Description
Book SynopsisThis sourcebook is an unparalleled resource in the field of family science. It provides a comprehensive overview of both traditional and contemporary theories and methodologies to promote a greater understanding of increasingly complex family realities. It focuses on broad developments in research design and conceptualization, while also offering a historical perspective on developments in family science over time, particularly emerging theories from the past several decades. Each chapter summarizes and evaluates a major theory or methodological approach in the field, delving into its main principles; its debates and challenges; how it has evolved over time; its practical uses in policy, education, or further research; and links to other theories and methodologies. In highlighting recent research of note, chapters emphasize the potential for innovative future applications.
Key areas of coverage include:
· Risk and resilience, family stress, feminist, critical race, and social exchange theories.
· Ambiguous loss, intersectionality, Queer, and family development theory.
· Life course framework.
· Biosocial theory and biomarker methods.
· Symbolic interactionism.
· Ethnography.
· Mixed methods, participatory action research, and evaluation.
Table of ContentsStretching Theory and Theorizing in Contemporary Family Research.- Methodological Approaches and Methods in Contemporary Family Research.- Meta-Theories.- History.- Risk and Resilience Theories.- Family Stress Theories.- Symbolic Interactionism.- Ethnographic Approaches.- Family Development Theory.- Family Systems Theory.- Ecological Theories.- Social Exchange.- Life Course Framework.- Grounded Theory.- Longitudinal Research.- Dyadic and Family Level Modeling.- Feminist Theories.- Critical Race Theories.- Intersectionality Theory.- Queer, Quare, and Transgender.- Phenomenological Approaches.- Participatory Action Research.- Family Communication.- Developmental and Attachment.- Family Policy.- Biosocial Theory .- Biomarker Methods .- Mixed Methods.- Evaluation Approaches.- Translation and Prevention.- Transdisciplinary Family Science.- Editors’ Final Word.
