestling with masculinity: Messages about manhood in the WEE” (Soulliere, 2006).
  • “Counseling the culturally different: Theory and practice” (Sue & Sue, 2003).
  •  “African American men, gender role conflict, and psychological distress: The role of racial identity” (Wester et al., 2006).
  • “Culture, masculinity, and psychological well-being in Punjab, India” (Yim & Mahalingam, 2006).                                                                        

Chapter Five:  Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds

• a new discussion about the differences in intimacy experiences in collectivist and individualistic cultures.
• a streamlined discussion about the psychosocial development of children, adolescents, and young adults, with emphasis placed on the significance of peer groups during these developmental stages.
• New Figure
  • Figure 5.2: Percentage of College Students who Have Same-Group Friendships, by Race
• New Research Studies (selected)
  • “Does campus diversity promote friendship diversity?” (Fisher, 2008).
  • “Cross-sex friendships: Who has more?” (Lenton & Webber, 2006).
  • “Cultural differences in intimacy: The influence of gender-role ideology and individualism-collectivism” (Marshall, 2008).
  • “A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory” (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006).
  •  “How do we decide whom are friends are?” (Rybak & McAndrew, 2006).
  • “How do friendships form?” (Sacerdote & Marmaros, 2005).

Chapter Six:   Love and Loving 

• a streamlined discussion about the history of love and romance.

• an updated discussion about the influence of culture on passionate love experiences.
• a new section about the Negative Sides of Love.  This section includes sections about stalking and jealousy.
• New Table
  • Table 6.2: The Passionate Love Scale
• New Figure
  • Figure 6.3: Timeline of Love Experiences Across the Lifespan
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  •  “Jealousy and the threatened self: Getting to the heart of the green-eyed monster” (DeSteno et al., 2006).
  •  “Passionate love and sexual desire” (Hatfiled & Rapson, 2007).
  •  “College men and jealousy” (Knox et al., 2007).
  • “A Swedish adaptation of the Emotional Contagion Scale” (Lundqvist, 2006).
  • “Love and elopement in northern Pakistan” (Marsden, 2007).
  • “Perceived attitudes towards romanticism: A cross-cultural study of American, Asian-India, and Turkish young adults” (Medor et al., 2002).
  •  “How does culture influence the degree of romantic loneliness and closeness?” (Seepersad et al., 2008).

Chapter Seven:  The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, Partnering, and Cohabitation 

• updated research studies and data trends throughout.
• a new section, The Dating Game.  This section includes discussions about dating scripts, heterosexual dating scripts, and same-sex dating scripts.
• a new section, Breaking Up.
• updated cohabitation information, with new discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of cohabitation added.
• New Tables
  • Table 7.1: Scripted Events for a Typical Date
  • Table 7.2: Scripts for Hypothetical and Actual First Dates for Gays and Lesbians
  • Table 7.3: Distress/Protest Reactions to Breaking Up
• New Figures
  • Figure 7.2: Dating-Related Online Activities
  • Figure 7.5: Beliefs about Cohabitation by Gender, Race, and Age
  • Figure 7.7: Births within Cohabitation, by Race
  • Figure 7.8: Proportion of Couples Who Cohabit Before or Instead of Marriage, by Country
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Relational quality and communicative responses following hurtful events in dating relationships” (Bachman & Guerrero, 2006).
  • “Getting it on(line)” (Barraket & Henry-Waring, 2008).
  • “The dating game: Similarities and differences in dating scripts among college students” (Bartoli & Clark, 2006).
  • “The economics of lesbian and gay families” (Black et al., 2007).
  • “Gay and lesbian partnership: Evidence from California” (Carpenter & Gates, 2008).
  •  “Risk factors and consequences of unwanted sex among university students: Hooking up, alcohol, and stress response” (Flack et al., 2008).
  • “University students’ experiences of nonmarital breakups: A grounded theory” (Hebert & Popadink, 2008).
  • “Cohabitation and marital dissolution” (Manning & Jones, 2006).
  • “Overview of cohabitation research” (Olson & Olson-Sigg, 2007).
  • “The close relationships of lesbians and gay men” (Peplau & Fingerhut, 2007).
  • “Trends in marriage and cohabitation in culturally diverse families” (Trast & Koivunen, 2006).
  • “Shacked up: A demographic profile of non-marital cohabitation” (Wu, 2007).

Chapter Eight:  Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage 

• updated coverage throughout.

• expanded and updated Gay and Lesbian Never-Marrieds section.
• enhanced discussion about the reasons people marry.
• up-to-date discussion about Sexual Orientation and Marriage Laws.
• updated and enhanced discussion about the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA
• New Figures
  • Figure 8.1: Age of First Marriage, by Gender (timeline across the bottom of page)
  • Figure 8.3: Singlehood and Marriage, by Race and Ethnicity
  • Figure 8.4: Increase in Same-Sex Couples, 2000-2005
  • Figure 8.5: Marital Status of the Population, by Sex and Race
  • Figure 8.6: Importance of Legal Marriage
  • Figure 8.7: Reasons People Marry, by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Religious Beliefs
  • Figure 8.10: Married Couples in the Untied States, by Race
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “The deinstitutionalization of American Marriage” (Cherlin, 2004).
  • “Same-sex couples and the gay, lesbian, bisexual population” (Gates, 2006).

Chapter Nine:  You, Sex, and Your Sexuality 

• updated coverage throughout.

• new definitions of heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual.
• an added Parents as Sexuality Educators section.
• an added Racial/Ethnic Differences in Parent-Child Sexual Communication section.
• an added Cultural Scenarios: Race and Ethnicity section; this section includes discussions about Latino, Black, Asian, Native American, and Arab American cultures’ views on sexuality and sex.
• streamlined discussion about sexual arousal and response (now summarized in a table).
• updated and enhanced discussion about sexual scripts.
• an added Consequences of Adolescent Sexual Behaviors section.
• a discussion about Sexually Transmitted Infections discussion from (moved from Chapter 11); updated trends are discussed.
• an expanded  discussion about Sexual Frequency in Intimate Relationships, with updated studies included that address orgasmic response in women.
• an enhanced/updated section about Cheating: Sex Outside of the Relationship
• a new discussion about the Connection Between Love and Sex, which includes, Is Sex Better if We Love Our Sex Partner?, and Are There Differences in How Men and Women View Love and Sex?
• an enhanced discussion about sexual dysfunctions in women and men.
• New Tables
  • Table 9.1.: Sexual Development across the Lifespan
  • Table 9.2: Percentage of Parent-Child Pairs Discussing Each Sexuality Topic
  • Table 9.3: Phases of Sexual Response
  • Table 9.4: Percentages of Reported Consequences of Teen Sexual Behaviors
• New Figures
  • Figure 9.1: Influences on Children’s Sexuality
  • Figure 9.2: Condom Use, by Race/Ethnicity
  • Figure 9.3: High School Students Who Had Sexual Intercourse before Age 13, by Race
  • Figure 9.4: Global Trends: Average Age of Virginity Loss
  • Figure 9.5: Gonorrhea: Rates per 100,000 Population, by Race/Ethnicity, 2007.
  • Figure 9.6: Chlamydia: Rates per 100,000 Population, by Race/Ethnicity, 2007.
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Oral Sex: Varied behaviors and perceptions in a college population” (Chambers, 2007).
  • “Protective factors associated with American Indian adolescents’ safer sexual patterns” (Chewning et al., 2001).
  • “Female sexual dysfunction in lower Egypt” (Elnashar et al., 2006).
  • “Marital and sexual satisfaction in Chinese families” (Guo & Huang, 2005).
  • “Environmental, social, and personal correlates of having ever had sexual intercourse among American Indian youths” (Hellerstedt et al., 2006).
  • “What’s love got to do with it? Sexual behaviors of opposite-sex couples through emerging adulthood” (Kaestle & Tucker, 2007).
  • “University student beliefs about sex: Men vs. women” (Knox et al., 2008).
  • “What makes women experience desire?” (Laan & Both, 2008).
  • “Prevalence and correlates of heterosexual anal and oral sex in adolescents and adults in the United States” (Leichliter et al., 2007).
  • “Personal and family factors associated with virginity among African American male and female high school students” (Lindley et al., 2007).
  •  “Heterosexual risk behaviors among urban young adolescents” (O’Donnell et al., 2006).
  • “Recovering from an extramarital relationship from a non-systemic approach” (Oppenheimer, 2007).
  • “Sexual expression: Its emotional context in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian couples” (Ridley et al., 2008).
  • “Prevalence of and risk factors for erectile dysfunction in US men” (Selvin et al., 2007).
  • “American sexual behavior” (Smith, 2006).
  • “Teaching about human sexuality and family: A skills-based approach” (Weinstein & Rose, 2006).
  • “We met on the net” (Wildermuth & Vogl-Bauer, 2007).
  • “Patterns of sexuality communication between preadolescents and their mothers and fathers” (Wyckoff et al., 2008).
  • “Contested meanings of the veil and political ideologies of Iranian regimes” (Zahedi, 2007).
  • “Parent-adolescent sex communication in China” (Zhang et al., 2007).

Chapter Ten:  Becoming Parents: Choices and Challenges

• a new chapter opener vignette.
• New material about the conflict that occurs during the transition to parenthood
• Unexpected outcomes, such as having a physically challenged baby and pregnancy loss are examined. 

• updated resources and demographic data/trends throughout.
• a new section, Having Children: Now, Later, or Never? This discussion includes The Perceived Value of Children, The Appeal of Parenthood, and the factors that gay and lesbians consider when they desire to have children.
• an added section, Family Size: Lots of Tots?  This section addresses a growing trend, The Quiverfull Movement, and Draining Mom and Dad: The Resource Dilution Hypothesis
• a new section, Adoption: By Circumstance or Choice, includes a discussion about the adoption process and gay/lesbian adoptions.
• a new section, Contraception and Abortion, has been added.
• New Tables
  • Table 10.1: Teen Birth Rates, by Race, 1980-2006
  • Table 10.2: Perceptions of Parenting: Factors People Consider Before Becoming Parents
  • Table 10.3: The Cost of Raising A Child to the Age of 18
  • Table 10.4: Barrier Contraception Methods
• New Figures
  • Figure 10.2:  The “Ideal” Family Size
  • Figure 10.3:  Timeline of Pregnancy, Month by Month (with photos)
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Gay men: Negotiating procreative, father, and family identities” (Berkowitz & Marsiglio, 2007).
  • “Which factors determine the sexual function 1 year after childbirth?” (Brummen et al., 2006).
  • “Partner relationships during the transition to parenthood” (Figueiredo et al., 2008).
  • “Pathways to childlessness” (Hagestad & Call, 2007).
  • “Religiosity and fertility in the United States: The role of fertility intentions” (Hayford & Morgan, 2008).
  • “Conflict frequency and relationship quality across the transition to parenthood” (Kluwer & Johnson 2007).
  • “Gay and lesbian families: What we know and where to go from here” (Lambert, 2005).
  •  “Couples share similar changes in depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction anticipating the birth of a child” (Salmela-Aro et al., 2006).
  • “Parenting as a dynamic process” (Strohschein et al., 2008).
  • “The long-term phenomena of women’s postabortion experiences” (Trybulski, 2005).

Chapter Eleven: Parenting Life Now

• an enhanced chapter opener vignette.

• updated resources and demographic trends/data throughout.
• a new section, Motherhood, discusses the social construction of motherhood.
• a new section, Fatherhood, discusses the social construction of fatherhood.
• a new section, Coparenting: Go Team!, discusses the importance to team parenting to children’s overall development and well-being.
• a new section, Ethnic Group Differences in Parenting, describes the differences in parenting styles among racial/ethnic groups.
• an enhanced section, Motherhood and Fatherhood: Adjusting to New Family Roles.
• a new section, Grandparents as Parents: A Growing Phenomenon, describes the trends associated with grandparents as primary caregivers to their grandchildren.
• a new section, How Do Children Learn about Their Racial/Ethnic Identity?, discusses the ways in which families teach children about the social meanings of their race/ethnicity.
• a new section, Parenting 101: Best Practices for Parenting, describes four parenting practices that promote children’s development and well-being.
• New Tables
  • Table 11.1: Coparenting Styles
• a new Healthy Selves / Healthy Families feature box, “It’s Just No Fun Anymore: Leisure Time and Parenthood.”
•  New Figures
  • Figure 11.2: Racial/Ethnic Identity Development throughout the Lifespan (a timeline that runs down the margins of the pages).
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Lifecourse transitions and housework” (Baxter et al., 2008).
  • “Child, parent, and situational correlates of familial ethnic/race socialization” (Brown et al., 2007).
  • “Neighborhood context, SES, and parenting: Including a focus on acculturation among Latina mothers” (Ceballo & Hurd, 2008).
  • “Beyond socio-economic: Explaining ethnic group differences in parenting through cultural and immigration processes” (Chao & Kanatsu, 2008).
  • “No fun anymore: Leisure and marital quality across the transition to parenthood” (Claxton & Perry-Jenkins, 2008).
  • “Considering culturally relevant parenting practices in intervention development and adaptation” (Coard et al., 2007).
  •  “First-time mothers’ expectations of parenthood: What happens when optimistic expectations are not matched by later experiences?” (Harwood et al., 2007).
  • “Excavating culture: Ethnicity and context as predictors of parenting behavior” (Hill & Tyson, 2008).
  • “Parents’ ethnic-racial socialization practices” (Hughes et al., 2006).
  • “Ethnic socialization and the academic adjustment of adolescents from Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds” (Huynh & Fuligini, 2008).
  • “Marital satisfaction across the transition to parenthood” (Lawrence et al., 2008).
  • “Disentangling ethnicity and context as predictors of parenting within rural African American families” (Murry et al., 2008).
  • “Children of lesbian and gay parents” (Patterson, 2006).
  • “Disentangling ethnic and contextual influences among parents raising youth in high-risk communities” (Pinderhughes et al., 2008).
  • “Kinship care and the situation for grandparents” (Raphel, 2008).
  • “Variations in parenting and adolescent outcomes among African American and Latino families living in low-income, urban areas” (Roche et al., 2007).
  • “Delinquency, victimization, and substance use among adolescents with female same-sex parents” (Wainright & Patterson, 2006).

Chapter Twelve:  Family Life and Work: A Balancing Act 

This is a new addition to the Second Edition!  Welch begins the discussion by exploring the contemporary landscape of working families.  This up-to-date discussion includes an exploration of today’s dual-earner couples, and includes comprehensive coverage of Service Men and Women, and the unique financial challenges they face when deployed.  Coverage is also devoted to Single Parents in the Workforce, and they challenges they face. The author takes a realistic look at the demands of juggling work and family life, such as daycare and household chores, and explore the challenges associated with unemployment, a reality for many in America today.  Welch examines the government’s role in family finances and looks at social policies for working families.  The chapter concludes with a discussion about marriage and money, and deal with practical issues such as repaying student loan debt.  This new chapter includes:  

• New Tables

• Table 12.1: Share of Families with Income Less Than Family Budget

• New Feature Boxes

• The Family Table: Dealing with Unemployment
• Own It: Enough is Enough!
• Own It: Household Tasks: What a Chore!
• Family Life Now: Is Daycare Harmful to a Child’s Development?
• Healthy Selves / Healthy Families: Making Work Work for Families

• New Figures

• Figure 12.1: The Gender Earnings Ratio, 1955-2007
• Figure 12.2: Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2007
• Figure 12.3: Arab Americans in the Workforce
• Figure 12.4: Percentage of Children in Poverty, by Family Structures and Race
• Figure 12.5: Single Mothers’ Educational Attainment
• Figure 12.6: Family Budgets for Four-Person Families in Selected Areas
• Figure 12.7: Unemployment Rates, by Race (2008)
• Figure 12.8: Triangular Theory of Balancing Work and Family
• Figure 12.9: Children and Families in Poverty, by Race

• Added Research Studies (selected)

• “The cost of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global War on Terror operations since 9/11” (Congressional Research Service, 2007).
• “Implications of shift work for parent-adolescent relationships in dual-earner families” (Davis et al., 2006).
• “Two sides of the same coin? The differing roles of assets and consumer debt in marriage” (Dew, 2007).
• “Debt change and marital satisfaction change in recently married couples” (Dew, 2008).
• “Military families under stress: Implications for family life education” (Drummet et al., 2003).
• “Balancing work and family” (Eyre & Eyre, 2008).
• “The triangular theory of balancing work and family” (Harris, 2008).
• “The gender wage gap” (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2008).
• “What we need to get by” (Lin & Bernstein, 2008).
• “Balancing shiftwork and life outside work” (Loudon, 2008).
• “Motherhood in the 21^st century” (Medina & Magnuson, 2009).
• “For richer, for poorer: Money as a topic of marital conflict in the home” (Papp et al., 2009).

Chapter Thirteen:  Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce

• updated sources and trends/demographics throughout.
• an expanded Racial and Ethnic Differences in Divorce section.
• a new coverage of Structural Factors and Cultural Factors.
• a new section, Divorce and Military Service.
• a new section, Avoiding Divorce: Getting a Marriage Back on Track.  This discussion includes Where to Find Help for Troubled Marriages, and Healing Marital Relationships.

• New Table
  • Table 13.1: Community Property Settlement: Types of Property
• New Figures
  • Figure 13.1: Actual Number of Divorces and Crude Divorce Rates in the US: 1965-2008
  • Figure 13.2: Religious Beliefs and Divorce
  • Figure 13.3: Opinions of Divorce, 2001-2008
  • Figure 13.4: view about Divorce, by Gender, Race, and Age
  • Figure 13.5: Community Property and Equitable Distribution States
  • Figure 13.6: Total Collections Received by Method of Collections, 2007
  • Figure 13.7: Total Current Support Due, 2008
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Religiosity and marital stability among Black American and White American couples” (Brown et al., 2008).
  • “Race-ethnic differences in marital quality and divorce” (Bulanda & Brown, 2007).
  • “Marital therapy, retreats, and books: The who, what, when, and why of relationship help-seeking” (Doss et al., 2009).
  • “Divorce, race, and military service: More than equal pay and equal opportunity” (Teachman & Tedrow, 2008).
  • “Military divorce rates” (US Department of Defense, 2008).

Chapter Fourteen:  Rebuilding: Family Life Following Divorce

• new sections, Divorced Moms and Divorced Dads.  These sections address the unique challenges women and men face when they are parents and the divorce.
• A new section, Living, Loving, and Parenting in Post-Divorce families.  Here we explore emerging findings that divorce does not have to be a negative experience for ex-spouses and children.
• an updated and expanded section about the challenges for post-divorce single parents.
• New Tables
  • Table 14.2: Types of Stepfamilies
  • Table 14.3: The Ways That Stepfamilies and Nuclear Families Differ (condensed)
• New Figures
  • Figure 14.1: Custodial Mothers, by Race
• Added Research Studies (selected)
  • “Family ties after divorce” (Ahrons, 2007).
  • “Adult children of parental alienation syndrome” (Baker, 2007).
  • “Post divorce paternal disengagement” (Baum, 2006).
  • “You want to know how it affected me? Young adults’ perceptions of the impact of parental divorce” (Cartwright, 2006).
  • “Effects of the Dads for Life intervention on interparental conflict and co-parenting in the two years after divorce” (Cookston et al., 2007).
  • “Custodial mothers and fathers and their child support” (Grall, 2007).
  • “Father’s experiences after separation and divorce” (Hallman & Deinhart, 2007).
  • “Mothers’ cooperation in coparental relationships” (Markham et al., 2007).
  • “Are married parents really better for children?” (Parke, 2007).
  • “Father post-divorce well-being” (Stone, 2007).
  • “Noncustodial parents’ participation in their children’s lives” (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2009).
  • “Changes in family financial circumstances and the physical health of married and recently divorced mothers” (Wickrama et al., 2006).
  • “Divorce and adult psychological well-being” (Williams & Dunne-Bryant, 2006).

Chapter Fifteen:  Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition 

• a condensed discussion of the ABC-X Crisis Model.
• updated and extended coverage of the crisis of family violence.
• New Feature Box
  •  The Family Table: Young Families and Stress Management
• New Figures

• Figure 15.5: Intimate Partner Violence by Race/Ethnicity and Gender
• Figure 15.6: Populations Served by Domestic Violence Shelters
• Figure 15.7(a): Types of Child Abuse
  
• Figure 15.7(b): Who Abuses Children?

Chapter Sixteen: Family Life and Aging   

• updated trends and demographic data.
• New Tables

• Table 16.1: Primary Aging: Biological Changes Associated with Aging
• Table 16.2: Developmental Tasks Associated with the Empty Nest
• Table 16.3: The Phases of Retirement (runs as a timeline along the bottom of the page)

• New Figures

• Figure 16.1: Percent of the Total Population Who Are 65 Years and Over: 2007
• Figure 16.4: Marital Status of Those Aged 65 and Older: 2007
• Figure 16.6: Percent of Grandparents Responsible for Their Grandchildren: 2007

• Added Research Studies (selected)

• “Secular trends in self-reported sexual activity and satisfaction in Swedish 70 year olds” (Bechman et al., 2008).
• “A study of sexuality and health among older adults in the United States” (Lindau et al., 2007).

Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION:

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: Family Life Now

Chapter 2: Understanding Families through Research and Theory

Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness

Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society

Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds

Chapter 6: Love and Loving

Chapter 7: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, and Parenthood

Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage

Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality

Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing

Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes

Chapter 12: Work and Family

Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce

Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce

Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition

Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chapter One: Family Life Now

What Is Marriage?  What Is Family?

Contemporary Families

Families in Cultural Contexts\ Family Life Education: The Study of Families through a     Family Lens

Family Life Education

Chapter Two: Understanding Families through Research and Theory

Understanding Families through Research

Understanding Families through Theory

Family Interactions and You

Family Life Education

Chapter Three: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness

The Communication Process

Communication between Men and Women

Types of Communication

Cornerstones of Communication

Conflict in Relationships

The Role of Forgiveness in Family and Intimate Relationships

Family Life Education

Chapter Four: Gender in Today’s Society

It Matters: The Biology of Gender

It Matters: The Culture of Gender

The Theories of Gender Development

It Matters: The Agents of Socialization

It Matters:  Gender and Contemporary Issues

Family Life Education                                                        

Chapter Five: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds

Intimacy: Do We Have A Need To Relate To Others?

Developing Intimacy

Obstacles to Intimacy

Family Life Education

Chapter 6: Love and Loving

Love Is a Cultural and Historical Experience

What Is Love, Actually?

Developing Love

Theories of Love and Loving

Family Life Education      

Chapter 7: The Path To Commitment: Attraction, Dating, And Parenthood

“Frisky Business”: Interpersonal Attraction Theories

The Path to Commitment

Non-Marital Cohabitation:  Living Together

Family Life Education

Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage

Being Single

The Act of Marriage

The Transition to Marriage:  Why it’s So Tough

Satisfying Marriages

Family Life Education

Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality

Learning Sexuality: Cultural Contributions

Our Sexual Selves

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Relationships and Sex

Experiencing Sexual Difficulties

Family Life Education

Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing

Childbearing Trends: Who’s Having Babies?

Having Children: Now, Later, Or Never?

Being Pregnant and Giving Birth

Unexpected Outcomes

Adoption: By Circumstance or Choice

Contraception and Abortion

Family Life Education

Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes

Parenting Is a Process:  Change over Time

The Styles of Parenting

From Partners to Parents: Making the Transition

Today’s Parents

Parenting 101: Best Practices For Parenting

Family Life Education

Chapter 12: Work and Family

Working Families: The Transformation of American Homes

Couples and Work: Just Trying To Make Ends Meet

The Balancing Act: Juggling Family Life and Work

The Government’s Role: Policies for Working Families

Marriage and Money

Family Life Education

Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce

Uncoupling

Emotionally Ending the Marriage

Legally Ending the Marriage: The Formal Divorce

Avoiding Divorce:  Getting a Marriage Back On Track

Family Life Education

Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce

The Aftermath of Divorce: Transitions

How Divorce Affects Children and Adolescents

Challenges for Single Parents

Transition to Repartnering

Family Life Education

Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition

Family Change

Family Crisis

Family Coping and Resilience

The Crisis of Family Violence

Family Life Education

Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging

Aging and the Aged

Marriage Experiences through Aging

Intergenerational Ties

Family Changes toward the End of Life

Dying and Death Experiences

Family Life Education

Courses

Marriage and the Family  (Family Studies & Human Development)
Marriage and Family  [TEXTS]   (Sociology)

Previous Edition(s)

• Family Life Now: A Conversation About Marriages, Families, and Relationships (Book Alone)
  Welch
  ©2007  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 608 pp  |  Out of Print
  ISBN-10: 0205398642  |  ISBN-13: 9780205398645
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  A candid and thoughtful conversation about families and family life.

   

  This text combines the personal touch and scholarly expertise of an outstanding teacher to explore the ways that family members and intimate partners interact, and how families adapt to stresses, changes and everyday challenges. We are all a product of our families of origin. How that influences who we are and who we become is a central theme woven throughout Family Life Now.

   

  This book follows the Family Life Education framework to examine marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Throughout the text, theories from the fields of sociology, family studies, psychology, lifespan human development, and other social sciences are integrated so that they can be applied to real life situations. The text also presents enough biological science to explain some of the physical realities of who we are and why we behave as we do.

   

   

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• Family Life Now Census Update, 2/E
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  ©2012  |  Pearson  |  Cloth; 672 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205006833  |  ISBN-13: 9780205006830
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  A candid and thoughtful conversation about family life.

   

  Welch’s text combines the personal touch and scholarly expertise of an outstanding teacher.

   

  Family Life Now Census Update 2e explores the ways that family members and intimate partners interact, and examines how families adapt to stresses, changes, and everyday challenges. As products of our families of origins, who we are and who we become is influenced by our family lives, a central theme woven throughout the book.

   

  This book follows the Family Life Education framework to examine marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Throughout the text, theories from the fields of sociology, family studies, psychology, lifespan human development, and other social sciences are integrated so that they can be applied to real life situations. The text also presents enough biological science to explain some of the physical realities of who we are and why we behave as we do.

   

  The Census Update program incorporates 2010 Census data into a course–simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program include an updated census edition with all charts and graphs–to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. In addition, A Short Introduction to the U.S. Census is available and an updated MyFamilyLab.

   

  Teaching & Learning Experience

  • Personalize Learning –MyFamilyLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
  • Improve Critical Thinking – Learner-centered pedagogical elements are found at the beginning, middle, and end of each chapter. 
  • Engage Students – Application exercises and questions help students apply material to their own lives.
  • Explore Theory– Principles of Family Life Education and an interdisciplinary approach are woven throughout the text.
  • Support Instructors - Written activities and assessment in MyFamilyLab offer instructors supplemental materials to help their students succeed.

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What Every Student Should Know About Procrastination
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What Every Student Should Know About Researching Online
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What Every Student Should Know About Study Skills
Pearson Longman
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What Every Student Should Know About Using a Handbook
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MyFamilyLab -- Instant Access -- for Family Life Now, 2/E
Welch
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