Families As Relationships

by Milardo, Robert M.; Duck, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780471491521
• ISBN10: 0471491527
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-22
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The field of family studies has recently seen the development of a more specialized focus on the character of particular relationships. The nature of these relationships may take many forms but typically involves individuals who view themselves as a unit with a long-term commitment to continue their relationship. Traditionally, at least in western societies, families are defined in terms of two parents living together with responsibility for rearing their children. However, these so-called nuclear families are becoming a rarer phenomenon. Single-parent families, childless couples, lesbian or gay male couples are also all represented in the broad mix of relations referred to as families. Each of the chapters in this book deals with a primary relationship issue. These include: issues of early marriage how young relationships become enduring relationships parent and child relations conflict between partners the interface between work and family life marital quality and maintenance divorce and its impact on the family aging and older families This volume provides a useful reference for professionals whose research and/or clinical practice focuses on family relationship issues. This book is also intended for advanced students in the areas of sociology, close relationships and family sciences. Families as Relationships is one of a series of paperbacks dedicated to the study and application of processes by which individuals relate to each other in social and family settings. Each book provides an expanded and up-to-date version of a section in the original Handbook of Personal Relationships (second edition) edited by Steve Duck.

Author Biography

Dr Robert Milardo, Human Developmental and Family Studies, University of Maine, Orono

Professor Steve Duck, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
The founding Editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and a founder of the International Conferences in Personal Relationships. He was the editor of the , which is now in its second edition with Wiley.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	vi
About the Authors	vii
Introduction	xi
Robert M. Milardo
Steve Duck
Constructing Gender in Families	1	(18)
Katherine R. Allen
Alexis J. Walker
The Early Years of Marriage	19	(20)
Joseph Veroff
Amy Young
Heather M. Coon
Parent--Child Relations Across Adulthood	39	(20)
Teresa M. Cooney
Marital Quality	59	(20)
Esther S. Kluwer
Strategies of Couple Conflict	79	(20)
Renate C. A. Klein
Michael P. Johnson
Work and Family from a Dyadic Perspective: Variations in Inequality	99	(18)
Ann C. Crouter
Heather Helms-Erikson
Social Networks and Marital Relationships	117	(18)
Robert M. Milardo
Graham Allan
Divorce: Societal Ill or Normative Transition?	135	(22)
Mark A. Fine
David H. Demo
Personal Relationships in Later Life Families	157	(18)
Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
Rosemary Blieszner
Family Life as an Experiential Quilt	175	(16)
Steve Duck
Linda K. Acitelli
John H. Nicholson
References	191	(40)
Author Index	231	(12)
Subject Index	243